When I started running, a gadget was a wristwatch with a secondhand on it. — Don Kardong Gadget Copy Share Image
We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity. — Don Kardong Depression Copy Share Image
Support the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do. — Don Kardong Athlete 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… — Don Kardong About Copy Share Image
When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some… — Don Kardong Cheaters Copy Share Image
There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was… — Don Kardong Always Copy Share Image
I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day. — Don Kardong Angry 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… — Don Kardong Appreciate Copy Share Image
Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running. — Don Kardong Enjoyable Copy Share Image
I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. I'll take an angry moose any day. — Don Kardong Angry Copy Share Image
The body responds to a calorie deficit by slowing down the metabolism and burning muscle tissue. That leads to weakness, sluggishness, slow… — Don Kardong Also 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… — Don Kardong About Copy Share Image
I've never owned an actual trail-running shoe myself, but maybe I should. My favorite paths are fraught with peril, much of it… — Don Kardong Actual Copy Share Image
The Kenyans beat up on the American runners in every road race every weekend of the year, but we're way ahead of… — Don Kardong Ahead 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… — Don Kardong Across 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,… — Don Kardong Buildings Copy Share Image
Cheer for your teammates, regardless of whether they're fast or slow, veteran or neophyte, varsity or JV. Or rally the spirits of… — Don Kardong Also Copy Share Image
The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when… — Don Kardong Advice Copy Share Image
So here's my advice to city planners. Make your city runnable. Runners are the first wave of troops bringing human activity back… — Don Kardong Activity Copy Share Image
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better. — Don Kardong After 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 Miles Copy Share Image
An overzealous parent is just one example of the kind of Problem Mom or Dad who pops up at track meets, threatening… — Don Kardong Child Copy Share Image
For most teenage runners, the right foods means a varied diet, decreasing the amount of fat found in the typical American diet… — Don Kardong American 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… — Don Kardong Almost 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… — Don Kardong Appear Copy Share Image
No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the… — Don Kardong Brain Copy Share Image
Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right… — Don Kardong Again 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… — Don Kardong Basic Copy Share Image
Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running… — Don Kardong Adventure Copy Share Image
My introduction to dissociation had been at Kenneth Cooper's clinic in January of 1975. Cooper had assembled a gaggle of top American… — Don Kardong American Copy Share Image
When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them.… — Don Kardong Athlete Copy Share Image
Clearly, there are things a runner does, intentionally or not, that disrupt team cohesion. And there are also things a runner doesn't… — Don Kardong Activities Copy Share Image
If an athlete takes a shortcut - literally, for example, by running a street that shortens the marathon route by a quarter… — Don Kardong Advantage Copy Share Image
