Coffee with Larry, October 31, 2024, Happy Halloween, Staten Island Running Association Dinner, NYAC Luncheon and TCS NYC Marathon is almost here! Happy Birthday to James O'Brien!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, October 31, 2024.

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

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Happy Halloween!

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

2. The Staten Island Running Association held its annual dinner on Wednesday night. Among the sport’s stars were Joan Benoit Samuelson, Steve Jones, Bill Rodgers, Bob Beamon, Jim Spivery, Tony Staynings, and Dave Wottle!

3. At the NYAC Luncheon on October 31, Jeff Benjamin updated RBR that at the luncheon were Matt Centrowitz, Jim Spivey,

Joan Benoit-Samuelson, Tracy Sundlun, Bill Rodgers, Dave Wottle. This is an annual affair as well!

At The NYAC!
L-R
Matt Centrowitz
Jim Spivey
Joan Benoit-Samuelson
Tracy Sundlun
Bill Rodgers
Dave Wottle, photo by Jeff Benjamin

4. 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 17, 2024, photo by NB communications

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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

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

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

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

14. NCAA Cross Country will be televised LIVE on November 23; take it! #espn

15. 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.

Kellyn Taylor, TCS New York Marathon
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris

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

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

18. Happy Birthday to James O’Brien, founding publisher of American Runner, Publisher at NYAC Winged Foot, and just a great guy (James wrote many pieces for us in our formative years!).

See you on Coffee with Larry on Friday, November 1, 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.

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

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