"I Run Clean" on the bibs in 2015 SPAR European Cross Country (Hyeres, France)

Sifan Hassan, Euro XC, photo by PhotoRun.net

I Run Clean on the bibs
LAUSANNE (SUI): European Athletics has announced that runners taking part in the European Cross Country in HyÃ¨res can carry an “I Run Clean” message on their bibs to show commitment to anti-doping. Athletes will have the choice between the ‘I Run Clean’ bib and a neutral one. European Athletics hopes athletes and fans will share and promote this message of anti-doping on social media via the hashtag #irunclean. European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen will inform all teams of the initiative at the event’s Technical Meeting on Saturday. “We want our participating athletes to reassure those watching at the course and at home that they are competing without resorting to doping. We also want our athletes to encourage aspiring athletes to adopt a clean approach to sports through wearing these bibs and by positing their commitment to a doping-free career through our #irunclean social media campaign,” said Hansen.

Editor’s note: We love this idea! The European Athletics Association is clearly making a strong statement. I like Arne Hansen, who has made it quite clear that he wants to innovate and build the EAA. Nice job!

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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.

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