Aviva NAI (Birmingham) Bekele Vs Shaheen, Rybakov in high jump! by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

Kenenisa Bekele and Bernard Lagat, Greece, 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.
As your favorite blogger grabs an early morning espresso and some clean clothes, it is early on Friday morning in Frankfurt. Off to Birmingham today, and tomorrow: some amazing races. Bernard Lagat will be racing 1,500 meters. Bekele wants a crack at the 3,000m WR (7;24.90). On this track, that will be something to see. Mr. Bekele also knows that lurking a few steps behind will be one Augustine Choge, who is running brilliantly this year! Watch for our live coverage on Saturday (twitter and runblogrun.com).

BEKELE VS SHAHEEN, RYBAKOV IN HIGH JUMP
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele will face a tough field at SaturdayÂ´s Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham. In the 3000 m race also steeple world record holder Saif Saed Shaheen will run. Bekele did not compete since his cross-country loss early in January in Edinburgh. Shaheen won 3000 m in Karlsruhe end of January with 7:43.44. The Ethiopian announced he wants to chase the world indoor record of Daniel Komen (7:24.90 in 1998). Also in the field olympic steeple gold medalist Kenyan Brimin Kipruto and British European medalist Mo Farah. World leader at 3000 m Augustine Choge (7:31.75) and double World champion Bernard Lagat will be also there, but they will run the 1500 m. Another top highlight menÂ´s high jump will have two medalists from Berlin World Championships. Winner Yaroslav Rybakov of Russia and PolandÂ´s bronze medalist Sylwester Bednarek. British champion Samson Oni will have the chance to clear 230 for first time this winter.

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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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