2010 New Balance Games, January 23, 2010, photos by Photorun.net, Gallery
by Chuck Bartlett, Webmaster/Runningnetwork.com
Last weekend, I had the fortunate chance to visit the New Balance T&F Armory for the first time. Jack Pfeiffer gave me the tour, and Walt Murphy and Dr. Norb Sanders waxed poetically about the place they loved. Here is a photo gallery focused on the NB Games. You could see that Mr. Murphy and Dr. Sanders loved the Armory.
But, I wanted to find out from the generation who was using the fruits of their labors.Did they love the Armory? Well, from what I could see, in my short visit,
with sixteen weeks of indoor season, and 15,000 athletes and coaches a week,
the NB T&F Armory is in constant use! And, it is loved….
The next generation loves the NB Armory! I wanted to thank the 4 x 400 meter relay team of St. John the Baptist told me that the NB Armory was, and I quote, “the best place for track & field in the world!” From the mouths of 15-17 year olds…..
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Author
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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