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Last Thursday I spoke with a group of female cross country runners at a suburban high school just southwest of Chicago, in reality to...

Jim Knoedel
Sep 24, 20232 min read


They call me Coach K
Another cross country season is underway, my 55th year as an athlete or a coach - or now as a retiree. Despite temperatures in the 80's,...

Jim Knoedel
Sep 3, 20233 min read


Never Have I Ever...
I don't know what more we could have asked for at the World Championships in Budapest...well, some world records, but the competition had...

Jim Knoedel
Aug 27, 20233 min read


My latest book is out!
The past few weeks I've been busy finishing the last edits to Girl on the Run - Sarah Tucker Redux and haven't had time for my blogs. As...

Jim Knoedel
Aug 5, 20232 min read
Girl on the Run
Our men’s and women’s teams flew to Minneapolis for the Minnesota Invitational the middle of October, the last meet before the conference...

Jim Knoedel
Jun 4, 202314 min read


Girl on the Run
My first book of this series, Run Like a Girl is available on my website at www.taleoftworunners.com/run-like-a-girl You can read the...

Jim Knoedel
Jun 1, 202312 min read
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