Archive For The “Running Free” Category

New Prefontaine Bio Reviewed!!!

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New Prefontaine Bio Reviewed!!!

If you haven’t already discovered this book, this may be the greatest track biography ever written.  I don’t think Kenny Moore could have touched this. I am only 50 pages into it since I read it only at breakfast, but this is fantastic.

Not so fast, my friend.

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Happy Birthday, Benji Durden!

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Happy Birthday, Benji Durden!

Mrs. Slaney’s birthday, my knee blew up again and I cannot stand on my own two feet. Going on a month now, too depressed to write and hard to find a comfortable position to compose. Tough times. Then I get on social media and hello, it’s Benji Durden’s birthday. He always manages to cheer me…

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Are You Okay, Sir?

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Are You Okay, Sir?

2025. Brooksville, Florida. Five in the afternoon.  Hot and humid in the pouring rain. Left Knee (“Neal”) blew up again. Regular readers might know, that’s the fourth time. Four. 4. Dog in my lap, ice bag on my compression wrapping. Pain so bad, my knee specialist has agreed to see me in just ten days….

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RUNNING, Vol. 3 No.1 Dec. 77-Jan. 78

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RUNNING, Vol. 3 No.1 Dec. 77-Jan. 78

“Let me bring to your attention to the increased cover price. The additional twenty-five cents is our response to a number of running stores who requested a larger retail margin. The extra quarter is being passed on directly to those stores, and RUNNING’s income will not be affected.” – From the Publisher Recently surprised by…

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Inside Back Cover Of Mystical Miles

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Inside Back Cover Of Mystical Miles

Still get a kick out of seeing my name in print, in any periodical – English or otherwise – that ain’t the police blotter. Or the obits.

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How Nike Developed the ”Pre Montreal”

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How Nike Developed the ”Pre Montreal”

‘Steve Prefontaine had nothing to do with the design of the Pre Montreal.’

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Remembering Noe De Leon

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Remembering Noe De Leon

He came into my life when I was 15 years old and molded me into a competitor. He came back into my life when I was 46, divorced, lost and broken. He reminded me that I had a champion’s heart and to never quit. Here’s to you Coach Noe De Leon! The teams are ready…

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Bill Dellinger (1934-2025)

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Bill Dellinger (1934-2025)

In many ways, he was Steve Prefontaine before Pre and Bill Bowerman after Bowerman, and his own man throughout his time in Eugene. – Doug Binder, Dyestat

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Breaking 4:07

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Breaking 4:07

February 19, 1966— Doris Brown (Heritage) became the first American woman to break 5 minutes for the mile when she set a World Indoor Record of 4:52.0 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Remembered In Flagstaff

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Remembered In Flagstaff

THANK YOU SO MUCH, NORTHERN ARIZONA! From Sisu to NATRA, some things never change HIGH COUNTRY RUNNING BY NEIL WEINTRAUBSpecial to the Daily Sun On June 30, 2019, local running legend Nat White introduced Flagstaff’s first running club to High Country Running readers. He wrote how the Sisu Striders, founded in 1974, had organized the…

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