Haile Gebrselassie has been one of our favorite athletes to interview. Always gracious, always thoughtful, and always funny. Haile has set 26 or 27 world records under his name, from 1500 meters to the marathon, and as he enters a new place in his career, that of masters athlete and sport ambassador, we wanted to share this video with you from February 2013.
Haile Gebrselsassie, May 2012, Hengelo 10,000m,
photo by PhotoRun.net
Haile was speaking to us about the adidas Boost technology and how he liked the new product featuring boost. Then, he spoke about running’s future.
And, as always, we listened.
Listened intently…
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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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