LaShawn Merritt races at adidas Track Classic, Reebok GP and Nike Pre! by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

LaShawn Merritt wants to win in Berlin. His early season racing is smart-a 200 meters at adidas on May 17, a 400 meters at the Reebok NYGP on May 30, and a 300 meters at the Nike Prefontaine on June 7.
LaShawn Merritt, all of 22, is the Olympic champion at 400 meters. Some of the most exciting races of 2008 were the titanic battles between Merritt and Jeremy Wariner. This year should be even more exciting. Wariner is focused and Merritt wants the World Championship-sounds to me like a great rivalry!
Photo by Photorun.net.

EUGENE (USA): Olympic 400 m winner LaShawn Merritt plans to run a fast 300 m at Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on June 7. He said that for IAAF. He also said about his racing plan: â€œIâ€™m running the 200 at the adidas Track Classic (16 May) this weekend, the 400 at the Reebok Grand Prix (30 May) in New York, a 300 at the Prefontaine Classic (7 June) and then the 400 at nationals. I actually hold the sea-level best in the 300, but Iâ€™m not sure yet what weâ€™ll be gunning for there. But Iâ€™m really focused on the world championships. Iâ€™ve never won a world championship, and everything is pointing to that so when I get to Berlin Iâ€™ll be ready.â€
Special thanks to our hero, Alfons Juck, EME News.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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