EUGENE (USA): US long distance star Galen Rupp has already set two national records this year, and with good conditions, his own US 10 000 m best of 26:48.00 could be in jeopardy at the Prefontaine Classic on Friday night. Rupp, a 27-year-old native from nearby Portland, has asked for a fast pace on a track where he has won at a high school, collegiate, and professional level. Rupp will be racing against a world class field that includes Kenya’s 23-year-old Paul Tanui, the bronze medallist from last year’s IAAF World Championships in Moscow. Bedan Karoki is another 23-year-old Kenyan with great Pre Classic memories. Kenneth Kipkemoi and Emmanuel Bett are two more world class Kenyans in the field.
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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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