Interview with Drew Hunter, Day He Signed With adidas

Drew Hunter has captured the heart of high school track fans everywhere. His racing, his committment to his team, his fast times all keep him in front of our sport. While much of the spring, we thought he was going to Oregon. Then, surprise, during the Trials, adidas announced that they had signed him to go pro. In this interview, done at the adidas House near Hayward Field, Drew Hunter spoke to RunBlogRun about how he was going to take a gap year and begin his transition to a professional athlete. This interview was filmed by The Shoe Addicts.

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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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