RN Photo Gallery Salutes the Notre Dame Invitational, photos by Patrick Holleran

The Notre Dame Invitational has a storied past. One of the premier cross country invitationals in the Midwest, the 8k course is fast and a great race to watch. The likes of Herb Lindsay,
Greg Meyer, Chuck Aragon all ran the ND cross country course.

The course also hosts the National Catholic Invitational, which I ran in 1980, 1981. From 21rst place, I watched John Gregorek and Chuck Aragon duke it out over the last mile in 1980. Now, as then, Coach Joe Piane (at ND since 1976 I believe), is a great host!

Special thanks to O. Patrick Holleran/Shannon Digital Photography for the photos and Chuck Bartlett for putting the gallery together. We hope you enjoy!

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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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