This is Coffee with Larry, April 26, 2024, Penn Relays, Drake Relays, Shanghai DL, Bermuda USATF, all this weekend!

This is Coffee with Larry, our daily podcast on all the global track and field stories!

This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. Drake Relays continues all weekend, April 22-28, 2024, https://godrakebulldogs.com/…/2024-drake-relays

2. The Penn Relays are this weekend, April 24-28, 2024, https://pennrelays.com/…/2/6/athletes-and-coaches.aspx
, and make sure you go by the JAMBAR booth!

3. Payton Otterdahl threw 22.59m in the Men’s shot put at Drake Relays.

4. The Bermuda USATF meeting is on Sunday, April 28. You can watch it on www.peacocktv.com Still waiting to start lists.

Noah Lyles, March 8, 2023, photo from RBR Interview

5. The Second Diamond League meeting, Suzhou/Shanghai, is on Saturday, April 27. You can watch it on www.peacocktv.com

6. World Relays are May 5, and Doha Dl is May 10; the season is upon us!

7. Here is my story on Xiamen; let me know your thoughts: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/eight-observations-on-the

Valarie Allman throws 69.80m, in discus, Xiamen 2024, photo by Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG

8. Here’s Stuart Weir’s thoughts on Jack Buckner after an interview, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/thoughts-of-jack-buckner

9. Here’s the story from #SportsBusinessJournal on Michael Johnson announcing that he has secured $30 million in funding for his upcoming professional track league:
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/…/michael-johnson

10. Here’s my story on Michael Johnson and his pro track league announcement: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/six-observations-on

11. The adidas Adizero Road to Records is April 27, 2024; you can watch it Live (1:30 AM Central, 2:30 AM Eastern, 11:30 PM Pacific): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6qaeYOI77c

12. The Drake Relays and Penn Relays are in full swing! We will provide updates tomorrow!

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

13. Enjoy the track and field weekend, from the Adizero Road to Records and Shanghai on Saturday and the USATF Bermuda meeting on Sunday!

14. We are beginning to hear about fields for the LA Grand Prix.

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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