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You didn't say I couldn't...
Every track team has guidelines, rules regarding do's and don'ts athletes are expected to follow, each explained at team meetings that...

Jim Knoedel
Sep 18, 20223 min read


One man's treasure is...
Runners have a love affair with their equipment - no, I don't mean that equipment! You know, items like shoes, and singlets, and race...

Jim Knoedel
Sep 11, 20222 min read


Mind your twig and berries!
It continues to amuse me when I hear millennials refer to male and female athletes as Jocks, probably 50% of them unaware it was...

Jim Knoedel
Sep 4, 20222 min read


The paperback has arrived!
"A winner from Jim Knoedel. Run Like a Girl tells the story from a female’s perspective in the early days of Title IX. Another gem...

Jim Knoedel
Aug 28, 20221 min read


Conversations on the run
We see a group of athletes running on the sidewalk deep in discussion, always curious about what they are saying - what the topic is on...

Jim Knoedel
Aug 21, 20222 min read


Records are made to be broken
I saw my first World Record at the NCAA Championships back in 1970, a clueless seventeen-year-old hitchhiking to Des Moines to see Steve...

Jim Knoedel
Aug 14, 20223 min read
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