Weltklasse ZH Co-meet directors Christoph Joho and Andreas Hediger discussed the management of the meet with emcee Colin Jackson.
Colin Jackson, Christoph Joho, Andreas Hediger, photo by RunBlogRun
It was a unique discussion and one of the finest on how a meet of this stature is actually done. Joho manages sponsorship procurement, which is a 24/7 job in itself. Andreas handles the Swiss Kids program, which has 150,000 kids, 7-14 in 1000 cantons around Switzerland competing each and every year!
The Weltklasse ZH is a huge part of the reason why Swiss Athletics, in a well funded state, is developing finer and finer athletes. Athletes who have won European medals and titles, and soon, I believe, could be competing for medals on the global stage once again.
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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