Usain Bolt told us that his wake up call this year was the Jamaican Trials, where Yohan Blake defeated his twice, first at the 100 meters and second at the 200 meters. “It is much harder now, ” Bolt told the assembled media in Barcelona, Spain on the 100th birthday of the IAAF.
Bolt also told the media that 2013 is about running very fast. ” I will be trying each time I go out to see how fast I can run. ”
Bolt also gave credit to where credit is due: his coach, Glenn Mills, his sponsors, his management, his team mates, his family, his fans.
That should make 2013 even more fun!
The following video is from the Shoe Addicts celebrating Usain Bolt’s fourth IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. And from the sprinter himself, perhaps his hardest award to win, and the one he will savor…for now.
IAAF Athlete of the Year: Usain bolt from The Shoe Addicts on Vimeo.
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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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