Coffee with Larry, February 15, 2025, Two weeks of exciting track & field, Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Georgia Bell, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Mondo Duplantis!

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This is #CoffeewithLarry for February 15, 2025.

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Our topics:

1. Two weeks of incredible track & field, from #NewBalanceindoorgp (Feb. 2) to #INITKarsruhe (Feb. 7), then #MillroseGames (Feb. 8), to Meeting de Lieven (Feb.13), then #BUDavidHemeryValentinesDayMeeting (Feb 14) and #ISTAFBerlin (Feb. 14).

2. Grant Fisher’s Most Excellent Adventure. 3:33.91 PB at 1,500m (Feb. 2), to 7:22.91 (Feb. 8) to 12:44.09 (Feb.14). After 12 days of incredible racing, Grant Fisher is taking a break and then building to prepare for the #GrandSlamTrack. https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/grant-fisher-1244-09-wr-jimmy-gressier-1254-92-er-at-bu-valentines-day-meeting.html

3. Cole Hocker noted that he wanted to test his fitness at #MillroseGames. He did, as his 7:23.14 was under the current WR of Lamecha Girma. Where will he race next? Check out our story on Cole, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/cole-hocker-does-not-like-to-lose.html

4. Katie Moon, the current WR at 4.82 meters in the women’s pole vault, talks tactics with Stuart Weir: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/talking-pole-vault-tactics-with-katie-moon.html

5. Georgia Bell, the Wanamaker mile champion. Check out the story by Stuart Weir on the Olympic bronze medalist, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/georgia-bell-wannamaker-mile-winner.html

6. Yared Nuguse won his third Wanamaker mile in a new WR of 3:46.63 (lasted five days) by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/yared-nuguses-historic-run-a-night-to-remember.html

7. Jakob Ingebrigtsen set new WRs at indoor 1,500m (3:29.63) and indoor Mile (3:45.14); check out this story by Deji Ogeyingbo: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/jakob-ingebrigtsen-reminds-the-world-who-runs-the-mile.html

8. Mondo Duplantis just opened his season with a 6.10-meter jump WL/EL at the #ISTAFBerlin, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/02/duplantis-610-wl-karalis-594-nr.html

A busy few days.

See you on Monday for our next #CoffeewithLarry!