Andy Vernon, photo by PhotoRun.net
LONDON (GBR, May 10): British Athletics informs that Jo Pavey and Andy Vernon showed their strength as they defeated the opposition, and the wind, to be crowned British 10 000 m Champions at the Highgate Night of the 10,000m PBs. Despite the conditions, Pavey clocked 32:11.04, well inside the European Championships qualifying time of 33:00, meaning she has booked her spot on the plane to Zurich this August. French Sophie Duarte took second on the night 32:36.32 (her track debut at the distance), with Beth Potter running the best race of her career to move through for third, and British Championship silver with 32:45.69. European CC Champion Fionualla Britton was fourth 32:57.49 ahead of Iwona Lewandowska of Poland 33:08.95. Men winner Vernon clocked 28:26.59 ahead of Chris Thompson 28:49.77 and Jonathan Mellor 28:52.90.
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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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