Coffee with Larry, February 15, 2025, Two weeks of exciting track & field, Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Georgia Bell, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Mondo Duplantis!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on track & field!

This is #CoffeewithLarry for February 15, 2025.

I had coffee at the ALEM-BICA cafe in Murtosa, Portugal, on January 13, 2025. I want to give special thanks to Frank for his inspiration.

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Sifan Hassan won the Paris Olympic marathon, wearing the OMIUS headband, photo courtesy of OMIUS

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Matata, Dida, and Lasoi battling in Ras Al Khaimah, photo by Giancarlo Colombo for the RAK Half marathon

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Quincy Wilson, New Balance Indoor Grand PrixTrack & Field meetFebruary 2, 2025Boston, MA USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

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Our topics:

1. Two weeks of incredible track & field, from #NewBalanceindoorgp (Feb. 2) to #INITKarsruhe (Feb. 7), then #MillroseGames (Feb. 8), to Meeting de Lieven (Feb.13), then #BUDavidHemeryValentinesDayMeeting (Feb 14) and #ISTAFBerlin (Feb. 14).

Grant Holloway wins 60m hurdles, 7.38 WL, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field.Boston, Massachusetts, USAFebruary 4, 2023World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

2. Grant Fisher’s Most Excellent Adventure. 3:33.91 PB at 1,500m (Feb. 2), to 7:22.91 (Feb. 8) to 12:44.09 (Feb.14). After 12 days of incredible racing, Grant Fisher is taking a break and then building to prepare for the #GrandSlamTrack. https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/grant-fisher-1244-09-wr-jimmy-gressier-1254-92-er-at-bu-valentines-day-meeting.html

Charles Alexander, Jeff Shaver with Grant Fisher, in a selfie, 2024 Olympic Trials, from Charles Alexander collection

3. Cole Hocker noted that he wanted to test his fitness at #MillroseGames. He did, as his 7:23.14 was under the current WR of Lamecha Girma. Where will he race next? Check out our story on Cole, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/cole-hocker-does-not-like-to-lose.html

Cole Hocker pushes the pace, Grant Fisher close, Millrose, photo by Kevin R. Morris

4. Katie Moon, the current WR at 4.82 meters in the women’s pole vault, talks tactics with Stuart Weir: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/talking-pole-vault-tactics-with-katie-moon.html

Katie Moon, pole vault, Meeting de Lieven, February 13, 2025, photo by Maxime Delobel

5. Georgia Bell, the Wanamaker mile champion. Check out the story by Stuart Weir on the Olympic bronze medalist, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/georgia-bell-wannamaker-mile-winner.html

Georgia Bell, Heather MacLean, Nikki Hiltz, 117th Millrose GamesThe Armory, New York, NY, USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

6. Yared Nuguse won his third Wanamaker mile in a new WR of 3:46.63 (lasted five days) by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/yared-nuguses-historic-run-a-night-to-remember.html

Yared Nuguse, 117th Millrose GamesThe Armory, New York, NY, USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

7. Jakob Ingebrigtsen set new WRs at indoor 1,500m (3:29.63) and indoor Mile (3:45.14); check out this story by Deji Ogeyingbo: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/jakob-ingebrigtsen-reminds-the-world-who-runs-the-mile.html

Jakob Ingebrigtsen sets WR at 1,500m and Mile at Meeting de Lieven, February 13, 2025. Photos by Maxime Delobel

8. Mondo Duplantis just opened his season with a 6.10-meter jump WL/EL at the #ISTAFBerlin, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/duplantis-610-wl-karalis-594-nr.html

Mondo Duplantis, August 5, 2024, photo by Christel Saneh for World Athletics

A busy few days.

See you on Monday for our next #CoffeewithLarry!

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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