Coffee with Larry, October 9, 2024, Manhattan Invite is Oct. 13, Bank of America Chicago Marathon is Oct. 13, Registration links for all 4 FootLocker Cross Country Championships Regionals!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday for October 9, 2024.

Coffee with Larry is our almost daily podcast on the global sport of track and field athletics.

This Day in Track & Field History, July 10, Lon Myers breaks AR at 880 yards (1880), written by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field History, July 7, Lon Myers breaks 800m WR (1884), Jim Thorpe wins Pentathlon (1912), by Walt Murphy

This Day in Track & Field, July 2, Lon Myers breaks his WR for 880 yards (1881), written and compiled by Walt Murphy

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Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

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Our topics:

1. Bank of America Chicago marathon is Sunday, October 13, 2024. Chicago Marathon is sponsored by NIKE and Bank of America.

Clayton Young, Chicago Marathon, photo by Kevin Morris

2. The Manhattan Invitational is October 13, 2024, held in iconic Van Cortlandt Park, is sponsored by HOKA. Streaming is free.

Check out: https://www.manhattancollegexcinvitational.com/

HOKA Manhattan Invite logo

3. HOKA asked us to get the word out on the 45th FootLocker Cross Country Championships, presented by HOKA.

4. FootLocker regionals are November 30 for Midwest, NorthEast and SouthEast. West Regional is December 7, and Nationals are December 14, 2024. www.footlockerxc.com

FootLocker Cross Country, sponsored by HOKA

5. 2024 Midwest FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

2023 FootLocker Midwest regional, presented by HOKA, photo courtesy of FootLocker Midwest

6. 2024 South FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

2023 Champs South Regionals
Charlotte, North Carolina November 25, 2023
Photo: Victor Sailer@PhotoRun, used with permission of FootLocker

7. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2204, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

2023 FootLocker NorthEast Regionals
Boston, Ma November 25, 2023
Photo: Mike Scott@PhotoRun
Victah1111@aol.com
631-291-3409
www.photorun.NET
#victahsailer

8. 2024 West FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

2023 West FootLocker Regional, presented by HOKA, photo courtesy of FootLocker

9. Will be watching, The Ingebrigtsens, Born to Run on PRIME.

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry !

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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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