Drew Windle, 800 meters, silver medalist, Birmingham, photo by PhotoRun.net
Drew Windle ran a near perfect race in the US Indoor Championships. Less than two weeks later, Drew Windle, with support from his training partners in the Brooks Beast TC, his coach, Danny Mackey and his family, ran the race of his life. In a very physical final, Drew Windle stayed out of trouble and ran down the medals, taking the silver medal. Well, for nearly 90 minutes the young American was DQed, but as Drew noted, thanks to his coach, and USATF, who argued his cause with the Jury of Appeals, he was reinstated.
This is the FB live version of our interview. Watch for the upcoming high res version.
Thanks Drew Windle! Thanks Adam Johnson Eder and Mike Deering of The Shoe Addicts for their coverage in Birmingham.
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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