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Today in Running History — 99 episodes

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February 2014 - Gabe Grunewald wins 3,000m Indoor National Championship

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February 2016 - World Record Stroller Half Marathon run by Cal and Holland Neff

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January 1976 - Jan Merrill wins first Wanamaker Mile for women at Millrose Games

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January 1939 - women's running pioneer Nina Kuscsik is born

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January 1980 - Jeff Galloway finishes in 2:16:35 at the Houston Marathon using walk/run intervals

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December 1975 - Jacqueline Hansen wins Honolulu Marathon

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December 2015 - First Millinocket Marathon held

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December 1993 - Adam Goucher wins Foot Locker XC National Championship

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November 2007 - Paula Radcliffe wins NYC Marathon (10 months postpartum!)

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November 1957 - Peter O'Connor dies (First ever political protester at the Olympics)

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November 2009 - Meb Keflezighi wins the NYC Marathon

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October 1979 - Bill Rodgers wins 4th consecutive NYC Marathon

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October 1964 - Bill Dellinger & his last shot at Olympic glory

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October 1988 - First and only Olympic medal for the country of Djibouti

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October 2016 - Hal Higdon publishes "Run Fast"

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October 1, 2025 - Hillary makes an announcement about the podcast

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September 28, 1997 - Catherina McKiernan wins Berlin Marathon

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September 20, 1942 - first postpartum world record set by Fanny Blankers-Koen

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September 19, 1896 - first marathon in North America

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September 18, 1960 - first Paralympic Games

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September 17, 1942 - Doris Brown Heritage is born

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September 16, 490 BCE - Pheidippides runs first ever marathon

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September 15, 2024 - last Sydney Marathon before joining the Majors

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September 14, 1972 - Lasse Viren sets new 5,000m world record

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September 13, 1970 - first New York City Marathon

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September 12, 2014 - Murderer/Olympian Oscar Pistorius found guilty

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September 11, 2012 - Underwater marathon world record set by Mike Studer

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September 10, 1972 - Frank Shorter wins Olympic Marathon for Team USA

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Sept 9, 2000 - inline skater Chad Hedrick wins Berlin Marathon

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September 8, 1881 - Harry Hillman is born

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September 7, 1965 - Uta Pippig is born

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September 6, 1907 - 61-time Boston Marathoner Johnny A Kelley is born

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September 5, 2008 - Prison Release for Marion Jones after BALCO doping scandal

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September 4, 1972 - Kipchoge Keino wins Olympic gold in 3,000m steeplechase

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September 3, 1947 - Boston Marathon champion Ronald MacDonald dies

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September 2, 1960 - Wilma Rudolph wins first of 3 gold medals at Rome Olympics

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September 1, 1980 - Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends

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August 31, 1904 - Tswana tribesmen Jan Mashiani and Len Taunyane return to Africa after running the Olympic marathon

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August 30, 1904 - rat poison, hitchhiking, & a mid-race nap at the Olympic Marathon in St. Louis

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August 29, 2004 - Vanderlei de Lima attacked during Olympic marathon (but wins bronze)

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August 28, 1981 - 3rd mile world record in 9 days between Sebastian Coe & Steve Ovett

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August 27, 1983 - first Leadville 100

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August 26, 1988 - Hillary Allen is born

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August 25, 1996 - Jean Driscoll wins Paralympic Marathon

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August 24, 1980 - Toshiko D'Elia becomes first woman over 50 to run a sub-3-hour marathon

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August 23, 1975 - 2-time Boston Marathon champion Tarzan Brown dies

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August 22, 2025 - Deena Kastor wins bronze at the Olympic marathon

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August 21, 1985 - Mary Decker-Slaney breaks mile world record in 4:16.71

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August 20, 1922 - first women's international track meet

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August 19, 1946 - Boston Marathon champion Amby Burfoot is born

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August 18, 2004 - fake motorcycle crash causes 2 Greek sprinters to withdraw from the Olympics

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August 17, 2015 - Asli Cakir Alptekin stripped of Olympic gold for doping

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August 16, 2008 - Usain Bolt sets world record in 100m

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August 15, 2016 - Emma Coburn becomes first American woman to medal in Olympic steeplechase

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August 14, 2020 - Joshua Cheptegei sets current 5,000m world record

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August 13, 1977 - Dick Beardsley runs first of 13 consecutive marathon PRs

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August 12, 1975 - first sub-3:50 mile, ran by John Walker

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August 11, 1984 - Carl Lewis wins 4th gold medal of Los Angeles Olympics

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August 10, 1984 - clash between Mary Decker & Zola Budd during Olympic 3,000m final

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August 9, 1936 - Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal in one Olympics

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August 8, 1915 - Jewish American athlete Sam Stoller is born

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August 7, 1948 - Alice Coachman becomes first Black woman to win Olympic gold

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August 6, 1958 - ”Golden Mile” when 5 men run sub-4

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August 5, 1936 - Tidye Pickett becomes first Black woman to compete at the Olympics

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August 4, 2012 - "Super Saturday" triple gold for team Great Britain

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August 3, 1992 - Derek Redmond tears hamstring but refuses to quit Olympic 400m final

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August 2, 1928 - first and ONLY women's Olympic 800m until 1960

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August 1, 1932 - Photo finish at Olympic 100m final

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July 31, 1987 - first Badwater Ultramarathon is won by Eleanor Robinson

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July 30, 1958 - decathlete Daley Thompson is born

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July 29, 2002 - Suresh Joachim sets 48-hour treadmill world record

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July 28, 1928 - "Flying Finn" Paavo Nurmi begins third and final Olympics

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July 27, 1952 - Emil Zátopek becomes only person to ever win 5,000m, 10,000m, and marathon in one Olympics

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July 26, 1913 - Canadian legend Gerard Cote is born

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July 25, 1908 - only one man runs Olympic 400m final

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July 24, 1908 - first 26.2 mile marathon

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July 23, 1974 - Maurice Greene is born

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July 22, 1952 - Tuskegee Airman Mal Whitfield wins Olympic gold in the 800m

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July 21, 2023 - Faith Kipyegon sets current women's mile world record

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July 20, 1876 - first intercollegiate track meet in the US

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July 19, 1900 - only 7 men finish Olympic marathon

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July 18, 2004 - Carrie Tollefson wins the 1,500m at the US Olympic Trials

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July 17, 1988 - FloJo celebrates setting the current women’s 100m world record

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July 16, 1978 - first annual Boilermaker 15K Road Race

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July 15, 1912 - one man dies and another goes missing for 54 years during Olympic Marathon

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July 14, 2022 - Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of Olympic gold after 110 years

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July 13, 1924 - 48% DNF rate at the Olympic Marathon in Paris

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July 12, 1809 - Robert Barclay walks 1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours

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July 11, 1912 - 6 pole vaulters share Olympic podium

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July 10, 1922 - Herb McKenley is born

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July 9, 1978 - Kara Goucher is born

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July 8, 2019 - Boston Marathon cheater Rosie Ruiz dies

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July 7, 1999 - Hicham El Guerrouj sets the current mile world record

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July 6, 1917 - Arthur Lydiard is born

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July 5, 1986 - Ingrid Kristiansen breaks her own 10,000m world record

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July 4, 1886 - Tom Longboat is born

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July 3, 1983 - Calvin Smith breaks the 100m world record

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July 2, 1868 - Bill Hayward is born

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July 1, 1948 - Bill Bowerman becomes head track coach at Oregon