Muller Indoor GP Diaries 2017: A short interview with Elaine Thompson

This interview was originally shot for Facebook. During the interview, the wifi connection had issues, so we only had 2 minutes of a planned five minutes ( I switched to an audio interview, which I will post this weekend).

Elaine Thompson, Muller Indoor GP, photo by Larry Eder

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Elaine Thompson is very colorful, thoughtul and enjoying her new found success. As the double gold medalist from Rio, Elaine will be a very popular figure around the world.

In my audio conversation with Elaine, I was struck about how new all of this success and interest is to her. Poised and thoughtful, Elaine told RunBlogRun that she treasured both the 100 meters and 200 meters. In the 100 meters, she was quite concerned how her hamstring would feel. In the 100 meters semi-final, when Elaine blasted away, her confidence was renewed. Ms. Thompson told Runblogrun that when she saw pictures of her after the 100 meter final, she had this big smile. She really enjoyed that.

In speaking on the 200 meters, Elaine noted that Dafne Schippers had the upper hand in the 200 meters. Again, the semi-final was the turning point. And we all know how that race turned out.

Elaine Thompson will be racing the 60 meters in the Muller Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham on Saturday, February 18, 2017.

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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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