Coffee with Larry, Thursday, September 19, 2024, ATHLOS a week away, Diamond League ups Prize Money, Comparing Grand Slam Track and Diamond League Prize Money
Athlos Invite is September 26, photo courtesy of Athlos
2. Diamond League has increased their prize purse to $500k a meet, and up to $9.725 million in prize money and $9 million a season in appearance money.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Rome on 30 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
3. Comparing Grand Slam Track (4 meets) to Diamond League (14 meets), $12.4 million in prize money to $9.725m for Diamond League.
Grand Slam Track
4. Bank of America Chicago Marathon is Sunday, October 13, 2024.
In her second marathon, Sifan Hassan won the Chicago Marathon in 2:13.44, photo by Kevin Morris
5. NCAA Div 1 Cross Country is in Madison, WI on November 23, 2024.
Katelyn Tuohy of North Carolina State winning the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma (photo by Mike Scott; used with permission)
6. The Running Event is November 19-23 in Austin, Texas.
The Running Event 2023, Wednesday November 30, 2023, photo by 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.
