Socialing The Distance featuring Tom Bedford (Full Interview), Race Director of the Richmond RUNFEST (updated 14 Dec 2020)

RunBlogRun

presents

Socialing The Distance

with Larry Eder

Featuring Tom Bedford,

Race Director of the Richmond RUNFEST

Updated 14 Dec 2020-newly updated video….

Tom Bedford and I spoke a couple weeks ago on the Richmond RUNFEST and many topics, including the upcoming British Olympic Marathon Trials and British Marathon Championships in 2021. Tom has been a good friend for almost 2 decades. Tom has a well developed sense of humor, and has developed a skill set to manage events and build successful events. Tom and his wife, Jade, built the Richmond RUNFEST from scratch.

We thank Tom Bedford on his time and Mike Deering on producing #socialingthedistance.

Jump to each topic with the Time Stamps below:

0:00 – Introduction

0:43 – Creating the Richmond RUNFEST

4:02 – Kew Gardens (As a Race Venue)

5:51 – Bringing in the athletes (like Chris Thompson)

7:32 – David Bedford and “The Greatest Marathon in the World”

8:16 – What makes the London Marathon so special?

12:53 – World Marathon Majors

13:30 – The beginning of the Pandemic

14:06 – How has the Pandemic affected running in the UK?

18:36 – Thoughts on Virtual Racing

20:43 – PB in Marathon/Bet with David Bedford

23:07 – British Olympic Trials Marathon Announcement

30:06 – On The Blocks

31:37 – Describing London 2012

34:02 – Epilogue

For more information about the Richmond RUNFEST: https://www.richmondrunfest.co.uk

Find Tom Bedford on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tom_bedford

Find Tom Bedford on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom_bedford83/

Find Richmond RUNFEST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/richmondrunfest

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-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."

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