Trantevius Friday winning his 400 meters on Friday, photo by PhotoRun.net
EUGENE (USA): TrackTown USA president Vin Lananna called Thursday for a U.S. professional track circuit, and said he was ready to help make it happen. Speaking in the media center for the IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field, Lananna said the best U.S. post-collegians should not be forced to go to Europe to find a place to compete. This is where the Run TrackTown High Performance Meet comes in on Saturday. The meet has a total of 57 000 USD in prize money. Individual winners earn 3500 USD. Local media are informing.
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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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