Coffee with Larry, February 8, 2025, LIVE from NIKE Armory Cafe, Parts 1 and 2: We love the Millrose Games

Coffee with Larry part 2, lost in Armory Cafe! 12:10 eastern , # Millrose games , #nikerunning

Coffee with Larry, live from Nike Armory, Feb 8, 2025, 11:50 am eastern, #millrosegames, #nikerunning? #aleiahobbs, #joshkerr, #jessicahull, #nikkihiltz, #waltmurphy,

Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

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Alex Matata wins the 2025 RAK Half Marathon, photo by Giancarlo Colombo for Ras AL Khaimah

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Andrew Coscoran , 3000m, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Track & Field meet
February 2, 2025
Boston, MA USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

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This is the special make for Josh Kerr. This is the Brooks Hyperion Elite LD, from Brooks Running

Our topics today!

1. Nestled in the NIKE Armory Cafe, just off the track, yours truly purchased a last minute ticket (section 642, $143.08) and worked with Jeff Benjamin, our senior writer, to cover the #MillroseGames.

Coffee and tea, Scottie’s Eat Mor, the iconic breakfast spot, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, May 2024

2. Sad thing was, for some reason, for third year in a row, #MillroseGames continues to make it virtually impossible for many media to cover the event. They put Jeff on back side of track, no access to interviews, etc. Not sure that, with NIKE putting so much money into facility, that is good way to support media who are here when no one else is, and have been for 3 plus decades. You can sense my frustration.

The Millrose Games, circa 2014, photo by Larry Eder

3. The Millrose Games was the finest in recent history. I mean post 1974, my era. Walt Murphy, publisher of #easterntrack, said that you would have to go back to the 1950s!

4. We interviewed Ollie Hoare, Georgia Bell, Curt Clausen, Ray Flynn, Eamonn Coghlan, Katie Penn, a DMR team, and a host of others.

Ollie Hoare wins 1,500m at LA Grand Prix, photo by USATF

5. The NIKE Armory is a true sanctuary of sport, and the fans loved the two world records and fantastic races!

6. Enjoyed my time with senior writer, Jeff Benjamin, who did interviews, took shots and continued to stand in awe of our sport.

Jeff Benjamin, Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Mark Coogan, Heather Maclean, photo by Jeff Benjamin

7. Enjoyed my time with Mark Bossardet, friend since 1986, who first raced in the Armory in a 2 mile in 1974, around 11 PM at night! Great to catch up with friends at these meets!

Joan Benoit (Samuelson) won the 1983 Boston Marathon in 2:22.43 WR, shown here with Mark Bossardet to her left, photo from Boston Athletic Association

See you Monday on Coffee with Larry !

Well done #MIllroseGames!

Part 1-Coffee with Larry , Feb. 8, 2025, 17 minutes

Part 2-Coffee with Larry, Feb. 8, 2025, 25 minutes

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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