This is Coffee with Larry, the somewhat daily podcast for RunBlogRun. We talk about global sports of athletes: track & field, cross country, indoor track and field, road running, race walking!
Post-podcast, it is Episode 949; I just can not count! Sorry, I said 948
Coffee with Larry is sponsored by #LearningtoFly, the documentary film on the culture of ultrarunning, link here!
Our topics today:
1. Chicago Marathon 48 was amazing!
2. Big races up front.
3. Amos Kipruto wins in 2:01.09, tied for fifth-fastest ever!
Amos Kipruto wins the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, photo by Bank of America /Kevin Morris
4. Clayton Young is the top American in 2:05.23, with Charles Hicks and Vinny Mauri
Charles Hicks, Clayton Young, Chicago, photo by Bank of America/Kevin Morris
5. Hawi Feysa defends in 2:13.33, Sharon Lokedi in 2:14.07, Brigid Kosgei in 2:14.55
Hawi Feysa wins her second Bank of America Chicago title, photo by Bank of America /Chicago Marathon
6. Emma Grace Hurley debuts as top US in 2:20:47
7. Dakotah Popeihn sets PB in 2:24:00
8. More on Chicago
9. The journey!
10. The Dubai Marathon is January 17, 2027; register at www.dubaimarathon.org. Dubai supports RunBlogRun and #CoffeewithLarry.
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.
