Socialing the Distance-featuring Clayton Murphy, Clip 6: Transitioning Training Groups

Clayton Murphy, 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

In this clip Clayton talks about the changes from training with the Nike Oregon Project under Coach Alberto Salazar, to his current training group.

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Clayton Murphy could have stayed on the West Coast, but has decided to move back to Ohio and return to a coaching environment that he was both familiar and comfortable with. Coach Larabbee had taken Clayton from a high school grad to Olympic bronze medalist.

This was a fascinating segment in that one can see that Clayton Murphy gets it. He knows the environment and coaching relationship are key to his success. This man is planning for the future.

Clayton Murphy, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

Special thanks to Mike Deering of The Shoe Addicts. The Shoe Addicts managed and produced this series for RunBlogRun.

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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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