Coffee With Larry, Episode 785, August 30, 2025, Rantings from the Larrenhalle!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! August 28, 2025. Episode 785.

This is episode 785 of #CoffeewithLarry, our somewhat daily podcast, on all things running and global athletics. Powered with coffee (much have caffeine), Larry waxes semi-poetically and goes off on tangents in the #Larenhalle, the global HQ of RunBlogRun, and his delusions of grandeur.

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

#CoffeewithLarry is sponsored by OMIUS, the cooling technology company. OMIUS makes hats, visors and headbands, with a proprietary cooling pods system, that with water added every 30-45 minutes, keeps one cool! To learn more, go to www.omius.io or email Noah Droddy at [email protected] for more info!

Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

#BrooksRunning has sponsored #AmericanAthletics (1990-1994), #AmericanTrackandField(1994-2017), #RunningNetwork, (1990-present) and #RunBlogRun (2006-present). To learn more about this performance running company, please go to www.brooksrunning.com and check out the #BrooksGhost17.

Brooks Ghost 17, photo by Brooks running

Our topics:

1. The sport, where we are at right now.

Shoe worn by Emil Zatopek, 1952, photo courtesy of adidas Communications

2. My issues with Grand Slam Track.

Michael Johnson, Grand Slam Track, photo by Matt Pendleton for Grand Slam Track

3. Looking forward to my 15th World Athletics Champs in Tokyo!

Stuart Weir in Tokyo 2021, photo by J Stuart Weir

4. Some thoughts on Seb Coe, our fearless sports leader.

Seb Coe , Sports Illustrated cover, photo owned by Sports Illustrated

5. Deep stuff, powered with local coffee from Wisconsin!

6. Excited to do an upcoming #BBCSportsradio preview on 7 September of the #2025TokyoWorldChampionships

Special thanks to #NIKE! Without their support, #RunBlogRun would not have been able to cover #NIKEPreClassic, #USATFOutdoors, and the upcoming #Tokyo2025. Watch for our previews, reviews podcasts, plus interviews from #TheMixedZone in Tokyo!

Check out the NIKE #PegasusPLUS, #Vomero18, and #VomeroPLUS at www.nikerunning.com. Please purchase your running shoes through your local running store!

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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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