RunBlogRun presents Athletics Chat-Episode 8

RunBlogRun presents Athletics Chat-Episode 8, eatures Larry Eder (San Jose, CA) and Stuart Weir

Each Monday, Stuart Weir and I do a zoom chat and discuss the challenges in the athletics world, the challenges in the time of Covid-19, eand how the UK and USA are handling the pandemic, plus updates on athletes, federations and events.

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Bianca Williams in London Times….

In Episode 8, we discussed the Biance Williams incident in London. A Black Lives Matter incident in the UK. We also discussed the Impossible Games and how well that went. We also discussed the weekly questions Tokyo 2021, Wanda Diamond League, challenges with media travelling in the pandemic and deep thoughts.

Bianca Williams to Darryl Neita, GB 4x100m, photo by Getty Images / Berlin 2018

We hope you enjoy the Athletics Chat.

Want us to see a question answered? Send it to runblogrun@gmail.com, subject line: Athletics Chat.

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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