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UjENA FIT Club Running Interviews and articles with 100 Interesting People

Best Road Races and the UjENA FIT Club is speaking with 100 people who we feel have a lot to say about running, racing and fitness  We will give you background information as will as their insights into the future.  Be sure to post your feedback and comments.

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The sport of Double Racing is about ready to Take Off!
Posted Thursday, February 19th, 2015
by Bob Anderson, publisher of Double Runner magazine (Photo Bob Anderson with world record holder Julius Koskei wearing the yellow... Read Interview
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2013 Ujena Fit Club Male Runner of the Year
Posted Monday, March 17th, 2014
The Chris Jones story is a running saga of epic proportions.  Don't try this at home! (Photo - Leadville 100... Read Interview
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Daniel Tapia
Posted Friday, September 20th, 2013
To ace marathoner Daniel Tapia, who grew up just down the road from San Juan Bautista in Salinas and now... Read Interview
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STEPANOVA COMING TO SAN JOSE
Posted Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
by David Prokop Russia has a long tradition of producing fine distance runners, and that goes back all the way to... Read Interview
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Team Dunn: The Famly That Runs Together...
Posted Thursday, July 18th, 2013
by David ProkopLooking good in their black and gold Team Dunn jerseys (“Those are the University of Missouri colors,” Jason... Read Interview
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Billy Mills
Posted Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
by David Prokop (Best Road Races editor)He became an Olympic hero and an American sports icon for eternity with his... Read Interview
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101-year-old Fauja Singh finishes last Race
Posted Monday, February 25th, 2013
The world's oldest marathon runner ran his last race on Sunday Feb 24, 2013 at the age of 101.Fauja Singh,... Read Interview
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Peter Mullin
Posted Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
By David ProkopAs a geologist working with several international oil companies, Peter Mullin has spent decades essentially looking for oil,... Read Interview
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Mark Covert Interview 28
Posted Thursday, July 26th, 2012
from Gary Funck  Mark Covert is something of a celebrity in the running world.Every year around this time, his phone... Read Interview
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Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter Interview 26
Posted Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter, is CEO of Performing Edge Coaching International Association, and founder of  Dr JoAnn.com.  She is the author of the best-selling book... Read Interview
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Amol Saxena Interview No. 24
Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Amol Saxena lives by Gandhi's philosophy "Be the change you want to see in the world." Amol's practice specializes in... Read Interview
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Gary Fanelli Interview No. 22
Posted Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Gary Fanelli is a life long runner and racer. He started racing in organized events in 1961 as a 10 year... Read Interview
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Dave Rhody Interview No. 20
Posted Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Dave Rhody races are well known and are well organized and produced.  He was an avid runner logging in 80... Read Interview
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George Hirsch - Interview No. 18
Posted Monday, February 13th, 2012
George Hirsch has been the New York Roadrunners Chairman of the Board since 2005.  This non-profit $55 million dollar organization provides health/fitness... Read Interview
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Gary Tuttle - Interview No. 16
Posted Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Gary Tuttle was playing basketball and baseball in high school until Jim Hunt asked him to join the cross-country team. ... Read Interview
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Giliat Ghebray - Interview No. 14
Posted Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Giliat Ghebray, 27, has been running for more than 13 years. He is an NCAA Division 1 All American (5000... Read Interview
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Ceci Hopp St Geme - Interview No. 12
Posted Monday, January 30th, 2012
Ceci Hopp St. Geme started running in 1979 and loved pushing herself from the start.  Within a year she gained national attention... Read Interview
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Michael Dove - Interview No. 11
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Michael Dove did not start running until he was 38.  At age 49 he set a world age group record... Read Interview
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Hal Higdon - Interview No. 8
Posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Hal Higdon is an accomplished writer of books and magazine articles.  He has been a top class runner.  He is... Read Interview
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Jodi LaBossiere - Interview No. 6
Posted Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Jodi at age 42 is the fastest Ujena model currently.  She is originally from Winnipeg, Canada, but migrated to California in... Read Interview
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Michael Wardian - Interview No. 4
Posted Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Michael Wardian, 37, runs long distances. Michael’s been running competitively for 16 years and has run more than 100 marathons... Read Interview
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Joe Henderson - Interview No. 2
Posted Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Joe Henderson began his magazine career in 1967 with Track & Field News. He continued as editor of Runner's World... Read Interview
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Sharon Vos: Three in a Row
Posted Sunday, March 23rd, 2014
Aging ever so gracefully at age 59 and forging a career record that becomes ever more impressive, Sharon Vos is... Read Interview
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Julius Koskei: All In the Family
Posted Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
 By David Prokop Editor Best Road RacesJulius Koskei (pronounced Kos-kay), who set the current world record in the Double Road... Read Interview
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TINA KEFALAS
Posted Monday, September 16th, 2013
by David ProkopTina Kefalas has already earned a permanent place in Double Road Race  history.She was the women’s winner at... Read Interview
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38.7 SECONDS!
Posted Monday, August 5th, 2013
That’s how long it took Bob Schul to sprint the last 300 meters on a muddy track to overtake Michel... Read Interview
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THE METAMORPHOSIS OF MOLLY
Posted Friday, June 21st, 2013
By David Prokop (Best Road Races Editor)The women’s world record in the Double Road Race is 54:03, held by Tina... Read Interview
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Sharon Vos
Posted Monday, February 25th, 2013
by David ProkopThere’s something subtly amazing about Sharon Vos …And it’s not that the 58-year-old, happily married, mother of two... Read Interview
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Michelle Meyer
Posted Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Born and raised in beautiful Carmel, Calif., beside the blue Pacific (that’s why they call it Carmel by the Sea),... Read Interview
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Bill Rodgers
Posted Sunday, November 18th, 2012
Still running and racing, marathon great Bill Rodgers will compete in the Pleasanton Double Dec. 23 on his 65th birthday. by... Read Interview
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Barry Anderson Interview 27
Posted Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Barry Anderson is our Ujena Fit Club first official coach.  We thought it would be good for Barry to share... Read Interview
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Gerry Lindgren Interview 25
Posted Thursday, March 29th, 2012
My first memories of Gerry Lindgren was in 1964 when he won the 10,000m race at the USA/USSR meet in... Read Interview
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Bart Yasso Interview No. 23
Posted Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Can you imagine being the chief running officer of Runner's World magazine? There is probably only about a million runners who... Read Interview
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Verity Breen Interview No. 21
Posted Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
An Aussie now living in the USA, 45-year-old Verity Breen is a  four time Australian representative.  She is passionate about running.  Verity... Read Interview
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Roger Wright - Interview No. 19
Posted Friday, February 17th, 2012
Roger Wright is not your typical runner. Growing up on a rural farm in Maine, Roger's only brush with running... Read Interview
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Jeff Sacchini - Interview No. 17
Posted Monday, February 13th, 2012
Six years ago Jeff Sacchini was a fruit and vegetable distributor in Modesto, Calif. where he lived with his wife... Read Interview
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Nancy Hobbs - Interview No. 15
Posted Monday, February 6th, 2012
Nancy Hobbs is one of the key reasons why Trail running has exploded.  Just 20 years ago there were less... Read Interview
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Rich Benyo - Interview No. 13
Posted Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Richard Benyo is the editor of Marathon & Beyond, a bimonthly magazine.  He is  the author of more than 20 books,... Read Interview
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Mike Fanelli - Interview No. 10
Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Mike Fanelli began running in his hometown of Philadelphia at the ripe young age of 12 and hasn't quit since.... Read Interview
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Mary Etta Boitano Blanchard - Interview No. 9
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Mary Etta Boitano Blanchard, is a San Francisco native and started running long distances at the young age of  four.... Read Interview
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Dane Rauschenberg - Interview No. 7
Posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Dane, in 2006, ran 52 marathons in 52 weekends.  The feat is amazing in and of itself and to add in... Read Interview
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Mary Level Menton - Interview No. 5
Posted Monday, January 16th, 2012
Mary Level Menton is a mother of three busy girls and have always enjoyed fitness and running.  48-year-old Mary has ran competitively for... Read Interview
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Meb Keflezighi - Interview No. 3
Posted Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Meb Keflezighi, 36, took home the marathon’s silver at the 2004 Olympics. In 2009 he surprised many by winning the... Read Interview
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Bob Anderson - Interview No. 1
Posted Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
While there may have been earlier magazines about running, Runner's World magazine founder Bob Anderson was the man who truly... Read Interview

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The sport of Double Racing is about ready to Take Off!
Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Double Racing is a Two Stage Running Race with a Halftime Between
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by Bob Anderson, publisher of Double Runner magazine (Photo Bob Anderson with world record holder Julius Koskei wearing the yellow jersey since he won the first stage at our Indy Double 15k) 

I enjoy running, but I really love racing.  Now I have particularly fallen in love with Double Racing® -- and it’s not because I created this innovative new sport.   I will always run straight races, but in the future most of my races will be Doubles. Here’s why…

I’ve always loved the feeling of pushing my body to see how fast I could go and what time I could run. I have fond memories of winning the Junior Olympics half-mile in June 1963 back in my native Kansas.  The feeling of dropping the field on the final turn is still fresh in my mind.  I ran 2:08.5 that day, and I knew I wanted to run races the rest of my life.

Nearly 52 years later I am not winning races anymore, but I am enjoying running them  just as much. In fact, thanks to the Double, I am enjoying them more than ever!

Little did I know when I created Double Racing® that I had stumbled upon a way to double the fun of racing, except with all the elements, nuances and strategy considerations present in the Double, it’s more like you triple or even quadruple the fun.

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Comments and Feedback
run I am totally excited about seeing many of you Saturday t the San Jose Double. Want to know how this all started? Here is the short story.
Bob Anderson 2/19/15 11:52 am
run Great interview, and story about The Double. I'm so proud to be a Double alum.
Brad Chatfield 2/19/15 8:37 pm
run Thanks Brad. See you at a Double in a few months! Maybe in OKC? Or at least in Overland Park in the summer!
Bob Anderson 2/19/15 10:40 pm
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Sharon Vos: Three in a Row
Sunday, March 23rd, 2014
2013 Ujena Fit Club Female Runner of the Year
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Aging ever so gracefully at age 59 and forging a career record that becomes ever more impressive, Sharon Vos is named Ujena Fit Club Female Runner of the Year still again.

by David Prokop, Editor, Best Road Races

For the third year in a row, the Ujena Fit Club Female Runner of the Year is Sharon Vos of Greenwich, Conn., one of the Rouse triplets (their maiden name) – Shelley, Honor and Sharon – who have run faster in the marathon than any triplets in history.  

Clearly, three is a number of more than passing significance to Sharon, and winning the Ujena Fit Club Runner of the Year award for the third year in a row is getting to be a habit – a very nice one! – as is her long-term involvement in running and racing.

In 2013 Sharon ran 33 races totaling 284 miles in distance, which gave her 23,038 points based on the formula used for the Ujena Fit Club men’s and women’s rankings – 100 points for each race posted (with finish time included), 20 points for each mile raced, and performance points – from 300 down to one – for any and all age-graded percentages ranking in the top 300 for the year! 

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run Congrats Sharon on three in a row. Ujena Fit Club Female runner of the year (2013). You are amazing. Congrats!
Bob Anderson 3/23/14 11:03 pm
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