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V 13 N. 103 Thomas Coyne Shares a Running "Philosophy"
This Sunday morning (October 29, 2023) is bright an sunny, and a heavy frost on Vancouver Island is now being consumed by the sun's rays. In years past, I'd have been in the mid stages of a long run,...
View ArticleV 13 N. 104 "How Coach Helped His Runner Get Off the Starting Line by Putting...
Sometimes a writer has to create a title to draw readers into his/her lair. I'm thinking of Jules Verne's titanic book of baseball history, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" for example. And...
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V 13 N. 105 A Few Hits and Misses This Morning
Vancouver Island November 4, 2024Fall is here, the salmon are running, swimming, actually, and they have just about all run/swum their races, spawned and died. But the bear, and seals, sea lions,...
View ArticleV 13 N. 106 Another Coach Who Took a Knife to One of Her Runners
Grace Butcher liked Paul O'Shea's story about "Taking A Knife To His Runner's Throat" and relayed another of those blood lust thrillers to our collection. Well not really blood lust, but there was...
View ArticleV 13 N. 107 Remembering Those Who Served Their Countries and Paid the HIghest...
This is November 11, 2023. I could say say 105 years after the end of World War I or 78 years after the end of WWII or so many years after so many wars. The list is endless. But we have to stop...
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V 13 N. 108 Darryl Beardall Ran Til He Dropped
November 12, 2023My co-founder of this blog, Roy Mason, just sent a story from the Santa Rosa , CA Press Democrat, a still thriving Northern California newspaper not averse to carrying the...
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V 13 N. 109 Connie Brown Ran Her 44th NYC Marathon (At Age 80)
This article came in from Elliott Denman: Congratulations to Connie Brown.Some of you will recall our article on Mr. Denman who represented the United States at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics finishing...
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V 13 N. 99 Gene Gurule R.I.P. by Darryl Taylor, Teammate and Friend
Editor's note. I received this heartfelt letter from Darryl Taylor on October 6, 2023 while I was on leave for a few weeks in Ohio. No one could have written this tribute to Gene Gurule better...
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V 13 N. 110 Dale Story, Oregon State, Won the NCAA Cross Country Meet...
Dale Story 2014 from Oregon State ArchivesThere are a lot of resources...
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V 13 N. 111 Just Another Weekend in the Fall, Cross Country, Movies, 440...
I've got a lot of catching up to do and can never get ahead. This morning was the NCAA XC championships in Charlottsville, VA and Parker Valby of U. of Florida won the women's race by 10 seconds. I...
View ArticleV 13 N. 112 Bruce and Ricky's Excellent Adventure (Road Dogs on the Cross...
November 21, 2023 A Trip to the Nationals Two gentlemen of Gainesville, Ricky Quintana and Bruce Kritzler attended the NCAA meet last...
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V 13 N. 113 Another Twist on Those NCAA Cross Country Stats
November 24, 2023 Amazing truckloads of information that is available on the NCAA website concerning the recent national championship men's and women's meets in Virginia last week. Also some good...
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V 13 N. 114 Mike Fanelli, R.I.P.
November 28, 2023 Mike FanelliToday we received notice from several sources that Mike Fanelli, younger brother of Gary Fanelli...
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V 13 N. 115 Marguerite Caswell? Ever Heard of Her? Neither Had We.
December 4, 2023 Last week our cub reporter in Boston Ned Price who continually gets credit each time we send you a note about a new posting, sent this sequence of photos of a young lady sprinter in...
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V 13 N. 116 A Second Obit on Mike Fanelli
Dec. 21, 2023This is the first time I've posted a second obituary on someone, but it just came from Bob Darling and I believe it is worth the time to read it. Nice work by Sam Whiting of the San...
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V 13 N. 117 Aging and Ultras Story from Dec. 20, 2023 The Guardian
December 22, 2023I thought I was done with posting articles this year and could relax and enjoy the Equinox, but no, those bloody aging ultramarathoners grabbed some headlines in The Guardian...
View ArticleV 13 N. 118 Coe and Cram Run the "Chariots of Fire" Course around Trinity...
Dec. 26, 2023Stumbling around the internet today I found this Youtube film of Steve Cram and Sebastien Coe running the course around the Great Court at Trinity College, Cambridge U. that was a scene...
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V 13 N. 119 Geoff Pietsch, A Good Friend I Never Met, R.I.P.
Dec. 27, 2023Geoff Pietsch passed away December 24. We met through this blog and wrote back and forth for at least 5 years. Geoff was so knowledgeable about our sport and so honest and insightful on...
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V 13 N. 120 Charles Hunsaker, First Coach of Women's XC at US Military...
Charles Hunsaker LTC (ret'd.)One of our long time readers Charles Hunsaker is to be honored at this year's college all-star Hula Bowl....
View ArticleV 14 N. 1 Gainesville to Host World Masters Champs in 2025
Bruce Kritzler just sent this in from the Main Street Daily News Alachua County, FL. We're talking Gainesville, Florida. Time to start getting ready. Sharpen your spikes, see your cardiologist,...
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