2017 Skechers Performance LA Marathon Diaries: Opening press conference, with Toni Reavis and Tracey Russell, CEO, Conqur Endurance Group

The 2017 Skechers Performance LA Marathon weekend began on Friday, March 17. The Expo opened around 10 am, and at 11 am, the presser began. Toni Reavis opened the presser and Tracey Russell, CEO of Conqur Endurance Group, the management group that includes LA Marathon in their portfolio (Santa Monica 5k, Pasadena Half Marathon & 5k, Skechers Performance LA Marathon).

Here’s the presser from Friday morning. We will post the interviews with men, women and wheelchair athletes later today! Now, off to the Expo!

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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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