New nemeses keep racing fresh, but I also find challenge in going longer, with only the distance as foe. I run my first 50-mile race, journey across the Grand Canyon and back, circumnavigate Mount St. Helens. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
The toughest trail I ever ran was the Escarpment in the Catskills of New York State. This was an 18-mile race through Rip Van… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running is needed… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
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 -… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Cold is not without its risks to runners, of course, especially ones who don't head south when winter visits their neighborhood. Even pooh-pooh-ers of… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
If an athlete takes a shortcut - literally, for example, by running a street that shortens the marathon route by a quarter mile -… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Fartlek, or speed play, is variable-pace running that emphasizes creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to - telephone poles, trees, buildings,… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
Running at night used to frighten me. Part of it was simply safety, the question of whether level ground would truly appear under each… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it had only… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
