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Overview: Gary Cohen is an enthusiast for the sport of running. This enthusiasm has branched out to include magazine/essay writing, interviews, coaching and public speaking. In addition, Gary also leads trail runs in Central Florida and announces track meets.

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Three in-depth interviews: ill Toomey - 1968 Olympic Decathlon Gold Medal; 5-time USA Champ in both Decathlon and Pentathlon; 1967 Pan Am Games Gold Medal; Won 23 of 38 Decathlons. Kim Merritt - 1975 New York City Champ; 1976 Boston Marathon Champ; 1976/79 Waldniel Marathon Silver Medal; Champion of 1975/76/77 Charleston Distance Run 15-mile, 1975/76 Quad City Bix 7-mile, 1977 Falmouth Road Race, 1977 Bobby Crim 10-mile, 1977 Virginia 10-mile, 1978 Jacksonville River Run 15k, 1978 Elby's 20k. Angelo Taylor - Gold Medals: 400m Hurdles - 2000/2008 Olympics, 1998 NCAA, 1997 Pan Am Juniors; 4x400m Relay - 2008 Olympics, 2007/09/11 Worlds, 1998 NCAA. Three definite 'don't miss interviews! Please add my website as a secondary home page. Friend me on Facebook or follow rungarycohenrun on Twitter for great updates on running tips, stories and my running adventures with photos.
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Bill Toomey
1968 Olympic Decathlon Gold Medal; 5-time USA Champ in Decathlon and Pentathlon; 1967 Pan Am Games Gold Medal; Won 23 of 38 Decathlons
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Gary Cohen Running Vault: Hundreds of essays to help you!
This Week in Running
Aug 16, 2008 – Usain Bolt wins Beijing Olympic 100 meters in World Record 9.69
Aug 16, 2009 – Usain Bolt wins World Championship 100 meters in World Record 9.58
Aug 16, 2016 – Christian Taylor Wins his 2nd straight Olympic Triple Jump Gold Medal
Aug 17, 1988 – Butch Reynolds runs World Record 400 meters in 43.29 seconds
Aug 17, 2013 – Brianna Rollins wins 2013 World Championships Gold Medal 100 meter hurdles
Aug 17, 2016 – Tianna Bartoletta Wins Olympic Long Jump in PR 23-6 1/4
Aug 17, 2016 – Brianna Rollins leads Olympic 100m hurdles USA Sweep in 12.48
Aug 18, 2016 – Usain Bolt wins third straight Olympic 200 meters Gold Medal
Aug 18, 2016 – Mo Farah completes 2nd straight Olympic 10,000m/5,000m Gold Medals Double
Aug 18, 2016 – Kerron Clement wins Olympic 400m Hurdles Gold Medal by 0.05 seconds in 47.73
Aug 18, 2016 – Ryan Crouser wins Shot Put Gold Medal in Olympic Record 73-10 1/2
Aug 18, 2016 – Dalilah Muhammad wins Olympic 400m Hurdles Gold Medal in 53.13 seconds
Aug 18, 2016 – Ashton Eaton wins Decathlon Gold Medal in Olympic Record 8,893 points
Aug 19, 1981 – Sebastian Coe breaks fellow Brit Steve Ovett’s World Record mile in 3:48.53
Aug 19, 2016 – Stephen Sambu wins Falmouth Road race a record fourth straight year
Aug 20, 2008 – Usain Bolt sets World Record 200 meters in 19.30 seconds
Aug 20, 2009 – Usain Bolt breaks his own 200 meters World Record in 19.19 seconds
Aug 21, 1985 – Zola Budd runs World Junior Record mile 4:17.57
Aug 21, 1985 – Mary Decker Slaney runs World Record mile 4:16.71
Aug 21, 2016 – Eliud Kipchoge wins Rio OLympic Marathon on warm day in 2:08:44
Aug 22, 1920 – Hannes Kolehmainen wins Olympic Marathon in World Record 2:32:35
Aug 22, 1950 – Jamaica’s George Rhoden runs World Record 400 meters in 45.8 seconds
Aug 22, 1993 – U.S. 4 x 400m World Record 2:54.29 (Valmon, Watts, Reynolds, Johnson)
Aug 23, 1923 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record mile 4:10.4
Aug 24, 1923 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record 3-mile 14:11.2
Aug 24, 1958 – Russia’s Sergey Popov wins Stockholm Marathon in World Record 2:15:17
Aug 24, 1979 – Evelyn Ashford wins World Cup 200 meters in World Record 21.83 seconds
Aug 25, 1991 – Carl Lewis reclaims World Record 100 meters in 9.86 seconds, first sub-9.90
Aug 25, 1991 – Wanda Panfil wins World Championship Marathon
Aug 26, 1981 – Steve Ovett breaks fellow Brit Sebastian Coe’s World Record mile in 3:48.40
Aug 26, 1999 – Michael Johnson runs World Record 400 meters in 43.18 seconds
Aug 27, 1990 – Rosa Mota wins European Championship Marathon
Aug 28, 1937 – Great Britain’s Sydney Wooderson runs World Record mile 4:06.4
Aug 28, 1958 – Herb Elliott runs World Record 1,500 meters in 3:36.0
Aug 28, 1981 - Sebastian Coe breaks Steve Ovett’s 2-day old mile WR in 3:47.33
Aug 29, 1978 – Dave McGillivray ends 3,452 mile charity run - Medford, OR to Medford, MA
Aug 29, 2010 – David Rudisha runs World Record 800 meters 1:41.01
Aug 30, 1904 – Thomas Hicks wins third Olympic marathon in St. Louis
Aug 30, 1987 – Carl Lewis ties World Record 100 meters in 9.93 seconds
Aug 30, 1987 – Yves Pol of France runs marathon backwards in record 3:57:57
Aug 31, 1972 – Lasse Viren wins Olympic 10,000 meters in World Record 27:38.4
This Week's Birthdays
Aug 17, 1931 – Alain Mimoun, 1956 Olympic Marathon Champion
Aug 17, 1933 – Tom Courtney, 1956 Olympic Gold Medal 800 meters
Aug 17, 1966 – Switzerland’s Franziska Rochat-Moser, 1997 NYC Marathon Champion
Aug 18, 1991 – Brianna Rollins, 2013 World Championships Gold Medal 100m hurdles
Aug 19, 1946 – Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon Champion; Runner’s World Editor
Aug 20, 1935 – Ron Paul; Congressman, 1952 Penn State HS 220y Champ
Aug 20, 1965 – Moses Tanui, Boston Marathon Champ 1996/98; World Champ 1991 10,000m
Aug 21, 1913 – Cornelius Johnson, 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist in high jump
Aug 21, 1986 – Usain Bolt, Olympic and World Golds 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay
Aug 22, 1954 – Dave McGillivray, Boston Marathon RD 25+ years. 43 Straight Bostons
Aug 23, 1970 – Joseph Chebet, 1999 Boston and New York City Marathon Champ
Aug 27, 1914 – Eulace Peacock, 1935 100m World Record 10.3, 8-time AAU champ
Aug 27, 1948 – Jack Fultz, 1976 Boston Marathon Champion
Aug 28, 1970 – Bob Kennedy; Cross Country Champ – US 1992, 2004; NCAA 1988/92
Aug 29, 1946 – Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic Gold Medal long jump with WR 29-2 1/2
Aug 31, 1944 – Morgan Groth, 1964 Olympian 800m; NCAA Champ in Mile (1963), 1,500m (1964)
Trail Runs:  Wekiva State Park has great trails to enjoy whether you live in central Florida or are looking for a scenic trail run while you visit. Here is more information about upcoming group runs:
I run at Wekiva State Park most days of the week. Please send me a message on Facebook Messenger if you are interested in meeting me at the park for a run.