Robbie Andrews is one of my favorite athletes. A young guy with talent who has overcome his challenges, and is racing at top form again. Andrews reminds me of Fermin Cacho, the surprise 1992 Olympic gold medalist at 1,500 meters. Andrews runs like a kid with street sense, with the proverbial eyes in the back of his head. When he wins the big one, people are going to go, “gosh, where did he come from?”. Well, watch this workout and, after the stomach distress, you will get it. Nothing comes easy in our sport. Years and years of work, and good days and absolute shit days. But, it is from the very bowels of distress that we find our real strength. Good days are great days when compared with the tough days.
Thanks, Robbie Andrews, for reminding us of the yin and the yang!
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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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