A new appreciation for the hammer throw, courtesy of Toyota/Japan, Notes by Larry Eder

Gentle readers, DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. However, the folks at Toyota Japan, being an IAAF sponsor, came up with this lovely piece on the hammer throw. Observant reader, Steve Vaitones, himself a former race walker and manager of USATF New England, found this and felt that it could become a ‘classic’. I believe it is my zen moment for the month of August 2009:

Special thanks to Toyota for dreaming up this one!
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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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