Coffee with Larry, September 18, 2024, Diamond League increase Prize Purse for 2025, ATHLOS is Sept. 26, Chicago Marathon is Oct. 13, Sifan Hassan Interview, Part 2/3!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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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 today;

1. Seb Coe is one of 7 candidates for the IOC president replacement of Thomas Bach. The Russians have said that they dislike Seb Coe running for President more than Thomas Bach as IOC President!

Seb Coe, World Athletics Congress, photo by World Athletics

2. Diamond League raised prize money to $500k per meet. Their prize money is $9.275 million, and appearance money is $9 million a year. The Grand Slam track is spending $12 million on four meets, so Diamond League has upped its game due to competition. Competition is good!

Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Rome on 30 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG

3. The professional track and field is not here yet. We take a few steps and then walk back.

4. ATHLOS will host its first meeting on September 26. RunBlogRun will cover on-site and remotely. We will give the meet the credit it deserves.

Athlos Invite is September 26, photo courtesy of Athlos

5. Chicago Marathon is October 13. I love the Chicago Marathon! RunBlogRun will be there!

In her second marathon, Sifan Hassan won the Chicago Marathon in 2:13.44, photo by Kevin Morris

6. RunBlogRun will provide podcast support for T. Rowe Price, one of the Frankfurt Marathon’s sponsors. The MAINOVA Frankfurt Marathon is on October 27, 2024.

BMW Frankfurt Marathon, logo from Frankfurt Marathon

7. Brooks Running has been our sponsor since 1990. Please look to Brooks for your running footwear and apparel needs. www.brooksrunning.com

8. Sifan Hassan, the RunBlogRun Interview, speaks on Paris 2024, Racing and Major Marathons, Part 2/3, by Larry Eder, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/09/sifan-hassan-the-runblogrun-interview-speaks-on-paris-2024-racing-and-major-marathons-part-2-3.html

The happy warrior, Sifan Hassan, Emily Sisson, Chicago Marathon 2023,
photo by Kevin Morris

9. The FootLocker Cross Country Championships, now its 45th year, is sponsored by HOKA. For registration, go to: https://footlockercc.com/

10. The NIKE NXN regionals for 2024 are coming! For registration, go to: https://nxn.runnerspace.com/

Poster for 2022 NIke Cross Nationals, photo by RunnersSpace/NIKE

See you tomorrow for #CoffeewithLarry!

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