Coffee with Larry, March 29, 2024, Happy Birthday to Co-Founder Brian Eder, World Cross Country in Belgrade on Saturday (Everything You Need to Know)

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This is Friday, March 29, 2024.

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1. Tomorrow is the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

2. You can watch it on www.peacockTV.com tomorrow, March 30, at 6 AM Eastern US, 5 AM Central US, and 3 AM Pacific US.

Hellen Obiri takes WA Cross Country, 2018, photo by World Athletics.

3. Watch for stories on the race from Justin Lagat and Cathal Dennehy!

4. Happy Birthday to my brother, Brian, co-founder of RunBlogRun.com, who convinced me to focus on #RunBlogRun in 2006!

5. The races will be 10k for men and women; you can find the timetable here: https://worldathletics.org/…/world…/belgrade24/timetable

6. History of World Cross Country, by Mark Butler: https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/65fd961e30595082b7043bad.pdf?_gl=1*1a5j1q0*_ga*MTY4NzU3NDA4MS4xNzAyNDg4MDYw*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTcxMTc2NDQ2OC4xMDUuMS4xNzExNzY0NTE4LjAuMC4w

7. Here are the event-by-event previews: https://worldathletics.org/…/belgrade24/news/previews

8. This is the course for Belgrade: https://worldathletics.org/…/course-map-key-info-wxc…

9. Event by Event entries by country: https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/65fd8016975276a9a6bb8cc9.pdf?_gl=1*1il663p*_ga*MTc2NjY5NTcwNy4xNjkyODg5NTM4*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTcxMTcwOTg4OC44NTAuMS4xNzExNzEwNDA1LjAuMC4w

10. Athlete Biographies: https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/…/6606c590ba41385…

11. This is a must-read! The updated History of World Cross Country by Mark Butler and Simon Turnbull, courtesy of World Athletics Heritage (you can also purchase a print copy): https://worldathletics.org/…/world-cross-50-ebook…

12. See you tomorrow. Do not miss two pieces from Justin Lagat and one from RRW on the Cross Country Champs tomorrow!

See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry, right after the #WorldCrossCountry!

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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.

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