Coffee with Larry, October 29, 2024, Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri lead TCS NYC Marathon, Grand Slam Track has 30 Racers!

This is Coffee with Larry!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

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

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Our topics:

1. Olympic champion Tamirat Tola and Olympic silver medalist Bashir Abdi lead the Men’s field in the Big Apple this weekend! Hellen Obiri, Olympic bronze medalist at the marathon, will defend her NYC title.

Tamirat Tola, TCS New York Marathon
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris

Hellen Obiri, NyC Marathon, photo by Kevin Morris

2. Parker Valby has just been signed by New Balance. She is moving to Boston to train with NB team coach Mark Coogan. RunBlogRun did this story on the Parker Valby signing:

https://newbalance.newsmarket.com/…/285a2229-6e48-4999

Parker Valby signs with New Balance, October 2024, photo by NB communications

3. 2024 Midwest FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

Midwest FootLocker Regional is November 30, 2024, at UW Parkside.

4. 2024 South FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

South FootLocker Regional is November 30, 2024, at McAlpine Park, Charlotte, NC.

5. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2204, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

NorthEast FootLocker Regional, November 30, 2024, Franklin Park, Boston, MA.

6. 2024 West FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

West Regional, FootLocker, December 7, 2024, Mt.SAC.

7. Amby Burfoot, former editor at RW, Boston 1968 Marathon champion, and one of our sport’s most thoughtful and conscientious writers, wrote this piece on his misgivings on the Women’s WR set by Ruth Chepngetich at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon WR (posted October 15, 2024): https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

Ruth Chepngetich, Bank of America Chicago Marathon
October 13, 2014
Chicago,
Illinois, USA, photo by Kevin Morris

8. Pat Butcher did a fantastic column on Ruth Chepnegetich and her amazing race: https://thepatbutcher.wordpress.com/…/19/enough-already/

Ruth Chepngetich makes history, Bank of America Chicago Marathon
October 13, 2014
Chicago, Illinois, USA, photo by Bank of America Chicago Marathon / Kevin Morris

9. A fantastic podcast from Des Linden and Kara Goucher, #NobodyAskedUS, Chicago marathon, Recap or Rampage? Episode 2.34, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWCB3DwXdjs

Nobody Asked Us, Des Linden and Kara Goucher, podcast art.

10. The NYC Marathon is on November 3, 2024; you can find more info at: https://www.nyrr.org/races/2024tcsnewyorkcitymarathon

Letensebet Gidey, Hellen Obiri, TCS New York Marathon
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris

11. The 2025 Dubai Marathon is January 12, 2025; you can find more info at: https://www.dubaimarathon.org/

Dubai Banner for Streaming TV, from Dubai Marathon

12. The 2025 RAK Half Marathon is February 1, 2025; you can find more info at: https://rakhalfmarathon.com/

The winners of the 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon with His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, photo by Giancarol COLOMBO

13. NCAA Cross Country will be televised LIVE on November 23; do not miss it! #espn

The fans were a huge part of the story, cheering the best of college cross country on the challenging course! Photo by James B. Daves.

14. Strong fields at the NYC Marathon this coming weekend. But with no pacemakers and a challenging course, it will be a different race from Chicago.

15. What is more important, time or competition? Have we gotten it wrong?

16. Grand Slam Track has named 30 impressive athletes to their RACERS group for 2025.

See you on Coffee with Larry on Monday, October 29, 2024!

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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