The Shoe Addicts salute David Rudisha World Record at 800 meters and London Olympic gold medalist, note by Larry Eder

World Records are rare. David Rudisha’s World Record 800 meter run brazenly ignored the rules of middle distance races in Olympic events. Most medals are won with conservative races, and big kicks. David Rudisha wanted to show that he was not only the gold medalist, but also the man who would break his own world record.

David Rudisha lead from the start. Not only did David Rudisha lead from the start, he won going away, setting a new World Record of 1:40.91.
The Shoe Addicts, with the kind assistance of adidas, developed this digital salute of David Rudisha’s World Record and gold medal performance in London.

Here is the Shoe Addicts celebration of the new World record holder….

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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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