Conversation with Larry: In praise of bespoke track meets in 2021

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In praise of pop-up or bespoke

Track Meets in 2021

Sound Running, Meet 2, 10,000m, photo by @Kevmofoto/Kevin Morris

In this short convo with Larry (about 10 minutes), I contend that much of the success in 2020 and 2021 is the emergence of the bespoke track meets, from Sound Running, to American Track League to Miles of Trials. Now, while I do believe that there must be standards by which the meets are shown via streaming video, I want to see the federations and sponsors support these meets. The meet directors have that ‘vision thing’ and many are raising money to make their dreams a reality.

These meets have personalized track and field for many fans and a new generation of athletes. Thanks to the bespoke meet directors, and their teams, as their events have, in many ways, opened up the hearts and minds of many of the fans.

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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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