The 2011 ING New York City Marathon may have been the most spectacular display of the promise of the marathon that we have ever seen. From the crushing victory of Geoffrey Mutai, to the sensational last ditch win of Firehiwot Dado, the elite races kept TV viewers enthralled. From Jennie Finch passing 30,000 of the field of 46,000 to raise over $30k for charities to Jack Waitz, having run only once the week before the marathon, asking his late wife, Grete Waitz, winner of nine New York City marathons, for help. Those are just a few of the 46,000 plus stories that were and are the 2011 version of the New York City Marathon. We asked the Shoe Addicts to give us there view of the Big Apple and the race through five boroughs. Here is what they came up with:
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.
