We will finish with a quick story about our friend, Anna Hall, who just set the AR for the pentathlon, that’s the 60 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, and long jump, and finished with an 800 meters, all in a few hours. Anna finished her 800m in 2:05.70, just missing the WR by nine points! Oh, and she competes in altitude, which means less oxygen for you to breathe! That 2:05.70 is just faster than my 800m PB without four events ahead, what a performance! You can watch the USATF Indoors on Saturday on NBC TV from 4-6 PM Eastern!
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.
