Coffee with Larry, February 17, 2025, What a weekend of track and field and road racing!

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

This is #CoffeewithLarry for February 17, 2025.

Coffee at ALEM-BICA cafe in Murtosa, Portugal, January 13, 2025. Special thanks to Frank for his inspiration.

#CoffeewithLarry is sponsored by OMIUS, the cooling technology people. To learn more about the head band used by Sifan Hassan and Bashir Abdi, go to www.omius.io

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

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Jessica Hull, Georgia Bell, Parker Valby, New Balance Indoor Grand PrixTrack & Field press conferenceFebruary 2, 2025Boston,MA USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

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Brooks Glycerin MAX, photo by Brooks Running

Our topics:

1. What a weekend of track & field!

2. On February 13, 2025, the Meeting de Lieven continues to impress!

3. The Meeting de Lieven was fantastic, WRs and world leads, here’s the results! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/meeting-hauts-de-france-pas-de-calais-trophee-edf-arena-stade-couvert-lievin-fra-13-february-2025-2.html?swcfpc=1

Nadia Battocletti, Meeting Lieven, photo by Maxime Delobel

4. The Boston University David Hemery Valentines Invite was amazing, with Grant Fisher’s WR! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/boston-university-david-hemery-valentines-day-meetings-14-15-february-2024-complete-results.html?swcfpc=1

Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, 3000m, 2025 Millrose Games, photo by Kevin R. Morris

5. Mondo Duplantis goes 6.10m WL/EL at 2025 ISTAF Berlin Indoor Meeting: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/2025-istaf-berlin-indoor-meeting-14-february-2025-berlin-germany.html?swcfpc=1

Mondo has fans, photo by ISTAF Berlin Indoor

6. Jacob Kiplimo destroys WR at Half marathon with his 56:42!

Jacob Kiplimo sets WR of 56:42 at the half marathon! Photo design by World Athletics

7. Here’s Justin Lagat’s story on Jacob Kiplimo: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/jacob-kiplimo-runs-a-historic-half-marathon.html

8. The ORLEN Copernicus Cup gives us World leaders and more excitement as we build to Nanjing 2025 and Appeldoorn 2025! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/orlen-copernicus-cup-arena-torun-pol-16-february-2025.html

Chase Jackson, MR at Torun! photo by World Athletics Indoor Gold Tour

9. See you tomorrow on #CoffeeWithLarry!

10. Here’s our first podcast on YouTube; https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/98153.html

Today’s podstcast:

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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