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Wednesday Jul 23, 2014
Interview With Olympian Don Kardong
Wednesday Jul 23, 2014
Wednesday Jul 23, 2014
At the 1976 Olympic Marathon in Montreal, American runner Don Kardong used a patient and disciplined strategy to finish in fourth place, losing out on a bronze medal by a mere 3 seconds.
However, Don’s future in running was influenced much more by a race he ran and won just before the Olympics, the Peachtree Road Race 10k in Atlanta.
That experience ultimately led to the founding of the Bloomsday Run in Spokane, Washington, a 12-kilometer race that attracts nearly 50,000 finishers annually.
Don and the Bloomsday organizers have done a great job of including all sorts of charity and fun running while maintaining the race’s roots as a top-level competition for some of the best runners in the world.
Some of the things that Don and I discussed included:
- Don’s own running career and the training that made him one of the top-ranked runners in the U.S.
- The race strategy that Don employed to finish 4th place in the marathon at the Olympic Games
- How the Bloomsday Run came to be and the rapid growth it experienced in its first few years
- The extreme importance of communication between all parts of the race organization when planning and putting on a race
- One of Don’s craziest experiences as race director
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