RBR Solid Gold: the 2019 Indoor Tour de Larry (from Feb 2019 Archives)

Fans in Birmingham, February 16, 2019, photo by Getty Images/British Athletics

The 2019 Indoor Tour de Larry was my infamous US-European tour (Boston, Karlsruhe, ToRun, Madrid, Birmingham, and Dusseldorf. The tour began the night before Boston, as I left Dubai and flew 14 hours to Boston, to enjoy the NB Indoor GP. The Karlsruhe Meeting was fantastic, the facility was excellent, the crowd was enthusiastic and the meet showed me the promise of global indoors. Torun, Poland was the next, and the Polish fans’ enthusiasm, plus the home of Nicolas Copernicus was quite exciting (Poland is track crazy). The smallest footprint was the Madrid Indoor Meeting. The faciity held 2000 Spanish fans who loved the fast moving meet. Birmingham was my next stop, for a week of curry, athletics and friends. The final week of the tour was in Dusseldorf, and that meeting was, well, fast and furious.

Triple World Champion Noah Lyles set to return to Boston for New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Feb. 4 World silver medalist Gabby Thomas and 2022 World Champion Jake Wightman confirmed for the 29th-annual event at the TRACK at New Balance

Defending Champion Alicia Monson and World Bronze Medalist Konstanze Klosterhalfen Headline Terrific Women’s 3000m at the 115th Millrose Games, February 11th at The Armory

Is this the end of the road for Akani Simbine after losing his titles in 2022?

My return to the US was for the Toyota USA Indoors, which was held on Staten Island. An exciting meet, but after five weeks of travel, my body was worn out and I missed the Europearn Indoors.

My global office, Birmingham, England, NAIA Stadium, February 10,11 and 16, 2019, photo by RunBlogRun

Here is the entire podcast series on the Tour de Larry! Thanks to sponsors Nike and USATF, for production Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts, for RunBlogRun, Brian Eder, for marketing, Adam Johnson Eder/The Shoe Addicts.

Author

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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