Coffee With Larry, 2023 NYC Grand Prix was Fantastic! Golden Spike is June 27, 2023!

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

This is Coffee With Larry for Tuesday, June 27, 2023.

Our topics today:

1. NYC Grand Prix was a fantastic meet, one of the best EVER in the Big Apple.

2. Great turnout by media at the meeting. The Mixed Zone was constantly busy, with great quotes from top athletes.

3. The Autograph zone was mobbed, with over 300 in the zone the entire meet, and the athletes obliged.

4. The highlight for me? The following:

a. Keni Harrison running like a dynamo!12.29 W.

b. Zharnel Hughes takes Lindford Christie’s 100m Brit NR by owning, totally owning, the Men’s 100 meters.

c. Sydney McLaughlin ran 49.52, Gabby Thomas, 50.29 (after a 100m race), running conservatively in the first furlong.

d. Athing Mu ran a gentle 1:58.72, slightly winded, yep, slightly winded.

e. Noah Lyles just ran off the turn, running 19.82 with his win, breaking Usain Bolt’s record for most sub 20 second 200 meter races!

f. Bryce Hoppel winning 800m, then signed both of his shoes and gave them to fans in the autograph zone!

g. Great, demonstrative crowd, killer media turnout, great meet; NYC Grand Prix is a great meet prior to USATF Champs!

4. The Ostrava Golden Spike is in the Czech Republic today, June 27, 2023!

See you tomorrow!

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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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