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Coffee With Larry, Bob Richards, 1952/1956 Olympic gold medalist in PV dies at 97, European Indoor Champs are two days away, The TEN is March 4, and happy birthday to Terry Ward!

February 28, 2023

Coffee With Larry, Bob Richards, 1952/1956 Olympic gold medalist in PV dies at 97, European Indoor Champs are two days away, The TEN is March 4, and happy birthday to Terry Ward!

Bob Richards, Olympic champion, 1952, 1956 in pole vault, has died at age of 97, photo by Wheaties

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This is our Coffee With Larry for Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Enjoy the show!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!

This is Coffee With Larry for Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

Out topics include:

1. Bob Richards, 1952 and 1956 Olympic pole vault champion, died at age of 97, here’s obit from NYTimes. https://www.nytimes.com/…/olympics/bob-richards-dead.html

Bob Richards, photo from NY Times Obit

2. A happy Birthday to Terry Ward, long-time Track coach at Bellarmine Prep (before that, Saint Ignatius)!

3. The European Indoor Champs is two days away! https://www.european-athletics.com/…/european…/overview

Kevin Morris, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field
Boston Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2023
World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

4. Watch for columns from Deji Ogeyingbo, Stuart Weir and Matt Long today at www.runblogrun.com

Grant Holloway takes win in 7.35 at Birmingham WIT Final, photo by Getty Images for British Athletics

5. RunBlogRun will cover the 2023 European Indoor Champs, March 2-5, 2023 on site with Stuart Weir and remotely as well! www.european-athletics.com

Laura Muir, Melissa Courtney (now Bryant), 2019 European Indoor 3000m, Glasgow, photo by Getty Images for European Athletics

6. NB Nationals, at The TRACK at new balance, March 2-5, 2023, www.nbnationals.com.

Sadie Engelhartdt took the Girls Junior Mile, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field
Boston Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2023
World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

7. How AI can help athletics coaches, https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/02/running-into-the-future-a-runners-guide-to-ai.html, by Fiona Norton,

This image was created with the assistance of DALL·E.

8. RunBlogRun interviews Jesse Williams on The Ten, Sound Running’s 10,000m event, for 4 March 2023, https://bit.ly/3Zm3SgU, #soundrunning, #on_running, @sound_running, @jesjamdub, #TheTen, #worldathletics,

jesse Williams, in a contemplative place, circa 2011-2013, photo courtesy of Brooks Running

#CoffeeWithLarry , #EuropeanAthletics, #EuropeanIndoors, #BobRichards, #TerryWard,

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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.

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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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