Ashton Eaton had some great performances over the past two days. He ran 10.35 for the 100 meters, long jumped 8.03m, threw the shot put 14.66m, High jumped 2.05m and ran 46.90 for the 400 meters to end day one, in the lead, with a score of 4661. On day two, Ashton did not relax, as he hurdled 13.56 for the 110m hurdles, and threw the discus 42.53m and pole vaulted 5.20m. ” I felt some tightness in my hamstrings, so I did not push the pole vault.” noted Ashton
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Larry Eder has had a 51-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."