Grete Waitz winning 1983 World Championships Marathon,
photo courtesy of AKTIV Foundation to Fight Cancer
In 1983, Grete Waitz won the World Cross Country, the London Marathon, and the World Championships Marathon. What an amazing year. Grete Waitz, in her career as a marathoner, won nine NYC Marathons, and made herself part of the sport’s history. Her legacy, the AKTIV Foundation to Fight Cancer, is supported by adidas. In this interview, Adrian Leek, GM of adidas Running Business, speaks with thought and emotion about Grete’s legacy and the AKTIV Foundation.
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.
