In Praise of Michigan Runner TV

Michigan Runner was one of the first regional running magazines in the U.S. Along with New England Runner, RunOhio and Running Journal, among others, Michigan Runner blazed a trail in the regional running business that should be addressed and respected.
One of the trails that Jenn and Art McCafferty have blazed is the area of web based television shows….

Doing something new is always a challenge. Jenn and Art McCafferty started Michigan Runner TV several years ago. If you go to their website, you can find the years of archives. Their format is simple-focused, seven minute programs on various topics, with intereviews and race coverage being the most popular.
They did a wonderful intereview of Ryan Shay, which has had 2,200 downloads on You Tube this week,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYkOVcpxo60. The interview was from an indoor meet in 2004, where Ryan was watching his little brother run a 3200 meters.
Jenn has a very relaxed way of interviewing, and the athletes come alive. The production is strong and the fans have built up over several years for Michigan Runner TV.
I have also added, thanks to Jenn’s suggestion, links to their coverage of the Olympic
Marathon Trials:
a. The YouTube Version (Under 10 minutes): http://www.you
tube.com/watch?v=5KphOdPvsJw
b. Michigan Runner TV Marathon Trials, Long Version:
http://michiganrunner.tv/2007marathontrials_men
c. Michigan Runner’s coverage on ING Marathon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35d9CBLvzowhttp://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=35d9CBLvzow
Check out these films, and send us your comments!

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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