Don Kardong
Don Kardong
DonaldFranklin Kardongis a noted runner and author from the United States. He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth22 December 1948
CountryUnited States of America
people grizzly-bears benefits
Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.
running shoes people
No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.
prior
Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.
running thinking numbers
Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.
running carbohydrates distance-runner
There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate.
running stupid race
The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.
marathon idiot hills
You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.
moose disease tick
I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.
running lonely hurt
In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
cities advice pathways
So here's my advice to city planners. Make your city runnable. Runners are the first wave of troops bringing human activity back to the urban core of any city. Where we go, others will follow. The connection between runnability and livability is so clear (at least to me), that it's surprising that new developments consistently leave pathways out of the plans...
olympics runners
Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.
team appreciate trying
A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.
stupidity ultras runners
We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.
athlete kids race
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.