RBR's Fave Links for November 30, 2011, by Larry Eder

Edward Cheserek, 2011 FL NE Regionals, photo by PhotoRun.net

Dear Readers,

As I head to the USATF Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, 11/30-12/3 and NXN (12/3), I found several stories that make sense for you to check out, so here are the links and my comments:

How do you become the World’s Best? Mo Farah on Channel 4.

Face it, Mo Farah, after his gold at the 5,000m and silver at 10,000m in Daegu has risen to the very top of the distance food chain, here is a good piece on his attention to detail:

http://www.channel4.com/news/how-do-you-become-the-best-distance-runner-in-the-world?45

adidas to produce shoe in India that will sell for $1

adidas is focusing on the largest market in the world. This writer quotes adidas management on a shoe that will sell for $1 in India’s many small regional areas. Fascinating.

http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/adidas-set-to-launch-1-shoe-in-india.html

Nike 2011 NXN Champs, December 3, 2011

Here is the official site for the NXN in 2011, run by our friends at Runnerspace.com: We encourage you to check it out, as they have tons of video, results and great photos! RBR will see you there and be twittering the event live!

NXN Official site

FootLocker Nationals, December 10, 2011

The oldest champs in high school sports, the FootLocker XC is in its 33rd year. Check out the Footlocker XC site for all of the regional action and updates. RBR will be covering that event live as well, see you there!

FootLocker Cross Country Official Site

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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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