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Don Kardong

American Athlete

Born: Dec 22, 1948

American Athlete Day Good Will You

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Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running for health, sanity, and the ritual of a Sunday trail run with like-minded buddies. We discuss the nagging injuries that bedevil us, and remember the good old days when we were kings. Don Kardong

Health Good Competition Remember Old Sunday Enter Run Good Old Days Running Kings Restrict Ritual Knees Buddies Adventure Days Were Continue Trail Discuss Old Days Us Mileage Sanity Injuries Eventually Phase

A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team. Don Kardong

Good Thoughts Emotions Other Members Willing Tries Someone Outside Understand Encourage Friend Get Personal Team Who Teammate Appreciate

Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. But later drubbings of snow merely complicate running. Snow turns to ice, to slush, to ice again. Tire ruts twist ankles. New snow hides the hazards. Don Kardong

Light Dance First Later Marking Neighborhood Hides Complicate Runner Running Slush Ruts Through Hazards Ankles Merely New Footprints Sure Leaving Domain Snow May Tire Again Ice Turns Right Twist Chance

Running at night used to frighten me. Part of it was simply safety, the question of whether level ground would truly appear under each tentative footstep, and whether the temporary but complete blindness suffered while running toward headlights was, in fact, concealing death. Don Kardong

Death Me Safety Complete Would Running Temporary Fact Part Simply Concealing Toward Headlights Blindness Truly Question Frighten In Fact Whether While Used Ground Appear Each Suffered Level Night

The Kenyans beat up on the American runners in every road race every weekend of the year, but we're way ahead of them in the number and quality of our Elvis impersonators. We get our X-Men and gorillas. Don Kardong

Quality Year Every Our Elvis Way Runners Weekend Beat Road Up Get American Race Them Number

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

Support the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do. Don Kardong

Good Parents Athlete Support Track Encourage Coach Team Help

When an athlete has relegated the persistent rumors of cheating to the back room of the mind, he hasn't really forgotten them. And when he glances back to where rumors hunker in the darkness, he hopes with a savage heart that somehow, some day, those cheaters will be brought to justice. Don Kardong

Savage Day Justice Heart Darkness Mind Will Cheating Back Those Rumors Athlete Hopes Some Brought Somehow Glance He Cheaters Persistent Forgotten Where Room Them Really

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 before you start speedwork. Most experts, though, recommend three or four months of preparation. Don Kardong

You Three Before Beginning Preparation Months Though Recommend Runners Running Exactly Magic Determining Shapes Come Most How How Much Conditions Sizes Experts Formula Much Basic Four Start Needed

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, other runners, whatever. Make choices that mark off different distances, so your pickups vary in length from 15 to 90 seconds, and modify your pace to match the distance. Don Kardong

Creativity Whatever Speed Other Trees Mark Seconds Distance Distances Telephone Run Runners Running Objects Vary Poles Make Match Buildings Off Different Pace Length Modify Choices Your Choose Play

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 frozen lungs and lovers of dark jogs over permafrost have been known to be careful about certain hazards. Don Kardong

Winter Risks Dark Cold Neighborhood Visits Runners Be Careful About Hazards Head Over Known Course Without Been South Frozen Lovers Certain Who Even Lungs Careful

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 Winkle country, routed through boulder fields, across angular juttings of granite and along a path with an unrelenting barrage of roots, rocks and mud, all of it hidden under slick leaves and dangling nettles. Don Kardong

Path Country State Ran Slick Hidden Van Rip Unrelenting Angular Through Toughest Boulder New Along Leaves Rocks Trail York New York New York State Fields Race Mud Roots Across Granite Ever

Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. Don Kardong

Darkness Chaos Ice Cream

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