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I Run, Therefore... I Am...
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Another Mother Runner
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Beer Runner
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Believe in the Run
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Blondes Have More Run
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Deena Kastor 2:19 Marathoner
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Delightful Dash
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Early Morning Runner
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Eat, Drink and be Skinnny
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Eat to Live, Live to Run
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Fat Girl Gone Healthy
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Fitness Electronics
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Footloose with Amby Burfoot
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Forty Races in my Fortieth Year
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Happy Fit Mama
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Healthy Tipping Point
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Hello Fitness, We Meet Again
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Jeannette Faber 2:32 Marathoner
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Keeping the Pace
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Laced Up with Lipstick
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Love and Zest - Recipes, Nutrition
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Love, Sweat and Beers
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Making Success My Only Option
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Marathon Intervals
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Marcia's Healthy Slice - Fitness, Food
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Meals and Miles
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Mom to Marathon
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National Post Running
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Not Much of a Runner
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Old Man Running
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Once Upon a Run
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One Foot in Front of the Other
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Read, Eat, Write, Run
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Road Runner Girl
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Run Blog Run
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Run Eat Repeat
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Run Infinity
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Run or Go Crazy
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Run Pretty
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Run Repeat
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Runderella
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Runner Dude's Blog
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Running a Life
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Running in Heels
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Running Shoes Guru
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Runblogger
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Scoot A Doot
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See Mom Run Far
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Short, Fat, Bald Athlete
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Shut up and Run
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Sue Thinks Slim
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Stronger Runner
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Strength Running
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Sweat Science
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The Final Forty
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The Happy Runner
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The Run Within
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The Running Clinic
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Three Hundred Pounds and Running
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Trail Runner's Blog
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Treadmill Runway
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Tyler McCandless 2:17 Marathoner
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Tyler Pennel 2014 USA Marathon Champ
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Workout to Wineglass
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This Week in Running
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| May 16, 1971 – Marty Liquori beats Jim Ryun in first ‘Dream Mile’ 3:54.6 to 3:54.8 |
| May 16, 1982 – Polly Plumer sets U.S. high school mile record 4:35.24 at UCLA/Pepsi Invit |
| May 17, 1975 – Filbert Bayi runs World Record 3:51.0 at ‘Dream Mile’ in Jamaica |
| May 18, 1957 – Kansas sophomore Wilt Chamberlain wins Big 7 high jump at 6-5 |
| May 18, 1962 – Al Oerter throws first 200 foot discus toss with 200-5 1/2 |
| May 20, 1900 – 2nd modern Olympics officially opens in Paris, France |
| May 20, 1967 – Tommie Smith runs World Record 400 meters in 44.5 seconds |
| May 21, 1925 – Paavo Nurmi Wins Mile at Harvard in 4:15.2 with 35,000 Fans |
| May 22, 1976 – Eamonn Coghlan wins 1,500 and 5,000 meters at IC4A championships |
| May 22, 1976 – California Relays - Don Quarrie Equals WR 100m at 9.9 |
| May 22, 1976 – California Relays - Steve Williams Equals WR 200m at 19.9 |
| May 22, 1976 – Shorter, Rodgers and Kardong go 1-2-3 at U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon |
| May 22, 1987 – Robert Emmiyan is Second Ever to Long Jump 29 feet at 29-1 |
| May 22, 1988 – Ulf Timmermann breaks World Record shot put with 75-8 toss |
| May 22, 1994 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee AR Long Jump of 24-7, misses WR by an inch |
| May 23, 1964 – Dale Greig runs women’s World record marathon 3:27:45 |
| May 23, 1982 – Daley Thompson completes World Record decathlon with 8,704 points |
| May 24, 1957 – 1956 Olympic Champ Tom Courtney runs 800 meter World Record 1:46.8 |
| May 25, 1980 – Jacek Wszola of Poland sets World Record in high jump 7-8 |
| May 26, 1951 – Andy Stanfield sets World Record for 220 yards in 20.6 seconds |
| May 27, 1916 – James Meredith runs World Record 400 meters in 47.4 seconds |
| May 27, 1961 – Ralph Boston First to Long Jump 27 Feet at 27-1 |
| May 27, 1961 – Ulis Williams Races High School Record 440 Yards in 1:44.9 |
| May 27, 1973 – Rick Wolhuter Runs World Record 880 Yards in 46.1 |
| May 27, 2001 – Alan Webb’s 3:53.43 mile breaks Jim Ryun’s High School Mile Record |
| May 27, 2006 – Nick Symmonds Wins 4th NCAA DIII 800m and 3rd NCAA DIII 1,500m |
| May 27, 2017 – Christian Wins Pre Classic Triple Jump in 59-5, Best on U.S. Soil |
| May 27, 2017 – Norway’s Jacob Ingebrigtsen 3:58.07 is youngest sub-4:00 miler at age 16 |
| May 29, 1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada run after 14 months |
| May 30, 1969 – Derek Clayton runs World Record marathon 2:08:33.6 at Antwerp |
| May 31, 1913 – Sweden’s Alexis Ahlgren runs World Record marathon 2:36:06 in London |
| May 31, 1994 – Alberto Salazar is only U.S. man to win South Africa Comrades Ultramarathon |
| May 31, 2004 – Kenenisa Bekele runs World Record 5,000 meters of 12:37.35 |
| May 31, 2008 – Usain Bolt sets World Record 100 meters in 9.72 seconds |
| Jun 1, 1954 – Emil Zatopek runs World Record 10,000 meters 28:54.2 |
| Jun 1, 1957 – Don Bowden is first U.S. miler to run sub-4:00 with time of 3:58.7 |
| Jun 2, 1979 – Villanova’s Don Paige wins NCAA 800 and 1,500 meters 40 minutes apart |
| Jun 4, 1967 – Jim Ryun runs U.S. Record mile 3:53.7 in a precursor to his World Record |
| Jun 4, 2017 – Camille Herron 1st U.S. woman to win South Africa’s Comrades Ultramarathon since 1997 |
| Jun 5, 1964 – At Compton Invitational an amazing eight U.S. runners post sub-4:00 miles |
| Jun 8, 1962 – Jim Beatty runs World Record 2-mile 8:29.8 |
| Jun 9, 1930 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record 6-mile 29:36.4 |
| Jun 9, 1965 – Frenchman Michael Jazy runs World Record mile in 3:53.6 |
| Jun 10, 1984 – Zhu Jian Hua of China sets World Record high jump 7-10 |
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This Week's Birthdays
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| May 16, 1957 – Joan Samuelson, Marathon Champ; 1984 Olympics; Boston 1979/83; Chicago 85 |
| May 22, 1887 – Frank Nelson, 1912 Olympic Pole Vault Silver Medal |
| May 22, 1953 – Richard George, Javelin 1975 USA Champ, 1976 NCAA 2nd Place |
| May 22, 1955 – Kim Merritt, 1975 NYC Marathon and 1976 Boston Marathon Champ |
| May 22, 1956 – Dedy Cooper, 110m Hurdles 1980 Olympian, 1976 NCAA Champ |
| May 22, 1973 – Joey Woody, 400m Hurdles 2003 World Silver, 1997 NCAA Champ |
| May 22, 1985 – Cory Martin, 2008 NCAA Champion - Shot Put and Hammer Throw |
| May 22, 1998 – Laulauga Tausaga, 2019 NCAA Discus Champ, World Champs Team |
| May 23, 1962 – Keith Brantly, 1996 U.S. Olympic Marathoner |
| May 24, 1964 – Liz McColgan; Marathon Champ: NYC 1991, London 1996; World 10,000m Gold 1991 |
| May 25, 1965 – Bulgaria’s Stefka Kostadinova; World Record high jump in 1987 |
| May 25, 1992 – Abbey D’Agostino, 7-time NCAA Champion: Cross Country, Outdoor 5k; Indoor 5k/3k |
| May 26, 1966 – Zola Budd, 1985/86 World Cross Country Champion |
| May 27, 1932 – Lon Spurrier, 1956 Olympian 800m; World Record 880y, 1,000y |
| May 27, 1942 – Tom O'Hara, 1964 Olympian 1,500m; Indoor Mile World Record 3:56.4 |
| May 27, 1949 – Christa Vahlensieck, 1977 Berlin Marathon Champ; WR 2:34:47 |
| May 27, 1961 – Brazil's Jose Luiz Barbosa, 1981 World indoor Champ 800 Meters |
| May 27, 1993 – Shawn Barber, 2015 World Champ, 3-time NCAA Champ in Pole Vault |
| May 30, 1956 – New Zealand’s Allison Roe, 1981 Boston and NYC Marathon Champion |
| May 30, 1976 – Margaret Okayo, Marathon Champ; NYC 2001/03; Boston 2002; London 2004 |
| May 31, 1959 – Pat Porter, 2004 and 2008 Olympian; 8-time US Cross Country Champ |
| Jun 1, 1955 – New Zealand’s Lorraine Moller, 1984 Boston Marathon Champ; 1992 Olympic Marathon Bronze |
| Jun 3, 1931 – Lindy Remigino, 1952 Olympic Gold Medals 100 meters and 4x100m relayrelay (RIP 7/11/2018) |
| Jun 3, 1958 – Ibrahim Hussein; Marathon Champion; Boston 1988/91/92; New York 1987 |
| Jun 4, 1956 – Ireland’s John Treacy, 1984 Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist |
| Jun 5, 1945 – John Carlos; 1968 Olympic Bronze medalist; Social justice activist |
| Jun 8, 1964 – Butch Reynolds; World Record 400 meters 43.29 in 1988 |
| Jun 9, 1952 – Beth Bonner, First female New York City Marathon Champion in 1971 |
| Jun 12, 1932 – Ethiopia’s Mamo Wolde, 1968 Olympic Marathon Champion |
| Jun 13, 1982 – Kenenisa Bekele; WR 5k and 10k; 8 Olympic and World Golds |
| Jun 15, 1961 – Ed Eyestone, 1985 NCAA Champ 5,000m, 10,000m and Cross Country |
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