Coffee with Larry, May 6, 2025, Grand Slam Track Miami, Shanghai and my chat with BBC!

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

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This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

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Bedatu Hirpa wins the 2025 Dubai Marathon, photo by Giancarlo Columbo, /Dubai Marathon

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2024 adidas Atlanta City Games, photo by Kevin Morris

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Our topics:

1. The Grand Slam Track Two meeting was in Miami, Florida last weekend, May 2-4, 2025.

Masai Russell sets AR of 12.17! Grand Slam Track Meet 2
Miramar, Florida, USA
May 2-4, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris

2. The second Grand Slam Track Miami meeting was a big improvement over the first Grand Slam Meeting.

The 3000m finish! Grand Slam Track Meet 2
Miramar, Florida, USA
May 2-4, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris

3. Some impressive stories, Jereem Richards, Josh Kerr, and Trey Cunningham were exciting stories from the GSM 2.

Josh Kerr, Grand Slam Track Meet 2
Miramar, Florida, USA
May 2-4, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris

4. Sydney McLaughlin, Kenny Bednarek, and Grant Fisher were strong stories as well.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Grand Slam Track, photo by Grand Slam Track

5. TV coverage of GSM2 was much more interesting coverage of the meet.

6. I did a BBC Sports over the weekend on the Grand Slam Meeting and I noted that the event had improved, but was missing field events.

7. Diamond League meeting two was very well done. I watched on Flotrack and thought that they did a good job and sub was very well done.

Valerie Allman takes the discus, second DL in a row, with a big throw! photo by Suzhou/Shanghai DL

See you tomorrow 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.

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