Socialing the Distance-featuring Clayton Murphy, Clip 7: Advice for High School and College athletes

In this clip, Larry asked Clayton: “What’s the biggest mistake you made as a high school athlete?” “What’s the biggest mistake you made as a college athlete?”

Clayton Murphy, the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist at 800 meters spoke with us just days before effecting huge changes in his life, or, so it would seem. My take is that Clayton Murphy has chosen his coach, training area for the next Olympiad.

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Clayton Murphy, 2018 U.S. Outdoor Champs, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

Not someone who considers things lightly, the fine athlete is moving from the West Coast to the midwest. Something I have done a few times. What is it about the Midwest that draws some?

We will let Clayton explain that.

Special thanks to Mike Deering of The Shoe Addicts. The Shoe Addicts managed and produced this series for RunBlogRun.

Clayton Murphy, 2018 U.S. Outdoor Champs, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts

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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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