Clayton Murphy, Paul Chelimo, Matthew Centrowitz, Jr., photo by PhotoRun.net
The third part of the press conference went twenty minutes over. Clayton Murphy noted that he would be hoping for a PB in the 3000 meters. Clayton, the Olympic bronze medalist at 800 meters, has a PB of 8:20 for 3000 meters, so he should be able to run his best.
Paul Chelimo, the Olympic silver medalist at 5000 meters told us how happy he was with his experience at Rio. Paul will be racing the 3000 meters. He noted that he likes to run in behind Matthew Centrowitz, “so I can run fast.”
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. the first American in 108 years to win the Olympic 1,500 meters, and will be racing the mile here. I asked Matthew if his time on the indoor track helped him in the ability to controll the pace and the field.
Watch for these three on Saturday, January 28! Enjoy the video!
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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