Pat Tyson, photo courtesy of YouthRunner
Pat Tyson is one of the finest coaches in America. A former University of Oregon athlete, Pat was the training partner and room mate of the late Steve Prefontaine. A long time high school coach at powerhouse Mead High School, Pat is now the head coach for cross country at Gonzaga University. YouthRunner, a partner of RunBlogRun in the RunningNetwork, has produced a series of coaching clinics. RunBlogRun encourages our readers to watch these clinics as they are chock full of great training suggestions.
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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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