Galen Rupp will be at Oxy, with Centro, while Mo Farah is in Doha! Oxy 2012 photo by PhotoRun.net
EAGLE ROCK (USA): The Hoka One One Middle Distance Classic will take place on Thursday. World silver medallist Nick Symmonds is entered for the men’s 800m, alongside Matthew Centrowitz, Brandon Johnson and Sweden’s Johan Rogestedt. Entered in the 1500m is Olympic medallist Leo Manzano, Great Britain’s Chris O’Hare, Andrew Wheating and Pat Casey. The 5000m field includes, Galen Rupp, Cam Levins, Kenya’s Lawi Lalang, Belgium’s Bashir Abdi and Japan’s Suguru Osako. In the women’s 800m, Chanelle Price, Maggie Vessey, Charlene Lipsey, Mary Cain and Shannon Rowbury are entered. Entries for the 1500m include: Sally Kipyego of Kenya, Emma Coburn, Mary Cain, Shannon Rowbury and Morgan Uceny. The 5000m field includes Buze Diriba of Ethiopia, Steph Twell of Great Britain and Kara Goucher.
(Editor’s note: The HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic is one of those events that celebrate performance. The three thousand fans watch from the small facility that houses the HOKA ONE ONE Classic is informed and enthusiastic.
If you can not be there, you can enjoy social media updates from RunBlogRun. We will have Peter Abraham on the field and Larry Eder watching from Doha with updates, color commentary and thoughtful bon mots. )
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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