RunBlogRun presents
Socialing The Distance
with Larry Eder
Featuring Max Siegel,
CEO of USA Track & Field
This was originally published on February 20, 2021. In light of the current concerns over Max Siegel’s compensation, we thought that this
interview might shed some light on the CEO of USATF. We also encourage all interested readers to check out Ken Stone’s masterful piece:
Max Siegel on $3.8 Million USATF Pay: ‘Seen One Gold Medalist Critical of Me?’ by Ken Stone for Times of San Diego
Max Siegel is the CEO of USA Track & Field. We spoke less than two weeks ago on many topics that challenge
the sport. We thank Max for his comments and for giving #Socialingthedistance the time.
Special thanks to Mike Deering /The Shoe Addicts for his production work on this interview.
Time Stamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:42 – USATF sponsoring ATL Indoor Series
3:15 – 3 Important Elements of Televised T&F
5:21 – More meets during the outdoor season?
6:19 – Is USATF involved with NBIGP?
7:08 – Juggling relationships with multiple brands
9:23 – Discussing whereabouts testing with rookie athletes
10:17 – The process of canceling events for safety
12:16 – Tokyo 2021
13:41 – Thoughts on XC not being added to Olympics
14:38 – Social Justice in Athletics
17:17 – Recognizing Jim Thorpe
18:20 – CEO of World Athletics for a day
20:00 – Head of NBC Sports Global TV for a day
21:56 – Challenges for US Trials 2021
23:14 – Having the right resources in Track & Field
25:06 – Vote on the executive board
27:11 – Past experience helping in a position now
30:00 – Will the 2020 US Championship be rescheduled?
32:23 – Returning to normalcy
33:36 – Will we see events in Indy?
34:36 – US Olympic Marathon Team
35:54 – First Olympic Games you saw as a kid
37:17 – Ending
38:21 – Epilogue
Find Max on Twitter: https://twitter.com/max_siegel
Find USATF on Twitter: https://twitter.com/usatf
Find USATF on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usatf/
Visit their website: https://www.usatf.org #USATF
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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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