Chris Thompson defends at Great Run Portsmouth 10 miler!

Chris Thompson, aka Thommo to his friends and fans, won another Great Run today. He defended his title at the Portsmouth 10 miler today, with a time of 48:32. Chris was three seconds ahead of Matt Sharp and four seconds ahead of Ben Connor. On the women’s side, Gemma Steel won the race in 55:25, with Lily Partridge, 55:37 and Charlotte Purdue in 55:43.

Chris Thompson leads, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 10,000m, photo by PhotoRun.net

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I have watched Chris Thompson run since 2009. He has runs some amazing races, including two big races in Palo Alto. Thommo has been challenged by both competitors and injuries. His sense of humor is exceptional.

Chris Thompson is the 2010 European silver medalist at the 10,000 meters. He is back in UK training and looking for the perfect, or near perfect race.

Please check out his Instagram posting on his race today!

â€ªSo proud to defend my title today #simplyhealthGreatSouthRun @GreatRunElite â€¬@simplyhealth amazing support, amazing story’s. Been a long 5 weeks. Now to chill and build more fitness. Thanks always to my support team. #onrunning #cep #protocol #orreco #pacemanagement #alanstorey. ðŸ“¸: Peter Langdown

A post shared by Christopher Thompson (@thommo26.2) on Oct 22, 2017 at 10:40am PDT

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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.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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