Clayton Murphy has had a busy week of wins (Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee)

@claytonmurphy won Grand Blue Mile and @usatf 1 Mile Road Champs in course record 3:59.96. He gave his winning flowers to a woman in the audience (upper right). #gbm2017

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MURPHY’S LAW (notes from Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee News)

Clayton Murphy has been one busy runner lately — and a successful one, too. Murphy won the men’s Elite 1500 in 3:41.75 for his third victory in eight days. Last Saturday, he had the U.S. 4×800 team to a victory in the World Relay Championships in the Bahamas. Then on Tuesday, he ran a sub-four (3:59.96) to win the Grand Blue Mile road race in downtown Des Moines. The 1500 turned into a two-man race and Murphy, the Olympic bronze medalist in the 800, held off John Gregorek, who took second in 3:41.84. Murphy traveled 3,280 miles for this three victories and pocketed $32,500.

RunBlogRun opines: Clayton Murphy is quickly elevating himself to becoming one of the finest racers in American track & field. His early season races, his WL over 800 meters shows that good things continue to come from the University of Akron graduate. Truth is, how do you race a buy with 1:43 800 meter speed, this early in the season and a PB of 1:42? Murphy runs like Rick Wolhuter, the former WR holder at 800 and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist, but with better achilles tendons.

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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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