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Here is what Dathan Ritzenhein had to say about his record for 5,000 meters, breaking Bob Kennedy’s AR, and Bob Kennedy:
“I am still on cloud nine. I knew I was in great shape but I was a little shocked at how great I felt. Alberto told me I could break 13:05 and I believed him but 12:56 was a dream come true. Bob kennedy is a true american icon in distance running and I have always admired him, to break his record is such an honor. I am so happy my family was here to celebrate with me. I want to thank everyone for their support. My family, friends, agent, coach, sponsers, fans. The list keeps going.”
Special thanks to Andy Stubbs, Peter Stubbs and Walt Murphy. This was done in the taxi back to the hotel after the meet!
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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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