Coffee with Larry, May 23, 2025, adidas Atlanta City Games, Doha, Rabat, European Cup and Sound Running's TRACKFEST!

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

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

Coffee with Larry is your almost daily podcast from #RunBlogRun for Friday, May 23, 2025.

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Coffee with Larry is sponsored by OMIUS, the cooling technology company, which you can find at www.omius.io .

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We have been fortunate to have support from Global Athletics and Marketing, which sponsors and manages 3 events, one indoor, one city Games, and one NYC GP, plus managing 150 world-class athletes.
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Keni Harrison training, Atlanta, GA, photo by Kevin Morris

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Our topics:

1. We spoke about the beginnings of the City Games, which go back to Newcastle and Manchester around 2010-2011.

2. The City Games were a big deal for several years, sponsored by Great Run and various footwear companies, bringing track and field to the city center of Newcastle, Manchester, among others.

3. The first City Games in North America was the BOOST adidas Boston Games in 2016, which went to 2019.

Early track spike cobbled by Adi Dassler, circa 1924-1928, photo by adidas Communications

4. adidas brought in great athletes, had a major media day and held them in the city center of Boston.

Anna Hall, adidas Atlanta City Games, photo by Kevin Morris

5. The pandemic stopped that, and the event moved to Atlanta.

6. In Atlanta, they have the game in a city park, not the same as a city center.

Noah Lyles, adidas Atlanta City Games 2024, photo by Kevin J. Morris

7. Doha DL has been around since 2010.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Doha DL, 2022, photo by Stuart Weir

8. For many years, the meet organizers brought in bands popular with the expatriot fans.

Kenny Bednarek takes the 200m in Doha, photo by Marisse Nassour for the Diamond League AG

9. The crowds are from Kenya, Ethiopia, Phillipines, UK, US, and local. The crowd truly gets into the meet, and the performances really keep the fans on their feet!

Stadium crowd at the Jetour Doha Meeting, part of the Wanda Diamond League, on Friday 16 May 2025, photo by Diamond League AG

10. The Doha DL meeting was, for about a decade, the first meeting of the Diamond League season.

11: European Cup 10,000m on Saturday in Pace, France. You can watch via www.european-athletics.com on Saturday, around 12 noon Central time!

European Cup 10,000m photo courtesy of European Athletics

12. The Sound Running #TrackFest is Saturday night, watch on #FloTrack around 6:30 PM Eastern time.

13. The Rabat, Morocco Diamond League meeting will be on Sunday, via Flotrack! Watch the Athletes Lounge at 12 noon Central time!

See you Saturday on Coffee with Larry !

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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