Athletics Chat, Episode 61: Speaking of Tokyo….

RunBlogRun presents

Athletics Chat,

Episode 61

Once a week, Stuart Weir (European senior writer, normally, in, Oxford, England, now, quarantined (3 days), in Tokyo) and Larry Eder (Editor, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin) discuss the world’s problems once a week. Here are this week’s topics:

The starting gun, photo by Kevin Morris / Kevmofoto

Stuart is in Tokyo, and he posted five stories on the top British athletes as they looked prior to the Tokyo Olympics. Talk about dedication, Stuart was up at 4 am in London to speak with the British athletes in Yokohama.

This week, we spoke about:

1. The differences in US and British relay teams, and how the athletes are chosen.

2. What his travels were like, and how quarantine was going.

3. The challenges in covering Tokyo Olympics.

4. Events we look forward to viewing.

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Author

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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