Coffeee with Larry, Chevron Houston Marathon, Maurie Plant Meet, NB indoor Grand Prix, Jim Thorpe, and RAK Half Marathon !

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

This is #CoffeeWithLarry for Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

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Our topics today:

1. Pace Events took over the management of the #RAKHalfmarathon at the request of the RAK Tourist Commission. RaK Half is Feb. 24, 2024, Check out the https://www.therakhalfmarathon.com/.

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

2. USATF Cross Country Champs are this coming weekend on January 20, 2024, check it out at https://www.usatf.org. Oliver Hinson will be covering it for #RunBlogRun.

3. The Maurie Plant is February 15, 2024. the Maurie Plant honors one of my favorite managers/advisors/mediaconsultants, the Late Maurie Plant, who loved Australia and its athletes.

4. The New Balance Indoor GP is February 4, 2024, www.nbindoorgrandprix.

5. The Marathon Olympic Trials was held in February 3, 2024, www.usatf.org.

6. The RAK Half Marathon is February 24, 2024; here’s our story link, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/stars-descend-on-ras-al…

7. Jeff Benjamin wrote this piece on Jim Thorpe getting the AAU Hall of Fame Induction: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/highlight-of-2023-an-aau…

8. Last weekend was the #ChevronHoustonMarathon weekend, here’s the story from Dave Monti: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/records-tumble-at-chevron…

9. Chris Nilsen leads the #MillroseGames pole vault for men, first time for Men’s PV since 2014! https://www.runblogrun.com/…/mens-pole-vault-is-back-at…

Chris Nilsen, USA, advances to final in pole vault, photo by Kevin Morris

10. This is Stuart Weir’s piece on Laura Muir and her year of 2023, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/a-happy-athlete-is-a-fast…

This is #CoffeewithLarry! See you tomorrow!

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.

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