Yohan Blake Feature on CNN.Com, note by Larry Eder

Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, 2011 IAAF Gala, photo by PhotoRun.net

Yohan Blake, the 2011 World Champion is getting some face time from CNN. Nicely done article by Chris Murphy, who actually knows his stuff. Blake is portrayed as a young, talented athlete who wants to beat his training partner.

It is one of the stories that will make the London 2012 100 meter AND 200 meter finals so astounding….

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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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