Socialing the Distance, Featuring Tom Walsh (the full interview), World Champion (Indoors) 2016, 2018, Olympic bronze medalist (2016, 2020) and World Champion, 2017!

This is a gem of an interview with 3 times World Champion (2016 indoors, 2017 outdoors, 2018 indoors), two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and 3 time World Champs outdoor bronze medalist Tom Walsh, who has been fighting the shot put wars since 2009! One of the most thoughtful interviews that I have had with an athlete. Tom Walsh loves to compete. I miss seeing him at meets due to the pandemic. We always have a quick laugh, and I ask him something about the competition. I like to see the world through this Kiwi’s eyes. He misses little.

Tomas Walsh, NZL, gold medalist, London 2017 shot put, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

Tom Walsh was introduced to me by his late agent, Andy Stubbs, a wonderful man who passed away last year. Andy told me that Tom was a good guy, and we did our first interview in 2015. I enjoyed his sense of humor, his keen knowledge of the sport, and that he wanted to win, no matter what. I had sensed a less than satisfactory treatment of him at the DL that week, and I knew he was keeping it bottled to kick but while he threw.

Socialing The Distance with Larry Eder

Featuring Tom Walsh, the professional Shot Putter

A special thanks to the late Andy Stubbs and Stubbs Management for setting up this interview (March 2021)

Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwalshsp

Tom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomwalshsp/

Hawi Management: https://www.hawimanagement.com/

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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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