Coffee with Larry, May 29, 2024, Enjoying the NIKE Pre Classic!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

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Our topics;

1. The NIKE Pre Classic had the second-best TV viewership of a track meet in 2024! The top meet? The NB Indoor GP.

2. Kenny Bednarek continues to impress after his 19.67 in Doha, “I like to play catch me if you can” was the answer to why Kenny likes outside lanes (question from Lewis Johnson).

Kenny Bednarek takes the 200m in Doha, photo by Marissa Nassour for the Diamond League AG

3. Keely Hodgkinson won the 800m going away. Her last 200m had her in sixth, and then, she took off!

Keely Hodgkinson takes 800m for NIKE Pre Classic, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun.

4. Sha’Carri Richardson had the crowd going crazy at the 100 meters she ran in 10.83, and the crowd roared!

Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100m at NIKE Pre Classic, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

5. The meet ended with the Bowerman Mile, which lived up to the hype, with Josh Kerr taking the lead at 600 meters to go! Kerr held off Ingebrigtsen, Nuguse, Gourley and Whiteman!

Josh Kerr takes the win in the Bowerman Mile, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

6. Simply the best Pre Classic that I have attended!

See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry!

This is the link for the complete broadcast for the podcast on May 29, 2024, Coffee with Larry: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/XpYCJiDhpvUdkaGo/

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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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