Gui Jing Toilet Seat Cover, photo courtesy of Bob Ramsak, deep thoughts by Larry Eder

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Gui Jing seat cover, photo courtesy of Bob Ramzak

There are times when I am struck, well silent. Such a situation happened when observant reader Bob Ramsak, one of the key voices of global track & field, as he writes daily on the IAAF.org site, sent me this wonderfully photographed toilet seat cover. I did ask Bob for his permission to run the photo and have waited until after the race has started in China. Again, I would really appreciate these types of signage in the restrooms in North America. Leaving such protocols to local interpretation can be, well dangerous.

Of course, I did add a few related articles. Read at your discretion.

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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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