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Todd Klein, who was Director of Sports Marketing/Running for Reebok since 2004, has left Reebok, and is returning to adidas in the role of Business Unit Director for Global Running Apparel.
Todd Klein was the champion of the Reebok Boston Indoor Games and the Reebok Grand Prix, held on Randalls Island. This years Reebok Grand Prix had a sell out crowd, and one of the best competitions in North America in recent years. Under his direction, Reebok focused on up and coming athletes, including Olympic bronze medalist Nick Willis, from New Zealand and Olympic champion Steve Hooker, from Australia. Reebok also sponsored the two largest prep cross country events in North America: the Manhattan Invitational and the Mt. Sac invitational.
In speaking to Todd last week, he made it quite clear that he would miss his friends, the athletes and the events, but he felt that he has left Reebok athletics in the able hands of Patrick Joyce and Jennifer Thomas. We wish Todd well in his new adventure.
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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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