Don Kardong
Personal information | |
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Full name | Donald Franklin Kardong |
Nationality | 5,000 meters |
College team | Stanford |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1976 Marathon (4th) |
Donald Franklin Kardong (born December 22, 1948) is a noted runner and author from the United States. He finished fourth in the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal.
Biography
Kardong graduated from
In 1974, Kardong earned another bachelor's degree in English and a teaching certificate from the University of Washington in Seattle. Afterwards, he taught at Spokane's Loma Vista Elementary from 1974 to 1977.
In 1976, the 6' 3" Kardong finished 3rd in the
From 1977 to 1986, Kardong owned and operated a retail running store in Spokane; he founded the Lilac Bloomsday Run (12 km (7.5 mi)) in 1977.[6][7][8]
As a journalist and author, Kardong was a contributing editor for Running magazine from 1980 to 1983, and a contributing editor (1983–1985) and senior writer (1985–1987) for The Runner magazine. Since 1987, Kardong has been a contributing writer for Runner's World magazine.
Kardong was president of the Road Runners Club of America from 1996 to 2000. He served as executive director of the Children's Museum of Spokane from 2002 to 2004, and as race director of the Bloomsday run since then. Kardong started the Bloomsday race in Spokane - the community and a The Spokesman-Review newspaper article prompted the start of the race.[9]
Spokane's Don Kardong Bridge was renamed for him.[10]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1972 | West Valley Marathon | San Mateo, CA | 1st | Marathon | 2:18:06 |
1976 | United States Olympic Trials
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Eugene, Oregon | 3rd | Marathon | 2:13:54 |
1976 | Peachtree Road Race | Atlanta, Georgia | 1st | 10K | 29:14 |
1976 | Olympic Games | Montréal, Canada | 4th | Marathon | 2:11:15 |
1978 | Honolulu Marathon | Honolulu, Hawaii | 1st | Marathon | 2:17:05 |
Books
- Thirty Phone Booths to Boston: Tales of a Wayward Runner (Macmillan Co., New York, 1985, selected an editor's choice of the American Library Association)
- Bloomsday: A City in Motion (Cowles Publishing, Spokane, WA, 1989)
- Hills, Hawgs and Ho Chi Minh (Keokee Co. Publishing, Sandpoint, ID, 1996)
External links
- Bloomsday.org - Bloomsday 12k website
- DistanceRunning.com - 'Don Kardong' (biography), National Running Hall of Fame
References
- General
- More than you'll ever need to know about Don Kardong at Don Kardong's official site (Internet Archive)
- Citations
- ISBN 978-1-891369-36-0.
- ^ Pileggi, Sarah (May 31, 1976). "It Took Shorter a Little Longer". Sports Illustrated.
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(help) - ^ "Olympics: Saturday's results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). August 1, 1976. p. 4B.
- ^ Payne, Bob (August 1, 1976). "Kardong: tired, happy, and close creation". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ "Joyce: Marathon fraud - ESPN Page 2". www.espn.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ Payne, Bob (March 15, 1977). "Lilac Bloomsday Run - Kardong creation". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 17.
- ^ Payne, Bob (May 1, 1977). "It's 'Bloomsday' – and Spokane's ready to run". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ Payne, Bob (May 2, 1977). "Horde of runners captures Spokane". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1.
- ^ The Just Athletics Podcast Episode 59 - Don Kardong The Just Athletics Podcast. March 18, 2021
- ISBN 9780898868937.