Ronnie Baker takes the 60m, photo by Getty Images / British Athleticsr
The Madrid World Indoor Tour was held on 21 February 2020, just weeks before all hell broke loose in the world. The faciity is a intimate one, with about 2,200 seats. Last year, when I attended, the meet got exciting, and the fans loved the hurdles, and the jumps. Ronnie Baker ran a fine 6.44 to show that his fitness is back. In the men’s 800m, Collins Kipruto won in 1.46.09 over Adam Kszczot. Juan Miguel Echevarria leaped 8.41m in the LJ and Hughes Zango won the TJ in 17.31m.
Special thanks to Mike Deering of The Shoe Addicts, who produced this podcast.
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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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