HOKA ONE ONE Long Island Mile, : “If you build it, they will come” (David Torrence, RIP)
Donn Cabral with his young fans, photo by Jeff Benjamin Updated August 29, 2017 Originally posted September 3, 2016 This...
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.
Donn Cabral with his young fans, photo by Jeff Benjamin Updated August 29, 2017 Originally posted September 3, 2016 This...
Leonard Korir finishes just behind 4x winner Stephen Sambu, photo by PhotoRun.net RunBlogRun comments: This is the fifth and final...
Bill Rodgers with medals for Falmouth Kids races, photo by Jeff Benjamin RunBlogRun comments: This is the fourth update on...
And they're off! photo by Mary Hawkins This is part 3 of Jeff Benjamin's NB Falmouth Diary. We hope that...
Craig Virgin, Falmouth 1978, photo courtesy of Recoveryourstride! RunBlogRun introduces this Jeff Benjamin feature: It was the fall of 1973,...
RunBlogRun comments: This is the column for Day 2, Thursday, August 17, by Jeff Benjamin on all things New Balance...
Bill Rodgers, photo by PhotoRun.net RunBlogRun comments: There was a time, in 1978-1980, when Bill Rodgers ruled road racing. His...
We asked Jeff Benjamin to provide a daily diary of his goings on during the weekend of the 2017 New...
RunBlogRun comments: Way back in 1977, the late John Jerome wrote a feature on Frank Shorter in Mariah magazine, which...
Women's start, 2017 NB Falmouth, photo by PhotoRun.net Reposted August 16, 2017. Originally posted July 21, 2017. We changed the...