I met with an enthused and focused shot putter, Ryan Crouser, at the Pre Classic.
Already, Crouser has thrown a 22.74m PB and several other 22 meter plus throws this season. A tear in a pectoral muscle meant a month break, and now, he is ready. Crouser is juggling competition blocks with hard training blocks as he prepares for the long season of 2019 and short season of 2020.
How will he fare? I think he looks and seems ready.
The men’s shot field is amazing, and World Champ Tom Walsh is in Palo Alto to throw against Ryan Crouser!
Ryan Crouser, 29 June 2019, photo by PhotoRun.net!
Update, post event: Ryan Crouser took lead with 22.17m throw in round 1, then, in round 3, Darlan Romani threw 22.46m, then, 22.55m, then, 22.61m, to take win, set NR/MR 3 times.
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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