The Stumptown Classic is one of the fine meets managed by Jonathan Marcus. Last year, I interviewed Jonathan after the Adrian Martinez Classic in Concord, MA. Jonathan told me that he wanted to produce a series of meets that shown concern for the athletes and fans. He wanted to do something different. And, with the Portland Track Festival, the Oxy USATF HIgh Performance Meeting and now, the Stumptown Track Classic, he has done just that. The meet is Friday night, June 16, at Lewis & Clark College, with 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m!
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.
