Nick is the 2008 Olympic silver medalist at the 1,500m. In 2016, Willis took an Olympic bonze with an amazing last 50 meters in the Stadium Engenhao.
On January 19, 2021, Nick Willis took second in the mile in 3:58.05, at the Orange Winter Classic, in Clermont, Florida, giving Nick the unique position of having broken 4 minutes in the mile 19 straight years, breaking the tie he had with Sir John Walker, 1976 Olympic gold medalist at 1,500m, and fellow Kiwi.
We spoke with Nick Willis on Feb 5, 2021, at ATL presser prior to ATL Meet #3! We think Nick Willis can go even faster!
Special thanks to Shawn Price on hosting ATL pressers and Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts, on producing this zoom interview.
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.
Nick Willis, photo by Olympics.org.NZ
