RunBlogRun
presents
Socialing The Distance
with Larry Eder
Featuring Tom Bedford,
Race Director of the Richmond RUNFEST
Updated 14 Dec 2020-newly updated video….
Tom Bedford and I spoke a couple weeks ago on the Richmond RUNFEST and many topics, including the upcoming British Olympic Marathon Trials and British Marathon Championships in 2021. Tom has been a good friend for almost 2 decades. Tom has a well developed sense of humor, and has developed a skill set to manage events and build successful events. Tom and his wife, Jade, built the Richmond RUNFEST from scratch.
We thank Tom Bedford on his time and Mike Deering on producing #socialingthedistance.
Jump to each topic with the Time Stamps below:
0:00 – Introduction
0:43 – Creating the Richmond RUNFEST
4:02 – Kew Gardens (As a Race Venue)
5:51 – Bringing in the athletes (like Chris Thompson)
7:32 – David Bedford and “The Greatest Marathon in the World”
8:16 – What makes the London Marathon so special?
12:53 – World Marathon Majors
13:30 – The beginning of the Pandemic
14:06 – How has the Pandemic affected running in the UK?
18:36 – Thoughts on Virtual Racing
20:43 – PB in Marathon/Bet with David Bedford
23:07 – British Olympic Trials Marathon Announcement
30:06 – On The Blocks
31:37 – Describing London 2012
34:02 – Epilogue
For more information about the Richmond RUNFEST: https://www.richmondrunfest.co.uk
Find Tom Bedford on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tom_bedford
Find Tom Bedford on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom_bedford83/
Find Richmond RUNFEST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/richmondrunfest
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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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