RBR Podcast: 2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix: Amazing 24th version!

The 2019 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix was held, for the 24th time at the Reggie Lewis Track & Field Center. The meet is the first stop on the IAAF World Indoor Tour, and @runblogrun visited Boston to cover this fine event.

Where do we begin? Amazing men’s 800 meters with Donavan Brazier and Clayton Murphy! Then, there was the amazing women’s mile, with Gabriella Stafford, now coached by Andy Young, coach of Laura Muir, in an epic battle with Eileen Purrier. In the Men’s Mile, Yomif Kejelcha ran 3:51.70, just off the meet record, with such ease that one wonders how fast Mr. Kejelcha may run in 2019?

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The epic 800m battle! photo by PhotoRun.net

And it was the year of debuts! Kendall Ellis wins the 300m in 36.97, Gabby Thomas wins heat 2 of the 300m in 37.03 and Sydney McLaughlin wins the 500m, in 1:09.46. The new era of women sprinters has begun for New Balance.

Enjoy our podcast celebration of the meet! Thanks to Mike Deering of the Shoe Addicts for the quick turn around and PhotoRun for many of the photos!

Oh, and know that @runblogrun will be at the entire IAAF Indoor World tourr, thanks to USATF Indoors!

Do not miss the USATF Indoors, on February 22,23,and 24, at Ocean Breeze AC, on Staten Island! You can buy your tickets here:
http://www.usatf.org/Events—Calendar/2019/USATF-Indoor-Track—Field-Championships.aspx

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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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