Jake Wightman speaks to RunBlogRun about running 3:57.24 in his second Indoor race ever!

Jake Wightman was the European Junior Champion at 1,500 meters in 2013. He finished sixteenth in the heat in 2014 Commonwealth Games and in 2016, Jake was seventh in the European Championships.

I met Jake at the adidas Boost Boston Games last June. Jake is 23, and is coached by his father, Geoff Wightman. HIs mom is Susan Tooby, and yes, you recognize both of their names as British marathoners.

Jake’s father, Geoff Wightman emcees many of the finest press conferences on the track circuit.

Jake Wightman, 2016 European Championships, photo by PhotoRun.net

I interviewed Jake after his fine third in the mile, in 3:57.24. “Absolute lung burner, ” noted Jake on his twitter (@JakeSWightman), “Second and last track race, but nice to dip my toes into th eindoor scene.”

Jake ran an 800 meters, so this was his second race. Jake will go back to winter training and focus on making the British team for London 2017.

Here is my short Instagram interview with Jake!

Jake Wightman on his first indoor mile, #nbigp, #runblogrun #gamupdates #photorun #newbalance

A video posted by RunBlogRun (@runblogrun) on Jan 28, 2017 at 3:05pm PST

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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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