Coffee with Larry for January 25, 2024: Happy BDay to Steve Prefontaine, Some thoughts on Orlando 2024, Emily Sisson, Astana begins the World Indoor Gold Tour!

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

This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Thursday, January 25, 2024.

Thoughts on Steve Prefontaine and his legacy

Sam Ruthe: 30 Questions with the World Under-18 MIle and 1,500m record holder!

USATF Outdoors to Randalls Island in 2026!

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Our TOPICS:

1. January 27, 2024 is busy!
Here are links to five big meets (thanks to Owen M):

Track meet links for this weekend 👇

Astana Indoor Meeting Facility, Astana, Kazakhstan, photo from Official Astana Indoor Meeting

Astana – https://sport-online.kz/showresults/?s=65a605d8b4666

Arkansas – https://flashresults.com/2024_Meets/Indoor/01-26_Razorback/index.htm

Val-de-Reuil – https://2track.run/en/events/meeting-de-leure-2024/participants

Nantes – https://2track.run/en/events/meeting-de-nantes-metropole/participants

Boston – http://live.lancertiming.com/meets/193/events

Houston – https://live.flashresultstexas.com/meets/29100

2. New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on February 4, 2024, check out ticket availability on www.nbindoorgrandprix.com.

3. The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials is just a week away, here is our piece on the Trials! Running Network -The U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon, http://runningnetwork.com/index.php/news/331-2024-u-s-olympic-trials-marathon-trials

Conversations with Larry, Some Thoughts on the 2024 Olympic Trials Marathon, art by Mike Deering, Photos by Kevin Morris

4. Here is my story on the 73rd birthday of Steve Prefontaine, posted on AmericanTrackandField.com,
Happy B-day Pre
https://americantrackandfield.com/happy-b-day-pre/

5. Remember the USATF Indoor Champs will be awesome in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 16-17, 2024, www.usatf.org.

6. This is a fun piece on Emily Sisson that I wrote for Missouri Runner & Triathlete – Emily Sisson
https://morunandtri.com/emily-sisson-who-hails-from-chesterfield-missouri-is-one-of-the-athletes-to-truly-watch-at-the-2024-u-s-olympic-marathon-trials/

Emily Sisson, Bank of America Chicago Marathon
© 2022 Bank of America Chicago Marathon/Kevin Morris

7. The RAK Half marathon is a monthly long sponsor for #RunBlogRun and #CoffeewithLarry. The event is Feb. 24, 2024, You can sign up at www.therakhalfmarathon.com. RunBlogRun will be on site and covering the event LIVE the week of Fe. 20-24.

Benard Kibet wins the 2023 RAK Half Marathon, photo by Giancarlo Colombo/RAK Organizers.

8. The World Champs Indoors, Glasgow, Scotland, are March 1-3, 2024, https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24

9. The World Indoor Tour Gold meetings begin tomorrow, January 27, 2024:

Gold Level Meetings (7)
27 Jan Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes Astana Kazakhstan
30 Jan Czech Indoor Gala Ostrava Czech Republic
4 Feb New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Boston United States
6 Feb ORLEN Copernicus Cup Toruń Poland
10 Feb Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais “Trophée EDF” Liévin France
11 Feb Millrose Games New York City United States
23 Feb World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid

See you on Friday at #CoffeeWithLarry.

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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