Coffee With Larry, Last Thoughts Before the London Marathon, Doha DL just a few weeks away!

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

This is #coffeewithLarry for Saturday, April 22, 2023!

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

This is #coffeewithLarry for April 21, 2023.

1. The London Marathon’s Women’s race could be the highlight of the marathon, www.londonmarathon.com.

2. Brigid Kosgei did not seem really confident in presser; she will start the race, www.londonmarathon.com.

Brigid Kosgei, Chicago Marathon 2019, by Kevin Morris

3. Do not discount Peres Jepchirchir in London.

Peres Jepchechir, 126th Boston Marathon
April 18, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris

4. Kenenisa Bekele, former WR holder at 5,000m and 10,000m, how fit is he for London? His 2:01.41 has to be considered.

Kenenisa Bekele ran 2:05.52 in London, photo by London Marathon

5. Amos Kipruto is not about to give up London’s second title without a fight. It changed his life, www.londonmarathon.com.

Amos Kipruto takes the 2022 TCS London Marathon, photo by London Marathon

6. Mondo DL is May 5, 2023, www.diamongleague.com. Hugely hot fields in Doha!

7. Atlanta hosting the adidas Atlanta City Games on May 6, 2023!

Noah Lyles in Atlanta to help announce adidas Atlanta Games, photo by Paul Ward

8. Sound Running hosting the Track Meet on May 6, 2023, at www.soundrunning.com.

9. USATF LA Grand Prix is May 26-27, 2023, www.usatf.org. Where is the promotion?

11. The NB Outdoors (sponsored) is June 15-18, 2023, at www.nbnationals.com.

12. Do not miss the Atlanta Track Club’s Peachtree road race; sign-ups end (sponsored) on June 4, www.atlantatrackclub.org/peachtree.

12. The World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on August 19-27, 2023, have opened ticket sales; you find a link (sponsored) here; https://tickets.wabudapest23.com/

13. Sifan Hassan is fit and ready for her first marathon; how will she do? www.londonmarathon.com

Sifan Hassan, 2021 Diamond League photo by Diamond League AG

14. There will be 50,000 runners in London tomorrow. We wish them all luck! There are also nine other major marathons tomorrow around the globe?

Author

Larry Eder

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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