Coffee with Larry, September 11, 2024, another orbit around the sun!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, September 11, 2024!

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Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

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

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Our topics;

1. This is my 66th birthday.

2. My first cross country race was 52 years ago at DeSmet Jesuit HIgh, in Creve Coeur, Mo. Fr. Ralph Passereli, SJ was my coach.

3. That was my 14th birthday. Dad took me fishing in the morning at Rock Lake, a pay lake for huge catfish; my passion for fishing then and still.

4. That afternoon, on the two loop course around DeSmet campus, I ran 18:09 for two miles, finishing last.

Larry Eder and Coach Dan Durante, SCU Cross Country, 1981, photo by Santa Clara University Yearbook

5. I fell in love with the sport. I moved to California in 1974 and ran at Bellarmine, where I improved my fitness and racing by running 16-18 miles a day in the summer of 1974.

6. It took me nine years of running to win my first race, at tri meet over at Almaden quicksilver park and it was fun. 5.8 miles in the park, and my parents were there to see me.

7. Enjoy your day. I will be taking the rest of day to enjoy with my family.

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.

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