Team GB Day 1 round-up in Torun
March 21, 2026
Senior Writer Jeff Benjamin has written for almost 40 years for RunBlogRun! The Former President of the Staten Island AC & was the 5th man scorer for his 1982 Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the College of Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff is also a retired NYC DOE history teacher. Some of Jeff's subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Billy Mills, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Bill Rodgers, Abel Kiviat, Frank Shorter, Rod Dixon and Carl Lewis as well as Book Reviews and articles covering track meets and races primarily in the Northeast U.S. and beyond.
Jeff has also covered Track & Field events at the 1996, 2016 & 2024 Olympic Games as well as the 2022 World T&F Championships in Eugene, Oregon. A noted T&F historian and chronicler of the athletic achievements of Jim Thorpe, Jeff helped with the restoration of Thorpe to the official IOC 1912 Record Books.
In 2023 Jeff was honored with the awarded the prestigious James Dunaway memorial award for excellence in Track and Field journalism by the Track and Field Writers Association.
Drew Windle delivered in what, until now, was the most important race of his life. Running the 800 meter final...
Marcus O'Sullivan on the cover of TFN, the bible of the sport, from April 1988! Marcus O'Sullivan with the author,...
Cover of Like Father, Like Son Notes on the book, Back Cover Bill Rodgers poster Here's some ideas for those...
The 2018 RAK Half Marathon, held on 9 February in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, was a revelation. The...
Jeff Benjamin was at the late Coach Joe Newton's Memorial service. One of the pieces that came out of meeting...
Jeff Benjamin and Alan Webb, photo by Jeff Benjamin This is Jeff Benjamin's piece on a cross country camp hosted...
A wildly open Wanamaker Mile will happen on Saturday, and as Jeff Benjamin notes here, the prestigious race has some...
Robby Andrews filmed an adidas commercial in Iceland, here's the story! A Real Cool (Pardon the Pun!) First Person Robby...
This book should be on the desk of all coaches, athletes and fans of cross country. I have read several...
Bill Rodgers and Jeff Benjamin on Jingle Bell Run, photo from Jeff Benjamin Bill Rodgers and friends, photo by Jeff...