Coffee with Larry, Episode 792, The Success of Tokyo World Champs, Chicago Marathon is almost here!

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

Welcome to #CoffeewithLarry, Episode 792, for October 2, 2025.

Our topics;

1. The success of the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships!

2. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is coming soon, to be held on October 12, 2025. #RunBlogRun will be there, sponsored by #NIKErunning. For more info, www.chicagomarathon.com

Start of the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, photo by Bank of America Chicago Marathon/ Kevin Morris

3. #RunBlogRun will be at the TCS NYC Marathon, to be held, November 2, 2025. RunBlogRun will be working with sponsor, #FurnishedQuarters. You can learn more at www.FurnishedQuarters.com .

4. RunBlogRun will be at two #NXNRegionals, to be announced soon, plus the #NXNChampionships, sponsored by #NIKERunning, #JourneytoCompete. #NXN Champs will be held in Portland, Oregon, on December 6, 2025. https://nxn.runnerspace.com/ , #JourneytoCompete, #NIKE,

Jane HEDENGREN, won the 2024 NIKE NXN girls cross country championships by 40 seconds! photo courtesy of RUNNERSPACE

5. Coffee with Larry is happy to be working with the Dubai Marathon, which occurs on February 1, 2026. To register, please go to https://www.dubaimarathon.org/race-info/how-to-register/

6. Coffee with Larry is happy to be working with the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, which occurs in RAK on February 14, 2026. To register, please go to: https://rakhalfmarathon.com/

RAK Half Marathon, photo by RAK Half Marathon

7. Watch today for our story on the History of NXN. This begins our collaboration with #NIKE on #TheJourneytoCompete, our coverage of the NXN series and the joy of cross country! I have worked with NIKE since 1985, and am happy to be working with them once again! Check out www.nikerunning.com !

8. Please check out #ForShoeGeeksOnly: Don’t Fear the Matumbo: NIKE’s Track and Field Line for Tokyo Revealed! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/10/for-shoe-geeks-only-interview-with-nikes-patrick-richie-and-natalie-kile-on-nike-tf-specialty-line-in-tokyo-2025-plus-much-more.html

Patrick Ritchie and Natalie Kile worship the NIKE Dragonfly XC 3! photo by Mike Deering

9. Please check out our new interview with Danny Mackey! This is a collaboration with #Brooks! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/09/brooks-on-running-episode-o1-danny-mackey-founding-coach-of-brooks-beasts-track-club.html

Brooks On Running, Episode 1, Danny Mackey

10. Fortius Media Group has worked with Brooks Running since 1990. Brooks sponsored #AmericanAthletics (1989-1994), #AmericanTrack&Field (1994-2017), #RunningNetwork (1992-present) and #RunBlogRun (2006-present). RunBlogRun and Brooks are collaborating on #BrooksOnRunning. We hope that you like it! Learn more about Brooks at www.brooksrunning.com!

11. Finally getting caught up in Fort Atkinson, WI. See you in Chicago next week! More to come 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.

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