Coffee with Larry, August 21, 2024, Diamond League is almost back!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

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Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #OMIUS, the cooling technology company. You can find OMIUS at www.omius.io

Omius makes hats, visors, and headbands with cooling pods that, once inserted, help keep you cool during a strenuous workout. Spray with water every 30-45 minutes during a workout, and OMIUS will keep you cool. It works; we’ve tried it!

Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

Sifan Hassan, the Olympic marathon winner, wore the OMIUS headband in Paris. Bashir Abdi, the men’s silver medalist, also wore the OMIUS headband. In the very hot and humid conditions of the 20k race walk on August 1, Daniel Pintado, Ecuador, won the grueling walk wearing the OMIUS headband for most of the way.

Sifan Hassan won the Paris Olympic marathon, wearing the OMIUS head band, photo courtesy of OMIUS

Check out the OMIUS products at www.omius.io

Thanks, OMIUS, for sponsoring #CoffeewithLarry!

Our topics:

1. The Diamond League is back, with Lausanne, Switzerland at the stadium Pontaise in Lausanne.

2. The stadium seats 15,000 and is always sold out. Great fields in all events and three hours of thrilling competitions.

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise , Lausanne, Switzerland, photo by CONICA AG.

3. My favorite? In 2017, I saw the men’s pole vault, the women’s high jump, and some great races, one after another!

Sam Kendricks 2023 LA Grand Prix pole vault, 5.91 meters, photo by Wendy Shulik, Wendy City Video

4. Peacock is featuring the end of the Diamond League season as well as World Athletics U20 Champs (August 27-30).

Old TV with NBC Peacock logo, circa 1960s

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!

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.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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