Coffee with Larry, Episode 816, November 12, 2025, NXR Heartland, More on cross-country and Big City Marathons!

Episode 816, November 12, 2025, #CoffeewithLarry, NXR Heartland, cross-country and more on big city marathons!

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

NIKE presents #TheJourneytoCompete, A NIKE Cross Country newsletter, celebrating cross-country, Issues, 1-15, Back Issues, Winter 2026

2026 Winter Middle Distance Training (800m-5,000m), Wednesday January 21, 2026, Week 3, Day 3, the third week of Winter running, with an easy day on Wednesday!

#CoffeeWithLarry, Episode 838, January 19, 2026, More on the 2026 NB Indoor GP!

Our topics:

1. NXR Heartland was a wonderous way to open the NXN qualifying season, find results here! Special thanks to #AthleticsNet : https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/58511

2. Check out our photo gallery on NXR #Heartland! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/11/nike-cross-nationals-qualifying-event-1-nxr-heartland-regional-photo-gallery.html?swcfpc=1

3. Special thanks to www.FurnishedQuarters.com, your one stop for long term (30 days plus) housing around the world! Furnished Quarters sponsored #RunBlogRun in our #NYCM coverage! We loved it! #staydifferent

Furnished Quarters, photo courtesy of Furnished Quarters

4. The snow in South Dakota added to the cross-country races at the NXR. Great coverage by our friends at www.Runnerspace.com.

5. Watch the NXR regionals this weekend, #NXRNorthwest in Spokane, WA on Nov 14-15 and #NXRMidwest, on November 16, in Terra Haute, Indiana! You can watch both at www.Runnerspace.com (you need a subscription).

NXR Heartland, #7, November 9, 2025, photo by NIKE

6. Really enjoying the #fleetfeetsportsgoldenticket program, Sadie Engelhardt gave Paige Shepard her Golden Ticket to Brooks XC Championships.

Sadie Engelhardt just made Paige Sheppard’s day!🤯

The Brooks NIL athlete, Sadie Engelhardt, surprised Paige with a @FleetFeetSports Golden Ticket, giving her automatic entry to the Brooks XC Championships on December 13th. 🏆

Paige leads the U.S. No. 2-ranked Union Catholic… pic.twitter.com/Nu27JbTOiY

— FloTrack (@FloTrack) November 13, 2025

7. Special thanks to #BrooksRunning for their support of #RunBlogRun and #RunningNetwork! Here is a sample of our newsletter, #BrooksOnRunning, sent on Wednesdays! Here are back issues, 1-6 : https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/11/brooks-on-running-the-coaching-newsletter-back-issues-1-6-fall-2025.html?swcfpc=1

8. Thinking of the great Lynn Jennings, three-time World XC champ, 9-time US XC champ, and the late Pat Porter, 8-time US XC champion. Who will lead our efforts at #Tallahassee2026?

9. Help build the legacy of #JimThorpe! Learn more at www.Verilystoryworks.com and www.Republic.com! #verilystoryworks

10. US XC Champs will be held in Portland, Oregon, along with NXN champs on December 6, 2025! www.NIKEcrossNationals.com

11. Special thanks to NIKE running. #NIKE has supported our storytelling by supporting #RunBlogRun travel. A new collaboration with NIKE and RunBlogRun is #TheJourneytoCompete! a weekly newsletter celebrating cross country. Here are the back issues! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/11/nike-presents-thejourneytocompete-celebrating-cross-country-and-the-nike-cross-nationals-issues-1-4.html?swcfpc=1

See you on Friday for #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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