Coffee with Larry, February 27, 2024, Final Thoughts on Ras Al Khaimah, World Indoor Champs Glasgow 2024 is March 1-3, 2024!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

Women’s High Jump in Stockholm

British triumphs and disappointments in Stockholm

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This is our almost daily podcast on all things Track & Field!

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Our topics:

1. The RAK Half Marathon was where we were last week.
2. Daniel Makeito won the men’s race in 58.45, he is now off to his debut in London Marathon.
3. Daniel Makeito was most popular on FB, with 300,114 likes post-race.

Daniel Mateiko wins the 2024 RAK Half Marathon, photo by Giancarlo Columbo

4. Benard Kibet Koech was most popular on social media, namely X, formerly Twitter. 80,000 fans loved Koech’s post!

Benard Kibet Koech, Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, photo by Larry Eder, February 23, 2024

5. Tsigi Gebrselama had just over 311,000 likes on the RAK Half Marathon.

The winners of the 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon with His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, photo by Giancarlo COLOMBO

6. 2.62 million viewed our coverage of #RunBlogRun for Ras Al Khaimah, #rakhalfmarathon

7. The World Indoors in Glasgow is March 1-3, 2024.

8. The NBC network will show the champs via Peacock on March 103, 2024, at 4.45 AM each day Eastern and 2 pm Eastern are the times to see, plus replay on CNBC and live for two hours on Sunday.

NBC Schedule, March 1-3, 2024 for World Indoors

9. The World Champs will have some fantastic races; please watch for our previews!

10. 57 US team members going to Glasgow! https://www.usatf.org/news/2024/roster-of-57-set-to-represent-team-usatf-at-world-

11. Sister Act! by Stuart Weir: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/sister-act-laviai-and-lina-nilsen-go-1-2-in-the-uk-athletics-400-meters.html

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!

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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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