LoLo Jones is one of our most enduring hurdlers. She is also one of the few athletes who has successfully moved from Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympics. She won the World Indoor Championships in 2008 and 2010 at the 60 meter hurdles, setting the AR of 7.72.
LoLo Jones, photo by @RunBlogRun
This season, LoLo is focused on the Winter Olympics as she competes in the bobsled. In this interview, LoLo speaks to RunBlogRun about the hurdles and the bobsled, plus social media and ASICS Extra Mile program, where fans can run an extra mile, using RunKeeper App and ASICS will donate a pair of running shoes to kids who need them in the @Girls on the run program. This is a program near and dear to LoLo Jones, due to her childhood, where a new pair of running shoes would have been a luxury.
We thank LoLo Jones, as always, for her honesty and support of the @ASICSextra mile program. To learn more, go to www.asics.com/extramile.
Author
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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