The first day of the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships showed Laura Muir and Jakub Ingebrigtsen on task. Muir won her heat of the 1,500m in 4:09.29 and won a fast 3000m final in 8:30.6. Jakub Ingebrigtsen took the 3000m and 1,500m heats, with 82 minute separation between the events. Jakub won both, with his brother Henrik in the 3000m. His brother, Filip was DQed in the 1,500m.
Laura Muir, photo by Getty Images/European Athletics
This is one of 3 podcasts on the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Champs, held in Glasgow, Scotland, March 1-3, 2019. Photos thanks to Getty Images. Podcast thanks to Mike Deering/The Shoe Addicts
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.
Laura Muir, photo by Getty Images/European Athletics
