http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/ 2020-08-19T04:45:32-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/ http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-09-02T12:31:45-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:anderson_bob&rev=1188761505 Bob Anderson, born in 1947 in Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A. is an American runner, photographer, publisher and film producer. He is widely known as the founder of ”Runner's World” magazine. A desire to find information about running and racing led him to a career in magazine and book publishing for more than twenty years. text/html 2007-09-23T20:06:46-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:bannister_roger&rev=1190603206 Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (born March 23, 1929) is a British former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford retiring in 2001. He was born in Harrow, London. text/html 2007-09-01T11:34:17-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:bingham_john&rev=1188671657 John Bingham (born 1948) is an American marathon runner and author, nicknamed “The Penguin”, who has achieved widespread recognition for promoting running to the general public. Bingham is the author of several books and the No Need for Speed column in Runner's World. His writings are characterized by his espousal of the belief that the goals of running are to have fun and finish—and that for a vast majority of amateur athletes running fast should not be the only aim. text/html 2007-09-26T13:40:22-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:boeder_robert&rev=1190839222 I am the author of Beyond the Marathon: The Grand Slam of Trail Ultrarunning and Hardrock Fever: Running 100 Miles in Colorado's San Juan Mountains. If you would like to purchase these books contact me at PO Box 318, Silverton, CO, 81433; 970-387-5116; boedr@hotmail.com. text/html 2007-11-27T20:45:33-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:cade_robert&rev=1196225133 Robert J.Cade and other researchers of the University of Florida (Dr. Dana Shires, Dr. H. James Free and Dr. Alejandro de Quesada) created Gatorade in 1965 to help the school's football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in swamp-like heat. text/html 2007-10-12T00:58:18-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:chinmoy_sri&rev=1192175898 Sri Chinmoy, born Chinmoy Kumar Ghose on August 27, 1931, was an Indian philosopher and teacher who emigrated to the United States in 1964. An author, composer, artist and athlete, he is perhaps best known for holding public events on the theme of inner peace and world harmony (such as concerts, meditations, and races). His teachings emphasize love for God, daily meditation on the heart, service to the world, and religious tolerance rooted in the modern Vedantic view that all faiths are essentia… text/html 2007-09-26T20:18:19-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:demar_clarence&rev=1190863099 Clarence DeMar (1888-1958), seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon, lived and worked in the Monadnock region during the 1930s. Among marathoners, DeMar is remembered as one of the all-time greats. No other marathoner has won seven times at Boston. His seventh victory in Boston came in 1930, when he became the oldest winner of the event at the age of 41. He still holds that record as well. text/html 2007-09-26T20:12:07-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:dreyer_danny&rev=1190862727 Author of the book ”ChiRunning”, Danny Dreyer has been a running coach for eighteen years. He has taught thousands of people the “ChiRunning” technique. He is a popular speaker and teacher for training groups such as the ”San Francisco Marathon”, the ”Aids Marathon”, Team in Training, U.S.A. Fit and many others. He publishes a monthly “ChiRunning” e-mail newsletter, and has been published in ”Running Times”, ”Runner's World” and other running journals. Dreyer is an ac… text/html 2008-02-07T20:08:29-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:ford_warwick&rev=1202443709 Warwick Ford and his wife Nola were born and raised in Australia, immigrated to Canada where they lived for twelve years, then immigrated to the U.S. in 1996. Their primary home is in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Warwick has several college degrees including a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. As a Massachusetts based executive of a California company, Warwick spent many years traveling the U.S. One of his biggest challenges was finding the motivation to get out on-foot enough to maintain fitn… text/html 2008-01-29T17:59:50-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:goodrow_carol&rev=1201658390 Founding editor of Kidsrunning.com, a ”Runner's World” site, which has won numerous awards for its creative and informative content. She is also an award-winning elementary school teacher in Tolland (Usa/Connecticut). Carol is the author and illustrator of children's running and fitness books. text/html 2007-09-02T12:37:46-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:henderson_joe&rev=1188761866 Joe Henderson (born June 3, 1943, Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American runner, running coach, writer, and former chief editor of ”Runner's World” magazine. He currently writes for ”Marathon & Beyond” magazine. He has authored and coauthored more than two dozen books about the sport of running and fitness. text/html 2007-09-22T10:50:38-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:maurer_paul&rev=1190483438 Paul Maurer is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he studied Business Management and Marketing. He works as a Doctor of Chiropractic in the Milwaukee area where he lives with his wife, Sue, their three rambunctious sons, and the family dog, Sam. He is the author of “The Gift - A Runner's Story”, the first of a planned trilogy of works that center on his lifelong passion of distance running. text/html 2007-09-11T17:40:34-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:mcdermott_bill&rev=1189557634 Bill McDermott is a thirty-five year running veteran and founder of the international running event World Run Day. After six years of pursuing a run-for-charity vision and “testing the waters,” he is motivated to bringing the concept global. text/html 2007-12-01T18:27:59-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:parker_l._john_jr&rev=1196562479 John L. Parker Jr. is the author of the highly acclaimed novel Once a Runner and Again to Carthage. He has written for Outside, Runner's World, Running Times, and numerous other publications. He was the Southeastern Conference mile champion three times, and the United States Track and Field Federation national champion in the steeplechase and runner-up in the three-mile, and was a teammate of Olympians Frank Shorter, Jack Bacheler, and Jeff Galloway on several national championship cross-countr… text/html 2008-02-14T20:12:10-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:pietri_dorando&rev=1203048730 Dorando Pietri, often wrongly spelled Petri (October 16, 1885 - February 7, 1942) was an Italian athlete famous for his dramatic finish and eventual disqualification in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London. Pietri was born in Mandrio, a frazione of Correggio, but spent his youth in Carpi (Emilia-Romagna region). Here he worked as shop-boy in confectionery. He was 1.59 meters tall. In September 1904 the most famous Italian runner of the time, Pericle Pagliani, took part in a r… text/html 2007-09-01T11:35:11-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:prefontaine_steve&rev=1188671711 Steve Roland Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975), nicknamed Pre, was an American Olympic runner and considered perhaps the most loved American runner of all time, having inspired a running boom during the 1970s. Born and raised in Coos Bay, Oregon, Prefontaine was primarily a long distance runner, and at one point held the American record in every running event from the 2000 meters to the 10,000 meters. Prefontaine had one leg longer than the other (a common condition that does not a… text/html 2007-09-13T18:23:05-07:00 http://www.worldwiderunning.com/wiki/doku.php?id=runners:steyn_dirkie&rev=1189732985 The winner of the first edition of the ”Two Oceans Marathon” held on Saturday 2 May 1970 in Cape Town, South Africa. He finished the event in 3:55:50 and ran barefoot. ----------