Coffee with Larry, April 28, 2025: Drake Relays, Penn Relays, Xiamen Diamond League, Adizero Road to Records, London Marathon

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

This is #CoffeewithLarry for Monday, April 28, 2025.

Coffee With  Larry, our almost daily podcast,  has several sponsors:

Coffee with Larry is sponsored through August 2025 by OMIUS, the cooling technology company. OMIUS ( www.omius.io ) makes headbands, visors and hat with cooling pods. Moisten the cooling pods every 45 minutes, and the athlete stays cool. Sifan Hassan and Bashir Abdi used OMIUS headbands in the hot and humid Paris Olympics.

PACE EVENTS announced the 25 anniversary of the Dubai Marathon will be on 1 February 2026, register at www.dubaimarathon.org .

Global Athletics & Marketing managed the #adidasAtlantaCityGames on May 17, 2025! Learn more about adidas Atlanta City Games at https://www.atlantatrackclub.org/adidas-atlanta-city-games

Brooks Running, our longest partner, is sponsoring the #BrooksPRInvite on June 8, 2025. On July 12, Brooks is sponsoring the #SunsetTour stop by #SoundRunning. Brooks makes superb track spikes and training shoes, find them at www.brooksrunning.com .

Our topics:

1. The Penn Relays were covered by Orrin Konheim for RunBlogRun, here’s his story on Day 1: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/finding-franklin-field-penn-relays-2025-first-day.html?swcfpc=1

2. The Drake Relays, in its 115th year, featured some wonderful miles, here’s a podcast on Shelby Houlihan, Karissa Schweizer and Francie Larrieu-Smith: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/50th-anniversary-of-the-one-mile-record-at-drake-relays.html?swcfpc=1

3. The first meet of the Diamond League season, Xiamen DL, was held on April 26, 2025, here’s a review of the meet: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/warholm-flies-over-7-hurdles-in-33-05-to-highlight-first-diamond-league-meet-of-season-xiamen-diamond-league.html?swcfpc=1

4. FloTrack is hosting the broadcast of Diamond League in 2025 in North America, here’s our interview with Ryan Fenton: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/runblogrun-presents-socialing-the-distance-featuring-ryan-fenton-episode-133.html?swcfpc=1

5. AdiZero Road to Records was held on April 26 in Germany, here’s a review of their fast times! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/adizero-road-to-records-delivers-with-10k-womens-only-wr-mile-wl-for-men-and-women-and-5k-road-wl.html?swcfpc=1

6. The London Marathon had serious marathon fields, with Sabastien Sawe and Tigst Assefa, both adidas athletes, taking the races! Here’s a piece by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/a-changing-of-the-guard-at-the-2025-london-marathon.html?swcfpc=1

7. Athletic Ventures (UK Athletics, Great Run and London Marathon Events) join to bid for 2029 World Outdoor Athletics Championships, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/04/athletic-ventures-announce-campaign-to-bring-world-athletics-championships-to-london-in-2029.html

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!