Johannes Vetter, 2016 Rio Olympics, photo by PhotoRun.net
I met Johannes Vetter at the Doha DL last May. I was fortunate to watch him and Thomas Rohler several times over the summer. In July, Johannes Vetter put together the second finest series of javelin throws in history, 90.75m, 91.06m, 93.06m and 94.44m!
Johannes went on to win the World Championships in cold and wet London. He was able to throw farther than all and keep his wits about him when the weather and competition was getting very dangerous.
This is the back view of three of his fine throws from Luzern, Switzerland last July.
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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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