Best Moments of 2017: The 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Monday Presser: A fantastic discussion on the sport!, from RunBlogRun April 2017 Archives

Originally posted April 24, 2017

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The 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon was amazing. Mary Keitany, Tirunesh Dibaba took women’s running to a new place, and Daniel Wanjiru was a fun new winner. Hugh Brasher speaking on the continued success of the London Marathon makes this my favorite April 2017 moment.

The post race pressers at the Virgin Money London Marathon are pretty good most years, but the final presser was exceptional.

This year, Mary Keitany, Daniel Wanjiru, David Weir and Hugh Brasher, with the interviews from Tim Hutchings, were in a talkative mood. The discussion went from fitness for young Brits to the amazing day of marathoning on Sunday.

I have to agree. Yesterday’s 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon may have been the best all around series of races in twenty years! Hugh Brasher, the Event Director spoke how this race brought all of the inspiration and creativity of the event together in one year. He hailed David Bedford on putting together the finest women’s field of all times.

This is a fun video to view, with lots to consider!

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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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