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The Penguin Chronicles Archive

John Bingham's monthly column "The Chronicles", then re-branded "No Need for Speed" appeared in Runner's World magazine from May 1996 to December 2009, on Active.com, and they are now published on Competitor Magazine. You can find all of The Penguin Chronicles past columns in this online archive.

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  • 13.1 and done     • Accidental athletes
  • A change of course     • Aged to perfection
  • A league of their own     • All in the family
  • An afternoon with Larry     • A perfect ten
  • A walk in the park     • A year in the life
  • Back to basics     • Back to the future
  • Better late than never     • Better than ever
  • Body language     • Body work
  • City of hope     • Come together
  • Correct and redirect     • Crim of the crop
  • Embrace your local Penguin     • Failing to run
  • Faith, hope, and charities     • Getting your kicks
  • Giving and getting     • Going with the flow
  • Gold medal moments     • Happy trails
  • I am not a jogger     • In focus
  • Keeping up with Jonesy     • Learning to run
  • Miles to go     • Mind games
  • My way or the highway     • Notes of perfection
  • Of Penguins and Prefontaine     • One very long day
  • Out and back     • Perfect harmony
  • Personal record     • Point to point
  • Prized possessions     • Racing into a new era
  • Racing the Gremlin     • Ready for takeoff
  • Rubbed the wrong way     • Running blind
  • Running dialogue     • Running forever
  • Running in circles     • Running off at the mind
  • Running on the wrong side of the tracks     • Running with friends
  • Setting the sail     • Sex, lies, and videotape
  • Ship shape     • Stranger in paradise
  • Strength in numbers     • Summer vacations
  • Survival of the slowest     • The Butterfly Effect
  • The chosen path     • The competitive edge
  • The doors     • The edge of running
  • The Endurance Factor     • The full-throttle waddle
  • The hard way     • The inner Penguin
  • The latest model     • The long and the short of it
  • The metamorphosis     • The more and the merrier
  • The perfect run     • The Popeye Syndrome
  • The write stuff     • Tied in "nots"
  • Tools and rules     • Tools of the trade
  • Treading new ground     • Unfinished business
  • Unleashed emotions     • Up and over
  • Victory laps     • Waddle on, friends
  • Waddling through History     • When a stranger calls
  • When the whole half is all you need     • When to say when
  • While you were out     • White line fever
  • Who needs a reason?     • Your message here
  • You're in good hands