2011 adidas Grand Prix NYC: How to watch it as a track geek, by Larry Eder

Tyson Gay, 2010 Belgacom Brussels, photo by PhotoRun.net

The idea of track geekdom, well, needs to be embraced. As a friend noted this evening, ” Oh my God, we are all just….geeks.” It was said with a touch of tenderness, and some pride.

So, with the help of Sara Hunninghake, the PR maven for the adidas Grand Prix NYC, here are helpful links that will make you seem oh so geeky to your friends, family, irritated spouses and significant others. RBR will be covering the MIni 10k live this coming am and also the adidas Grand Prix NYC! On twitter, as is my want, and then, dear readers, on runblogrun.com and www.runningnetwork.com sites!

Enjoy!

Schedule & Start Lists: http://www.diamondleague-newyork.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/

* There have been athletes who’ve scratched this week; the lists
online are updated to reflect all changes. A few to note: Sherone
Simpson (JAM), Wallace Spearmon (USA), Nesta Carter (JAM), Michael
Frater (JAM) & Kerron Clement (USA).

* To access results of Diamond League events held so far this year, see:

— Doha: http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview1/

— Shanghai: http://www.diamondleague-shanghai.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/

— Rome: http://www.diamondleague-rome.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/

— Prefontaine: http://www.diamondleague-eugene.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/

— Oslo: http://www.diamondleague-oslo.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/

* For detailed statistical information on athletes, results of meets from around the world and other useful information, visit www.all-athletics.com

* To access current IAAF world lists or all-time lists, see http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

* For year-by-year lists of Track & Field News end-of-year athlete rankings, see http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/rankings

*
World, American, All-Comers and adidas Grand Prix meet records for the
events being contested today are listed in the Media Guide; they and
other records (world junior, high school, etc.) are also available at http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/records

* For brief statistical information on athletes, search by athlete name and country at http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/index.html

* For lengthier biographies of USA athletes, see www.usatf.org

* Results from past years of the adidas Grand Prix begin on Page 71 of the Media Guide.

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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