#CoffeewithLarry, March 31, 2026, Episode 861, parts 1 and 2, The TEN, Maurie Plant Meet Performances, and thoughts on NIN and World Indoor!

This is Episode 861, March 31, 2026, for #CoffeeWithLarry: The TEN, Maurie Plant performances, NIN, and World Indoor Thoughts, Parts 1 and 2.

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! We go LIVE Monday-Saturday, at 10 Am Central time in the U.S.A.

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Our topics:

1. Justin Lagat wrote this piece on middle-distance races from World Indoor Day 3, https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/03/day-3-highlights-of-the-middle-distance-events-from-kujawy-pomorze.html

Cooper Lutkenhaus, USA, becomes youngest WIC champion, with his 800m victory in Torun, photo by World Athletics

2. The Trials and Tribulations of Luvo Manyonga, by Stuart Weir, https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/03/luvo-manyonga.html

Luvo Manyonga, Birmingham DL 2018, photo by Martin Bateman

3. Amanal Petros focuses on German NR at the 2026 London Marathon, by EME News, https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/03/amanal-petros-focused-on-german-nr-in-marathon-attempt-at-2026-london-marathon.html

The battle for gold in Tokyo Marathon, Amanal Petros, GER, takes silver, photo by World Athletics

4. Are There Too Many Options for Athletes in High School Track and Field: Six Deep Thoughts, by Larry Eder,

https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/03/is-there-too-many-options-for-athletes-in-high-school-track-field-six-deep-thoughts.html

Eric Hulst, World Cross Country, Runners World Cover (1975-76),

5. What is the Emsley Carr Mile ? by EME News, https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/03/what-is-the-emsley-carr-mile-from-2018-birmingham-dl-diary-the-emsley-carr-mile-rbr-archives.html

Ian Stewart (1970), with Stewart McSweyn (2018), past and current winners of the Emsley Carr mile, photo by Getty Images/British Athletics

6. Molly Caudery, Two Years in the Life of a Pole Vaulter, by Stuart Weir,

https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/03/molly-caudery-two-years-in-the-life-of-a-pole-vaulter.html

Molly Caudery, GB, takes another gold in the World Indoor, this time in Torun 2026, photo by World Athletics

7. This Day in Track & Field History, April 1, Ben Eastman sets WR for 600 yards, by Walt Murphy, https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/04/this-day-in-track-field-history-april-1-ben-eastman-breaks-wr-for-600-yards-1933-curated-and-written-by-walt-murphy.html

#CoffeewithLarry, #NIkeIndoorNationals, #NBIndoorNationals, #UnderArmouroutdoors, #WorldIndoors, #USATFIndoors,

Episode 861, Part 1, 15 minutes, The TEN, Maurie Plant Meet, NIKE Indoor and World Indoor geek stuff

Episode 861, Part 2, 18 minutes, Frustration with my Wifi, NIKE indoor Nationals, The TEN, Maurie Plant Meet, Random Thoughts on #CoffeewithLarry

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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.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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