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.
This is the second in the series on the 50th anniversary of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race from senior writer...
This is the first in a series from senior writer Jeff Benjamin, concerning the 50th anniversary of the Munich 1972...
This is the first of several recollections on the 2022 ASiCS Falmouth Road Race from Senior Writer/East Coast Jeff Benjamin,...
This is the review of Path Lit by Lighting, The story of Jim Thorpe, written by David Maraniss. The review...
Just after the meeting with Phil Knight, Jeff Benjamin called his editor, so excited that he had met Phil Knight....
So, we asked Jeff Benjamin to come up with a few memories of the Eugene 2022 world championships, and here...
This is Jeff Benjamin's piece on the iconic Bob Beamon and his next dream, to build an indoor track facility...
This piece is a big deal for Jeff Benjamin. Jeff has championed Jim Thorpe getting his just respect for decades,...
Originally posted on May 13, 2022 Reposted on July 19, 2022, and renumbered because I could. This is the...
The Florida Track Club, courtesy of Jeff Galloway Originally posted on May 30, 2022 Reposted on July 19, 2022,...