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

This is #coffeewithLarry, our almost daily podcast on all things track & field.

This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Saturday, January 20, 2024. We posted it on Sunday, January 21, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. Cross country today! US Champs on Jan 20, 2024, in Mechanicsville, VA, and London International Cross was in Hamstead Heath.

2. RAK half is Feb.24, 2024. The fastest half marathon in the Middle East is run by Pace Events, www.therakhalfmarathon.com (sponsored).

RAK Half Marathon official banner ads, from RAK

3. 2024 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix is February 4, 2024, get tickets here at www.nbindoorgrandprix.com, (sponsored) .

4. The US Olympic Trials marathon is on Feb. 3, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, www.usatf.org. Marathon at 10 AM Eastern. You can watch it on NBC or Peacock.

5. Some more thoughts on Mike Fanelli, the cultural historian of track and Field, who passed away in Nov. 2023.

6. In honor of Mike Fanelli, we have reposted his stories, republished on RunBlogRun on the 1968 Mexico Olympics:

7. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 1, Nifty NafTali, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-1-nifty-naftali-by-mike-fanelli-3.html

8. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Supplement Day 1, Mamo Mia in Melbourne, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-mamo-mia-in-melbourne-supplement-to-day-1-by-mike-fanelli-3.html

9. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Supplement 2 to Day 1, Clarke Collapses, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-clarke-collapses-supplement-2-to-day-1-by-mike-fanelli-3.html

10. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 2, Hines Hot Hundred, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-hines-hot-hundred-day-2-by-mike-fanelli-2.html

11. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 3, Oerter takes 4th gold, Doubell does it, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-3-oerter-takes-4th-gold-doubell-does-it-by-mike-fanelli-2.html

12. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 4, Citius, Altius, Fortius, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-4-citius-altius-fortius-by-mike-fanelli-3.html

Mike & Renee Fanelli, courtesy of Renee Weissberger Fanelli

13. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 5, Willies Full Nelson, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-5-willies-full-nelson-by-mike-fanelli-2.html

14. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 6, Six Monumental Marks Manifested, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-six-monumental-marks-manifested-by-mike-fanelli-3.html

L-R Daryl Zapata, Gary Goettelmann, Mike Fanelli, Bill Seaver, Mike Pinocci, Nike OTC 1979, from Bobby Hodge

15. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 7, Amazing Grace, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-seven-amazing-grace-by-mike-fanelli-3.html

16. Mexico 1968: The Mexico Olympics Reconsidered, Day 8, All Things Must Pass, by Mike Fanelli

https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/the-1968-mexico-olympics-reconsidered-day-eight-part-one-all-things-must-pass-by-mike-fanelli-4.html

17. Mike Fanelli, Respected and Renowned Cultural StoryTeller of Track & Field Athletics passes, by Peter J. Thompson,

https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/12/mike-fanelli-respected-and-renowned-cultural-storyteller-of-track-field-athletics-passes-by-peter-j-thompson.html?fbclid=IwAR2hlesiG-viUI7jZhvhGQFy_pq_Bsh5fmUK9Ba3fgUSIquo-jxGlGmzY8s

Mike Fanelli, Track and Field Garage, photo by Cayce Clifford, 2022.

See you Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at #coffeewithLarry

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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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