by Larry EderThe weekly Athletics Chat, is presented by RunBlogRun. The concept is this: two journalists, one in the U.S. and one in the UK, chat once a week on at least 4 topics. In the U.S., it is Larry Eder and in the UK, it is Stuart Weir. Larry is in San Jose, CA (sometimes, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin), and Stuart is Oxford, England.
an early spike, circa 1924-1928, hand made by Adi Dassler, founder of adidas, photo by adidas Communications
The topics vary, but the idea is this. Two athletic writers, isolated by the Covid 19 pandemic, continue to speak about the sport that they love and catch up on the world.
Special thanks to Mike Deering and Adam Johnson-Eder on managing the recording and the production and trying to keep Larry on a time schedule. And thanks to Stuart Weir for his thoughts and comments.
RunBlogRun presents Athletics Chat – Episode 4 Time stamp for Episode 4 Topics: 0:00 – Intro 2:55 – Max Siegel/Gwen Berry story 5:30 – COVID updates/Protests/Curfews 7:20 – British Athletes regarding the protests 13:52 – Updates on Olympic status 20:09 – How London is dealing with COVID (Thoughts on Mayor of London) 21:05 – Stuart’s Interview with Jo Coates 24:53 – Biggest challenge for Jo Coates/Weakest events for UK Athletics 29:49 – Lamine Diack Trial updates 32:24 – Seb Coe & World Athletics updates/Upcoming events 36:00 – Edwin Moses advice for Karston Warholm 38:37 – Favorite field event: Triple Jump stories 46:16 – Hammer Throw story from Larry 56:15 – Epilogue For more information: www.runblogrun.com
