Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen-Eaton with Coach Harry Marra, April 12, 2013, Eugene, Oregon, A Day in the Life, photo by Doug Pensinger/IAAF/Getty Images
Ashton Eaton, finishing a 350 meter run, A Day in the Life, April 12, 2013,
photo by Doug Pensinger, IAAF/Getty Images
Ashton Eaton is the world record holder in the Decathlon, as well as World Champion (Moscow 2013) and Olympic champion (London 2012). He is now focused on the heptathlon, and sees, from his training that he has a good shot at breaking the world record for the heptathlon in Sopot, Poland for the World Indoor Championships.
Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen Eaton, A Day in the Life, April 11, 2013, Eugene, Oregon, photo by Doug Pensinger/IAAF/Getty Images
EATON THINKS WR
MONACO (MON): “I’ve been keeping track of my training sessions, I’ve done about 40 (this winter) and it tells me that I’m getting a little bit more mature. It’s not so much about the physical work now, it more the mental part of it. Remembering that, I’m like a seasoned veteran now, getting more performance done with less work,” said Ashton Eaton about his state of preparation for the IAAF. Last weekend in Boston he clocked 6.73 in the 60 m and indoor PB 15.05 in the shot put. This weekend he competes at NYRR Millrose Games. And about the possibility to improve his World indoor heptathlon record in Sopot? “Yes, I think so. Based on the amount of time I have left before the World Indoors, I think I am in shape to break the world record again.”
Ashton Eaton, Javelin Throwing, A Day in the Life, April 11, 2013, Eugene, Oregon,
photo by Doug Pensinger, IAAF/Getty Images
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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