2019 Le Tour de Larry: Jet lag, taxis, trains and planes, fear and loathing on the Indoor circuit

The 2019 Le Tour de Larry has begun. It started on January 22, as I flew to Dubai for the Dubai Marathon. On January 26, I flew 14 hours to Boston, from Dubai, and arrived in time to cover the 2019 New Balance Indoor Meeting. I then slept, wrote and walked for 3 days.

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The next part of the journey started on January 31. I flew from Boston to Lisbon, then, Lisbon to Frankfurt. Arriving in Frankfurt, I took a train from the airport in Frankfurt to Karlsruhe. No Uber or Lyft in Germany. My taxi driver, quite solicitous did not want my credit card, so we found a Banking machine. I then called the states and told my bank of my whereabouts.

I was in Karlsruhe at the Radisson Blu, which I found on Hotels.com for $74 a night. All of this was done last minute and with some haste as i was trying to gain a sponsor. Special thanks to Nike and USATF who came on board to help me complete the Indoor Le Tour de Larry.

I will keep you updated on the various curiousities of my travel. Welcome for the ride.

Remember, USATF is sponsoring our tour! Support the sport by attending the 2019 USATF Indoor Champs, on February 22,23,24 at the Ocean Breeze AC, on Staten Island. To purchase tickets, please go to: 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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