Luke Puskedra, photo courtesy of Chicago Marathon
In the Chicago Marathon, I saw the towering figure of Luke Puskedra at the back of the lead pack. I remember noting that Luke should just stay out of trouble, and run his race.
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And Luke Puskedra did run his race.
His five minute personal best comes a year after he gave up running for a bit. With the support of his wife and his coach, Luke Puskedra came back to running.
His 2:10:34 not only marks him as one of the top five qualifiers in the US Olympic marathon trials, scheduled for February 13, 2016, but makes him our RunBlogRun American Male Athlete for October 2015!
Thanks to the Shoe Addicts for this video saluting Luke Puskedra.
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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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