Coffee with Larry, March 26, 2024, Vanessa Fraser, Josh Thompson, Nico Young in the News today!

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

This is Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

This is Coffee with Larry, your daily podcast on all things track and field.

Coffee With Larry began in June 2022 on a bit of a lark, and we are glad that so many continue to follow it and pass it on to friends.

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Our topics:

1. Spring Outdoor track and field is moving along!

Drake Relays, June 2018, photo by Mike Deering for The Shoe Addicts

3. Vanessa Fraser runs for Team Bosshard. She now has a new footwear sponsor, Saucony, and will wear the Saucony Endorphin, one of Saucony’s finest trainers.

Vanessa Fraser will be sponsored by Saucony Endorphin.

4. Nico Young has signed an NIL with Adidas. Nico recently won the 3000m and 5000m at the NCAA Indoors. He took second on March 16 at the Sound Running in 26:52.72, setting a new Collegiate record.

Nico Young has signed an NIL deal with Adidas running.

5. Josh Thompson has left the Bowerman Track Club and will be living and training with his family in Nevada.

6. The LA Grand Prix is May 17-18, 2024, and the NY Grand Prix is June 8.

Men’s 100 meters, USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix
Gold Label track & field meet
May 26, 2023, Los Angeles, USA, by Kevin Morris

7. Nike Pre Classic is May 25, 2024.

Noah Lyles, 100m, Nike Pre Classic 2023, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

8. The USA Olympic Trials is June 21-30 in Eugene, Oregon.

9. The road to Paris has begun.

This is Coffee with Larry; see you on Wednesday!

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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