Coffee with Larry, May 21, 2026, Episode 892, Big Weekend of Track & Field Upon Us!

This is Coffee with Larry, the almost daily podcast from RunBlogRun and the RunningNetwork.

We first published the podcast in 2022 (June, in fact).

RunBlogRun was established in 2006, RunningNetwork in 1995, and RunningNetwork print in 1980.

We hope you enjoy!

Today’s topics:

1. Athlos moves to 2 meets, London and NYC (September 18 and October 2).

2. Sound Running LA TrackFest is May 23. Here’s our preview!

3. European Cup 10k, is May 23.

In the 3000m, Nadia Battocletti took gold, Emily MacKay, US, silver, and Jess Hull, AUS, bronze, photo by World Athletics

4. Big Meets in 2026!

2026 Diamond League Calendar

Date	Meeting	Location
May 16	Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League	Shaoxing, China
May 23	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China
May 31	Meeting International Mohammed VI	Rabat, Morocco
June 4	Golden Gala Pietro Mennea	Rome, Italy
June 7	BAUHAUS-Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
June 10	Oslo Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
June 19	Doha Meeting	Doha, Qatar
June 28	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France
July 4	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, USA
July 10	Meeting International d’Athlétisme Herculis EBS	Monaco
July 18	London Athletics Meet	London, UK
August 21	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
August 23	Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Chorzów, Poland
August 27	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
September 4–5	Allianz Memorial van Damme (Final)	Brussels, Belgium

6. Please remember, DOHA DL, the historic start, for many years of the Diamond League, has moved from May 8 to June 19, due to the Iran War (don’t be an idiot, it is a war).

7. Sound Running’s LA TrackFest, sponsored by Skechers RUN, USATF Foundation, and Web MD, on May 23, 2026. Cooper Lutkenhaus will debut over 1500m distance as a NIKE pro athlete at LA TrackFest!

8. Under Armour is hosting the Under Armour Track & Field Nationals, May 29-31, 2026, https://www.imgacademy.com/events/uatracknationals

9. HOKA Festival of Miles on June 4, 2026, in St. Louis, MO, https://stlfestivalofmiles.com/

10. Brooks PR Invite is on June 7, 2026, https://brooksprinvitational.runnerspace.com/

11. Adrian Martinez Classic is June 7, 2026, https://www.martinezclassic.com/

Adrian Martinez Track Classic, Concord, MA, USA, June 14, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris

12. **Zlata Tetra**, **The Golden Spike**, Ostrava, Czechia, is on June 16, 2026, featuring Femke Bol, Noah Lyles, Gianmarco Tamberi, find more here: https://www.zlatatretra.cz/index.php?page=home-en

Noah Lyles is coming to Zlata Tetra, on 16 June 2026!

13. Nike Outdoor Champs, June 18-21, 2026, https://nikeoutdoornationals.runnerspace.com/

14. New Balance Outdoor champs, June 18-20, 2026, https://nbnationalsout.com/

15. Did you check out The Book of EastBay? Learn more at bookofeastbay.com.

Book of EastBay cover

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!

See you tomorrow for Coffee with Larry!

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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