Eight Things we learnt at the Running USA Conference, courtsy of the ActiveEndurance blog

The Running USA Meeting is a meeting of race directors, sponsors and key players in the running business. We have been to the meeting a half a dozen times and see that Running USA could be a trade organization for the sport.

The Active Endurance Blog wrote up eight lessons that they learnt at the Running USA Conference. Nicely written, and good tips for both race directors and coaches, and run specialty, this piece is chock full of common sense information for sports management.

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To read the entire feature, please go to:

http://www.activeendurance.com/blog/2014/02/14/running-usa-2014-industry-conference/

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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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