Tales & Tips

Aug 28, 20221 min read

The paperback has arrived!

"A winner from Jim Knoedel. Run Like a Girl tells the story from a female’s perspective in the early days of Title IX. Another gem...

Aug 21, 20222 min read

Conversations on the run

We see a group of athletes running on the sidewalk deep in discussion, always curious about what they are saying - what the topic is on...

Aug 14, 20223 min read

Records are made to be broken

I saw my first World Record at the NCAA Championships back in 1970, a clueless seventeen-year-old hitchhiking to Des Moines to see Steve...

Aug 7, 20222 min read

Take it off! Take It all off.

In 2007 I was selected as the USA National Coach for the Women's Heptathlon team that would be competing in Stuttgart Germany as part of...

Jul 31, 20225 min read

Run Like a Girl - May 1978

On the bus ride to the Boys and Girls State Track Meet in Des Moines I listened to music on my transistor radio, praying this weekend...

Jul 24, 20224 min read

Run Like a Girl - April 1978

Although it was sunny, there was a briskness in the April air for this first big meet of the season. Seven girls lined up on the far side...