Coffee with Larry, June 1, 2026, Episode 897, Rabat DL, CIF,

This is Coffee with Larry for June 1, 2026. Episode 897

We started almost four years ago with the CWL podcast. CWL is one of four podcast series from RunBlogRun, co-founded by Brian Eder and Larry Eder in 2006. RunningNetwork was founded in print in 1980 and digitally in 1995. We talk track and field almost daily.

Our topics:

1. Rabat DL, a fantastic third meet of the 2026 Diamond League season, here is our piece from Stuart Weir: https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/05/six-things-to-note-in-rabat.html?swcfpc=1

2. CIF Meet, Braelyn Combe triples at the California State meet!

3. Meets from Europe for June 3-June 7! https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/06/whats-on-this-week-from-europe-live-athletics-from-athens-st-polten-and-ljubljana-kamik.html?swcfpc=1

4. HOKA Festival of Miles, June 4. https://live.brrm.com/meets/74013

Upcoming meets in 2026: (May-June)

The 2026 Diamond League Schedule (May 16-Sept 5, 2026)

Femke Bol defends her Budapest title, 51.54 WL, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

2026 Diamond League Calendar

Date	Meeting	Location
May 16	Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League	Shaoxing, China x
May 23	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China x
May 31	Meeting International Mohammed VI	Rabat, Morocco x
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

9. 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).

10. Sound Running’s LA TrackFest, sponsored by Skechers RUN, USATF Foundation, and Web MD, on May 23, 2026, was a good meet, with about six thousand fans, which is the best turnout there at an elite meet in 3 years. Please read this: https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/05/brandon-miller-beats-top-800-meter-field-at-la-trackfest.html?swcfpc=1

11. Under Armour hosted the Under Armour Track & Field Nationals, May 29-31, 2026. Learn about UA meet: https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/05/eight-questions-on-the-under-armour-outdoor-nationals-may-29-31-2026.html?swcfpc=112. HOKA Festival of Miles on June 4, 2026, in St. Louis, MO, https://stlfestivalofmiles.com/

Jane Hedengren ran a superb 4:23.50 for the HS mile record at the HOKA Festival of Miles, photo by HOKA Running

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

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

Adrian Martinez Track Classic, Concord, MA, USA, June 14, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris15. **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!

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

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

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

19. Deep Thoughts on Athletics.

See you tomorrow on 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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