Quick, what do athletes Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Christine Ohuruogu, Galen Rupp, Matt Centrowitz all have in common?
They are managed by Ricky Simms.
In this piece, by Joel Campbell of the Voice, you get a pretty good idea of the level of the mild mannered Irishman’s intensity…..
Team Simms Is All Gold
Strictly business for special agent behind the stars
Written by Joel Campbell
08/09/2013 03:00 PM
RICKY SIMMS says the mission for Christine Ohuruogu, Mo Farah and Usain Bolt prior to the World Championships in Moscow was a simple one: win the gold medal.
Not too many are aware of the role the softly spoken Irishman, who is head honcho at Pace Management, plays in the lives of the world’s most famous athletes and that’s the way he
likes it.
To read the complete story, please click here: http://voice-online.co.uk/article/team-simms-all-gold
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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.
Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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