This is Coffee with Larry, April 2, 2025, Grand Slam Track is almost here (April 4-6, 2025)

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

Today is April 2, 2025, a Wednesday.

This Day in Track & Field-December 2, Frank Shorter wins Fukuoka Marathon for third time (1973), Born this Day: Mike Larrabee, two-time 1964 Olympic gold medalist (400m, 4x400m), written by Walt Murphy

The Brooks Run Guide Interviews, Julian Florez, Assistant Coach, Brooks Beasts Track Club, Episode 9

The Brooks Run Guide, A Brooks Coaching Newsletter, Back Issues (#1-#9), Fall/Winter 2025

Coffee with Larry graphic, photo by StarGazerPics, graphic design by Mike Deering

Coffee with Larry is sponsored by our friends at OMIUS, the cooling technology company, which you can find at www.OMIUS.IO.

If you are a coach, an elite athlete send me a note at [email protected] and I will send you an OMIUS sample, as the OMIUS folks would like some comments on their product!

Sifan Hassan wins Paris 2024 Marathon, photo from OMIUS

Special thanks to PACE Events, managers of #DubaiMarathon and the #RasAlKhaimahHalfMarathon (thanks to Peter Connerton and Alan Ewan).

Leading elite men, Dubai Marathon 2025, photo by Giancarlo Columbo/Dubai Marathon

Special thanks to Global Athletics & Marketing. Mark Wetmore, their co-founder and CEO, and his team of merry sports pranksters put on the #NBIndoorGP at the #TRACKatNewBalance where I have gone for 28 of past 30 years!

Graham Blanks, at the TRACK in New Balance, photo by New Balance

And finally, please support #BrooksRunning! Brooks has been sponsoring my projects since 1990 under Tom Carmody and Helen Rockey! Jim Weber kept the fire burning with Dave Larson, Jesse Williams and Dan Sheridan. Now, Amanda Reiss, Garrett Heath and Jillian Zech for their continued support. Brooks makes tremendous running shoes, I love the Glycerin Max, Cascadia GTX 16 and Brooks Ghost Max. To see Brook’s footwear and apparel, please go to www.brooksrunning.com!

Out topics today:

1. The Grand Slam Track debut is almost here!

Grand Slam Track Kingston will be April 4-6, 2025

2. Hoping Peacock can deliver a great showing of the Grand Slam.

Old TV with NBC Peacock logo, circa 1960s

3. Kingston, Jamaica is the host of the first Grand Slam.

Grand Slam Track goes to Kingston, Jamaica! photo courtesy of Grand Slam Track

4. 48 racers and 48 challengers. Each of the six events have two races over the weekend.

5. More to come on Thursday!

See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry

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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