This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, September 10, 2024!
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1. Diamond League finals are in Brussels on September 13-14.
Femke Bol won once again in Brussels, photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics/Diamond League
2. Grand Slam Track has announced Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse to their roster.
The Thrill of Victory, Cole Hocker takes his second Oly Trials 1,500m title, June 24, 2024, photo by Chuck Aragon for RunBlogRun
3. Morolake Akinisun has announced her retirement and will join the team at Grand Slam Track!
Grand Slam Track
4. Yes, Sydney McLaughlin Levrone is racing in Brussels, just not in DL events.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets WR of 50.65, USATF Olympic Team Track & Field Trials Eugene, Oregon, USA June 21-30, 2024, photo by Kevin Morris
5. Stop the whining! Sydney McLaughlin Levrone is a great athlete, a GOAT, but she did not compete in DL meets like the other competitors. Get over it.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Wanda Diamond League Athletics Meeting Herculis EBS July 21, 2023, Monaco, photo by Kevin Morris
6. Athlos Meeting on Sept 26 in NYC (Icahn Stadium).
Athlos Invite is September 26, photo courtesy of Athlos
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.
