On Thursday, June 15, I watched the Oslo meet. The weather was cold, then warm, then cold, just like Norway! The fans were out in droves and the competition was fantastic.
The battle in the men’s Dream Mile, between Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Ollie Hoare and Jake Wightman was fantastic! Jakob had company until the last 200 meters, and he pushed himself on from there. Ollie finished one second behind and Jake was three seconds. What a brilliant and exciting race.
All three of those guys ran as juniors or high school athletes, and Jakob started as an 8 year old. Each has different paths, which path will you follow?
Think about that! How far do you want to go?
Saturday, June 18, 2022, take an easy 30 minute run, bike ride or swim.
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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