Most of the 560,000 high school boys and girls in cross country will compete in high school cross country in 2024 raced over the coming weekend, including many state meets!
Cross country is a real key to developing as a great distance runner!
The Munich 1972 Olympics, Lasse Viren leads Miruts Yifter, Frank Shorter, Mariano Haro, et al, photo by IOC/Munich 1972
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.
