Bobby Curtis is the top American male runner at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. Competing in his fifth marathon, Bobby is focused, relaxed and prepared. After a rough 2016, where he battled heat, humidity and exhaustion in his fourth marathon, the U.S. Olympic Marathon trials in Feburary, Bobby Curtis finished tenth in the Trials 10,000 meters in July.
Bobby Curtis, photo by PhotoRun.net
His fifth marathon is about having a good experience and getting a strong time. With pacers at 65 minutes, Bobby Curtis should be in his happy place at halfway. If he feels good, this is the course to break 2 hours, ten minutes and become the 17th American man under 2:10:00.
We wish Bobby Curtis great luck later this morning. This interview was done with Bobby Curtis, by Larry Eder, for RunBlogRun. We thank Bobby Curtis for his patience and my brother, Brian Eder, for producing the audio through SoundCloud.
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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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