Socialing The Distance Featuring Jakob Larsen, Director of Competition & Events at World Athletics

Director of Competition & Events at World Athletics

WA Half Marathon Champs, Gydnia, Poland, 2020, photo by World Athletics

Jakob Larsen is an example of someone who loves their job. Jakob was behind the 2014 World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, which was a huge success. He was also involved in Aarhus WC Cross Country in 2019 and the WA Half Marathon Champs in Gydnia, Poland during the pandemic. In this interview, we speak about the challenges of putting on events in the pandemic, how to make the sport more accessible and how Jakob Larsen sees the importance of events in his new job at World Athletics.

Jakob Larsen is also, one of the kindest human beings I know. Always thoughtful, with a big smile, Jakob is one of those unique people who understand that life is what you make it (a song by Talk, Talk in the 1990s).

Jakob on Twitter:

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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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