This video was done in April, from two days of observing Aries Merritt, the world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles and London 2012 Olympic gold medalists. The media tour, organized by the IAAF, gave a group of international media, Getty photographer Doug Pensinger and the video team of the Shoe Addicts.
Aries Merritt made the team for Moscow 2013 this past weekend. Merritt told the media during the A Day in the Life tour that he wanted a World Championship. Moscow is less than two months away.
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.
