#CoffeewithLarry, Episode 825, the US cross country season is over! Well, Except for the Worlds!!!!!

Coffee with Larry , 16 December 2025, Episode 825, the domestic cross-country season is over (except for the Worlds) , Cross-country mania!

This is #CoffeewithLarry for Episode 825, December 16, 2025.

#CoffeewithLarry is sponsored by #BrooksRunning, #VerilyStoryworks, #NIKE, and #OOFOS!

1. Dubai Marathon, a long-time sponsor, is back! Dubai Marathon has its 25th anniversary marathon on 1 February 2026! Register at www.dubaimarathon.org! If you can not run the 2k, 10k or marathon, you can watch the streaming LIVE coverage, sponsored by www.ASICS.com on February 1 in the US, watch for updates at www.runblogrun.com !

ASICS signs as Presenting Sponsor for Dubai Marathon for 2026-2028! photo courtesy of ASICS/Dubai Marathon

2. Some deep thoughts on OOFOS! Learn more at www.oofos.com ! A great shoe for when you are not running or working out! #OOFOS

3. The NXN, now in its 20th year, was FANTASTIC! Watch the replay at www.NIKECrossNationals.com ! Held on 6 December, Jackson Spencer and Natasza Dudek, with Niwot setting the boys’ low score record (61) and Wayzata winning the girls team, 142-147 (against Niwot).

4. The #BrookXC championships saved the legacy of the #FootLockerXC. In its first year, the BrooksXCNationals had great races, with Jackson Spencer becoming the first boys winner of both NXN and Brooks (formerly Foot Locker), since 2009, that was Lukas Verzbicas! On the girls’ side, Natasza Dudek won both NXN and Brooks XC, the first girl to EVER do that in the same year! Learn more about Brooks at www.soundrunning.com

Battling on Balboa Park, Brooks XC, December 13, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris for BrooksXC

5. RAK Half Marathon, where I will be in February is February 14, 2026, learn more at www.rakhalfmarathon.com !

RAK Half Marathon, photo by RAK Half Marathon

6. Dubai Marathon has a new presenting sponsor, www.ASICSrunning.com ! (ASICS Middle East) for 2026-2028.

7. You can watch replay of Brooks XC on www.flotrack.com !

8. Great performances by USATF XC events in Portland!

9. Learn more about the Legacy of #JimThorpe at www.Republic.com and www.VerilyStoryworks.com !

See you on next episode of #CoffeewithLarry, Episode 824!

10. Please check out the issues 1-12 from Brooks on Coaching, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/12/the-brooks-run-guide-a-brooks-coaching-newsletter-back-issues-1-12-fall-winter-2025.html?swcfpc=1

#running, #crosscountryrunning, #NXN, #BrooksXc, #DubaiMarathon, #RAKHalfMarathon, #ASICSruning, #Verilystoryworks,

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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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