Rio 2016: Zen Moment, comment by Larry Eder

Parker Valby Signs with New Balance (release and assessment)

This Day in Track & Field History, March 19, 2024, Bill Nieder, Ray Norton, Katherine Switzer and the Avon International Marathon, Leslie Deniz, by Walt Murphy News and Results Service

Kia America becomes Official Automotive Partner of the 2024 Los Angeles Marathon

Photo courtesy of Olympics.org
If the quote ” a picture is worth a thousand words,” is ever appropriate, it is here. The man behind the handkerchief is President Lula of Brazil. This was taken right after the announcement was made that Rio was the Host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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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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