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Time to have some fun. Usain was at the PUMA store in NYC this past Saturday afternoon. Usain Bolt ran a hundred meters against ESPN employees on Monday afternoon, as part of his visit to the ESPN Headquarters. It is pretty obvious that Usain is having a blast and so is the ESPN staff.
Has Usain Bolt captured the world of sport? Yes. I think that Usain Bolt reminds people about how fun running, jumping and throwing is. He has fun before his races, after his races and sometimes, during his races!
It also shows us how much sports fans around the world can be drawn to our sport of track & field. The challenge is, how do we build on this? That is our challenge, but one thing is for sure, Usain has brought the fun back!
For more on the sport, please check out http://www.runningnetwork.com
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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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