#I Love Richmond: Collis Birmingham, video from Richmond Running Festival

Hassan and Tola Poised to Dominate Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year Honors

2025 USATF Half Marathon Championships Coming to Running City USA Top U.S. Athletes Will Compete March 2 as Part of Publix Atlanta Marathon Weekend

CJ Albertson Eyes Improvement After Chicago Marathon Personal Best, Aims for More Success

This video, of Australian two time Olympian Collis Birmingham, is from Richmond Running Festival. Watch for more informative videos and learn more about this upcoming series of races! And in this video, find out that Commonwealth 5k medalist Andy Vernon is called, “Bruiser”.

Birmingham is one of the toughest and most prolific racers of his era. Racing from two miles to the half marathon, Collis Birmingham has run 27:29 for 10,000m and 1:00.56 for the half marathon.

The Richmond Running Festival is in Great Britain, and will be held on September 22, 2013. We encourage all to attend!

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."
View all posts