This is episode 7, Athletics Chat. In this weekly program, we have Larry Eder (San Jose, CA) and Stuart Weir (Oxford, England) speaking on the challenges to athletics and big stories in global athletics.
The topics discussed:
1. Dick Buerkle, some thoughts on this American athletic star
2. Barry Fudge leaving British Athletics-what is the story?
3. Will Wanda Diamond League come back in 2020 and how will it happen?
4. Can Wanda World Marathon Majors have an actual event in the last months in 2020?
5. Will media be able to cover events live or will they do it remotely?
6. Covid 19 update.
7. Living in San Jose, CA and Oxford, England…
Dick Buerkle, cover, Track & Field News,
Special thanks to Mike Deering /The Shoe Addicts on producing the Athletics Chat, 7.
To check out the episodes, 1-6, go here: https://www.runblogrun.com/2020/07/2020-runblogrun-presents-athletics-chat-with-larry-eder-stuart-weir-episodes-1-6.html.
Author
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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