Chasing Bolt, Season 2, courtesy of PUMA, note by Larry Eder

Why does everyone love Usain Bolt? Well, in Chasing Bolt, they try to answer that. The guy does have fun with most of the things that he does. And, he is immensely talented.

My partial theory is that he keeps sports fun, and that is part of what is missing, at times, from professional sports.
I can tell you from my personal experience, tryng to get into a media conference when Usain Bolt is there is pretty tough.

The fans love him. I watched him spend 40 minutes at DN Galan in Stockholm this past July, signing autographs and talking to kids in the mixed zone. Young sports fans love Usain Bolt.

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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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