Coffee with Larry, April 24, 2024, Drake Relays, Penn Relays (don't miss Jambar booth at Penn), Suzhou DL, USATF Bermuda meet

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

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This weekend, April 24-27, you can see JAMBAR at their booth at the #PennRelays!

Our topics:

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

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

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!

Penn Relays

3. Great performances by adidas athletes in London, 1 and 3 on Men’s Elite, 1,2,3 in women. adidas also took the men’s title in Boston

Sisay Lemma, Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America,
Press Conference, photo by Kevin Morris

4. The Bermuda USATF meeting is on Sunday, April 28. You can watch it on www.peacocktv.com

Noah Lyles, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

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

Christian Coleman, 100 meters, Xiamen DL, 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/Articles/2024/04/23/michael-johnson-secures-investment-new-track-league

10. Here’s my story on Michael Johnson and his pro track league announcement: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/04/six-observations-on-michael-johnsons-announcement-on-funding-for-a-professional-track-field-league.html

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. Happy birthday to my Mom, Marilu Eder, who would cart my 3 sisters and brother to my track meets, among the many beautiful things she did in my life. I miss her every day. If your Mom is still alive, call her and tell her that you love her and appreciate her. She will love it. I wish I could make one more phone call to my Mom.

Larry Eder, Marilu Eder, Mother and son, circa 1981.

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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