Berlin Diary 09, Day 1: Welkommen to the Olympische Stadium, by Larry EDer

Guten Morgen from Berlin! It is about 4.30 am in the Midwest, and 2.30 am on the West Coast as I write this first update. I am sitting in seat 94/2, in the Media Tribune, above the finish line. A wonderful wind is in the stadium this high up, as sun and warmth have graced the 1936 Berlin Olympic Stadium. About 25,000 fans grace the stadium this morning while the men’s shot, women’s steeplechase, women’s 100m hurdles are conducted.

Berlin WC 2009 Sign on side of Stadium, photo by Larry Eder
As we have done since 1995, this is the seventh time we have covered the World Champs from the web-this time, we will be focusing on Runblogrun.com, twitter.com/runblogrun and www.runningnetwork.com (thanks to Chuck Bartlett on runningnetwork.com and Brian Eder on Runblogrun.com). We hope you enjoy the coverage. If you have special interests email me at [email protected], twitter me or try [email protected].
Now, let’s talk track & field!
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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."

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