#CoffeeWithLarry, Episode 956, Powered by #NewBalanceRunning, November 2, 2026, the NYC Marathon!

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TCS New York City Marathon weekend
New York, New York, USA
November 1, 2025

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Our topics today:

1. #LearningtoFly is a wonderful documentary film on the culture of ultrarunning and can be found on #PRIME. Use our link and get 30 free days on Prime!

Learning to Fly, opens at PRIME on September 24, 2026!

2. The 50 Run through Five Boroughs was a great success, with 60,229 starters.

Offiicial logo of the 2026 TCS NYC Marathon

3. Andreas Almgren won the NYCM in his first marathon in 2:06:01. This guy may be the most versatile ever, having competed in European Team Club Champs in 4x400m, and PBs from 800m to 10,000m that are world-class!

Andreas Almgren wins 2026 NYC Marathon, photo by Kevin Morris for NYCM

4. Andreas Almgren, Yemane Crippa, and Benson Kipruto kept the race very exciting! Check out our story on Andreas Almgren: https://www.runblogrun.com/2026/11/andreas-almgren-wins-tcs-nyc-marathon-in-debut-effort-at-20601.html?swcfpc=1

Andreas Almgren, winner of 2026 TCS NYC Marathon, photo by Kevin Morris for NYRR

5. Sheila Chepkirui won in 2024, took third in 2025, and won again in 2026, the first two-time winner since Mary Keitany, in the same shoe brand (adidas).

Sheila Chepkirui, winner of TCS NYCM and her shoe, photo by Kevin Morris for NYRR

6. New Balance is official footwear and apparel of the NYCM and London Marathons as the marathons give NB even more global stature in the sport for the $9 billion a year in sales company.

TCS NYCM jacket for 2026, from New Balance, photo by New Balance

7. Fred Lebow and Alan Steinfeld, George Hirsch, the Rudin Family, Charlie McCabe and Barbara Paddock, Manny Hanny. Give them your respect!

Grete Waitz, Fred Lebow, Orlando Pizzolatto, photo by Correre.it

8. More thoughts on the race: Jess McClain and Zouhair Talbi.

Jess McClain and Zouhair Talbi, top American woman and man at TCS NYCM, photo by Kevin Morris for NYRR

9. Connor Mantz should not be sad.

See you tomorrow!

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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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