This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
Coffee with Larry graphic, photo by StarGazerPics, graphic design by Mike Deering
This is Coffee with Larry for April 20, 2025.
The eve of the Boston Marathon.
Sponsored by OMIUS, the cooling technology people. Sifan Hisan used their head band in her gold medal race at Paris.
Sifan Hassan won the Paris Olympic marathon, wearing the OMIUS head band, photo courtesy of OMIUS
Sponsored by our friends at Dubai Marathon. The 2026 date is February 1, 2026. Register at www.dubaimarathon.org.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida, winner of the 2023 Dubai Marathon, will lead the women’s elite field when she returns for her title defence in Dubai on January 7, photo from Pace Events/Dubai Marathon
Sponsored by Brooks, the oldest sponsor. When you need running shoes, trail shoes, track spikes, racing shoes and running and fitness apparel, please check out www.brooksrunning.com.
Brooks Glycerin MAX, photo by Brooks Running
Our topics:
1. The BAA Miles were fun!
Laura Barton, Bank of America Boston Marathon weekendBoston Invitational Road Mile, photo by Kevin Morris
2. The success of the BAA 5k!
Mekedes Abebe, Boston Marathon WeekendB.A.A. 5KApril 15, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris
3. Shakeout runs, the value of the Heartbreak HIll Running Company and their shakeout run with NIKE.
Bill Rodgers at Heart Break HIll Running Company, April 20, 2025, by NIKE communications
See you Tuesday, April 22, 2025!
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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