RRCA Interviews at the 106th Drake Relays with Gary Morgan, from RunningNetwork Tv

Running Network TV has been doing digital programming and content for over ten years now. Working with Gary Morgan has been some of my favorite times in the sport. Running Network TV has been championed by Art & Jenny McCafferty of MichiganRunner magazine.

Gary Morgan is a 1988 Olympian at 20k race walk. The man has defied death, and is a pacer to 25 or so races a year. Gary is known as Mr. Ubiquitous, and his followers are legion. What do people like about Gary?

Well, his view of the world, his joie de vivre, his love of the sport and his always positive attitude. When he fell of Mt. Hood in 2012, and showed up three days later in Hayward Field, I knew that god had a sense of humor and an affection for that crazy race walker.

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Traveling with Gary in China and other worlds is always an adventure. I have been with him in Korea, China, Japan, Great Britain. But I have not hitch hiked with him in Korea to Buddhist temples, as others have. Those stories are, well, EPIC. Not Games of Thrones EPIC, but Gary Morgan EPIC.

Please check out the weekly programming, which gives you a birds’ eye view into the world of core running, our world at the Running Network!

This programming is on the Drake Relays and the RRCA Convention, our partners with Club Running Magazine.

To paraphrase a favorite tome on Frank Sinatra: It’s Gary’s World, we just live in it.

Watch these videos and you will understand.

RRCA Interviews at 106th Drake Relays

With Gary Morgan

RRCA Representative Gary Morgan attended the 106th Drake Relays and had the opportunity to interview some of the elite athletes.

Athlete Interviews include:

David Oliver, Ajee Wilson, Dawn Haper Nelson, Demi Payne, LaShawn Merritt, Kirani James, Chanelle Price, Alysia Montano and Derek Drouin.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYy2-50pd4

Morgan also tan into the Spirit of the Marathon Director Jon Dunham to see what he was up to. Dunham’s film on the Chicago Marathon was a bench mark in the road running movement.

These videos appear on both the Running Network and Michigan Runner TV channels.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYy2-50pd4

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2015 RUNNING NETWORK TV SHOWS – NOW PLAYING AND UPCOMING

http://runningnetwork.com/RNW/index.php/media/rntv

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The Running Network and its network of publications, tv channels and newsletters, continue to roll out a robust schedule of videos for this year.

1) Since 2009, The Running Network has put up over a thousand videos on its site that have been witnessed by over a million viewers

2) Running Network cameras have been on every continent, 20 countries and 25 states.

3) We have covered, the Beijing, Vancouver, London and Sochi Olympics

4) We have interviewed hundreds of the world’s most famous running, track & field and industry stars.

5) We are one of the most watched running themed networks in the world

UPCOMING SHOWS

MAY

Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Cleveland, OH

Rockford – State Finals, Rockford, MI

Dexter-Ann Arbor Run – Mr. T’s Kids Run, Ann Arbor, MI

Dexter-Ann Arbor Run. Dexter & Ann Arbor, MI

Peele Island Winery Half Marathon, Peele, OH

JUNE

Diemer Family of Races. Cutlerville, MI

Kona Run, Plymouth, MI

Plymouth YMCA Father’s Day Run, Plymouth, MI

USA Track and Field Championships, Eugene OR.

Pan Am Games Track and Field, Toronto, Canada

Pan Am Junior Championships, Edmonton, Canada

AUGUST

AU Junior Olympics, Hampton Roads VA

World Track and Field championships, Beijing, CH

SEPTEMBER

Labor Day 30K Run, Milford, MI

MSU Auto Owners Spartan Invitational, East Lansing, MI

Mt. Baldhead Challenge, Saugatuck, MI

Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo – Races and Places. Royal Oak, MI

Zero Cancer Challenge 5K. Belle Isle. Detroit, MI

OCTOBER

Chicago Marathon, Chicago. IL

Sandhill Crane All Trail Half Marathon, 10K & 5K Vandalia, MI

Helen DeVos Children’s Marathon, Grand Rapids, MI

Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon, Grand Rapids, MI

Wicked Halloween Run, Plymouth, MI

LP MHSAA Cross Country Finals at MIS, Brooklyn, MI

NOVEMBER

New York City Marathon, New York, NY

37th Big Bird Run, Roseville/Eastpointe, MI

Kona Chocolate Run, Plymouth, MI

NCAA Cross Country Championships, Lexington, KY

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NOW SHOWING

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APRIL

RRCA Presents Detroit City Council W/ Runner Friendly Award, Detroit.MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSebPq7Cb2g

Ann Arbor Marathon (8) Shows, Ann Arbor, MI

http://michiganrunner.tv/2015annarbormarathon/

Novi Memorial Day. Novi, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9upFjs6GW5o

Labor Day 30K, Milford, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s69pmpFNJU

UA Pipefitters and Plumbers 5K Prevew, Ann Arbor, Mi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spn5PL9mufo

The IronWomen: Julie Moss and Kathleen McCartney, Wrightsville, NC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhWKDb8y34

Wrightsville Beach Marathon, Wrightsville, NC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQaGWnHXXkU

Let’s Move Festival of Race, Mt. Clemens, MI

http://michiganrunner.tv/2015lets_move/

Boston Marathon Interviews, Boston, MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM5iU3XqbRs

B.A.A. 5K,Boston, MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71wNR7mJOs

MARCH

Dog Sled Rides at Treetops Resort. Gaylord, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np1LlVDhZ5E

Kona Shamrock Run (7 shows) Plymouth, MI

http://glsp.com/kona_st_patrick/

AAU Under 14 National Championship at EMU, Ypsilanti, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XFpWG1HSPI

Little Rock Marathon. Little Rock, AK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMMYk234oY

Let’s Do This Boston. Boston, MA

http://runningnetwork.com/RNW/index.php/media/rntv/viewvideo/2028/marathons/lets-do-this-boston

FEBRUARY

Pensacola Double Bridge Run with Gary Morgan, Pensacola, FL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6og38iAzDLI

Ground Hog Day 1/6 Marathon Evening Run. Grand Rapids, Mi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ltc1XxGOXY
Elite Mile, Girls and Boys, Audrey Bell and Grant Fisher, Allendale, MI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y51FJ7U8Z6g

Fifth Third River Bank – Kristin Aidif Interview, Grand Rpids, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GmyDGDdv0A

Meijer State Games of Michigan. Grand Rapids, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVCJBzzCEU

Puma and Usain Bolt Ignite New York III, New York, NY

http://runningnetwork.com/RNW/index.php/media/rntv/viewvideo/1984/track-and-field/puma-and-usain-bolt-ignite-new-york-iii

JANUARY New York City Road Runners Midnight Run in Central Park, New York, NY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnGwogqhQig

Trop Cal 5K – Miami Marathon. Miami. FL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6mv9h1s2io

Gary Morgan – Mr. Ubiquitous Honored By Oakland CC, Auburn Hills, MI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DEWc8IczQ

2015 Standard chartered Dubai Marathon, Dubai

http://runningnetwork.com/RNW/index.php/media/rntv/viewvideo/1975/marathons/video-highlights-2015-standard-chartered-dubai-marathon

Author

Larry Eder

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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