The Journey to Compete, January 9, 2026, Issue # 14, The NIKE Cross Country newsletter: Everything You Must Know on the Tallahassee World Cross Country !
This is the most recent NIKE cross-country newsletter, the Journey to Compete. Sent to high school and college track coaches for FREE (sign up at [email protected] with your email address and NIKE XC in subject line), the NIKE Journey to Compete is a collaboration between NIKE running and RunBlogRun. The goal is assist athletes and their coaches in modern training, inspire the athletes and coaches and educate tham about the proud history of sport, while providing up to date information on NIKE athletes, NIKE running shoes and NIKE apparel.
Steve Prefontaine racing indoors, circa 1974, photo by Jeff Johnson, curated by Walt Chadwick
14. The Journey to Compete, January 9, 2026, Issue # 14, The NIKE Cross Country newsletter: Everything You Must Know on the Tallahassee World Cross Country (six stories), American gold medalists at WXC, training tips from Swoosh TC!
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.
