Coffee With Larry, Episode 814, November 8, 2025, NYCM Review , part 3/4, New York, the Big City Marathon

#CoffeeWithLarry, Episode 814, November 8, 2025, NYCM Review part 3/4

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

2026 Winter Middle Distance Training (800m-5,000m), Thursday, January 22, 2026, Week 2, Day 4, A day on the track

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!

1. Furnished Quarters. www.FurnishedQuarters.com specializes in corporate stays of 30 days or more in major cities worldwide. You can learn more at www.furnishedquarters.com. Please note that they have opportunities at major marathons worldwide. Furnished Quarters is the sponsor of RunBlogRun and our partner sites as we cover the NYC Marathon from October 15-November 20!

Furnished Quarters, logo from Furnished Quarters

2. The New York City Marathon was record-setting in 2025 with 59,226 finishers! When I ran NYC in 1985, there were about 7,500 finishers. And the weather was perfect!

3. NXR regionals begin on Sunday, with the #NXRHeartland on November 9! You can watch live on runnerspace.com and learn more at NIKECrossNationals.com

4. Brooks Running. Brooks Running was established in 1914. Brooks makes great running products, including shoes for running and racing, as well as sports apparel. You can find more at www.brooksrunning.com. Brooks has sponsored #AmericanAthletics, #CaliforniaTrackandRunningNews, #AmericanTrackandField, #Runningnetwork, and #RunBlogRun since 1990! Please support the brands that support our sport. Check out our newsletter, #BrooksonRunning, available at www.coachingathleticsq.com and www.runblogrun.com

Kayley DeLay, USATF outdoors, photo by Brooks communications

5. 132 countries had runners in the NYC Marathon, all 50 states, plus D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam were also represented. I love that so many athletes (18,000+) come from outside the U.S.

6. Verily Storyworks. Verily Storyworks is developing a three-season drama on Jim Thorpe and the challenges he faced in his life. Learn more at www.VerilyStoryworks.com, and know that their funding page on www.Republic.com begins November 5!
Please check it out!

From left: Gus Welch, Alex Arcasa, Glenn “Pop” Warner, Stancil “Possum” Powell and Jim Thorpe ca. 1912. (Cumberland County Historical Society/Courtesy of Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA)

7. In 2025, marathoners were treated to nearly perfect marathon conditions in New York: lovely and calm in the morning and cool most of the day! 59,662 starters were treated to great sites of the Five Boroughs of New York City!

8. NIKE has returned to the sport by sponsoring #RunBlogRun and the #runningnetwork partners. NIKE and #RunBlogRun are collaborating on a newsletter, #TheJourneytoCompete, celebrating cross country and the NIKECrossNationals.com. Find the newsletter at www.runblogrun.com, www.runningnetwork.com and NIKE at www.nikerunning.com !

NIKE Cross Nationals, photo by Nike Running

9. #TheJourneytoCompete is the collaboration between #NIKE and #RunBlogRun, celebrating cross-country! Find a copy here at www.runningnetwork.com and www.runblogrun.com !

NIKE Pegasus PLUS, photo by NIKE communications

This is #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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