Kim Jones

Kim Jones began running marathons after watching Joan Benoit Samuelson’s victory at the 1984 Los Angels Olympics on television. She quickly rose to become one of the best female marathoners in US history and was ranked 3rd in the World in 1991. Throughout her career, Kim has been one of the most dominant distance runners in the world. She has more high-level placings in world-class marathons than any other US female marathoner in history with 17 performances under 2:33. (Deena Kastor 10; Joan Benoit Samuelson 9; Lisa Weidenbach 7)

Kim Jones grew up in the Pacific Northwest before raising her two daughters in Spokane, Washington, and now resides in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband Jon Sinclair. Since retiring from competition in 1998, she has been a coach with Anaerobic Management (www.anaerobic.net), an on-line coaching service for distance runners, as well as a speaker at special events, road races and expos. She is a member of the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame and Colorado Running Hall of Fame. Kim Jones won the “Track and Field Writers of America” 2012 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD for Dandelion Growing Wild.