#CoffeewithLarry, Episode 793, October 3, 2025 , Chicago Marathon is One Week Away!

#CoffeewithLarry, Episode 793, October 3, 2025 , Chicago Marathon in One Week Away!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!

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#CoffeeWithLarry, Episode 793, October 3, 2025, is my daily updates on the sport of running.

Our topics:

1. The 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is October 12, 2025. Learn more on the marathon at https://www.chicagomarathon.com

2. RunBlogRun will be in Chicago this week, covering the pressers for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the build-up for the marathon, and the live coverage of the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon at www.RunBlogRun.com

Connor Mantz, Bank of America Boston Marathon, photo by Kevin Morris

3. Our coverage for Chicago is sponsored by NIKE Running. To learn more about the new running shoes from #NIKERunning, please go to www.nikerunning.com

4. This is a fun piece from Stuart Weir: Georgia Hunter Bell is the club winner at 800m for M11 Track Club. https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/09/georgia-hunter-bell-is-the-m11-club-champion.html?swcfpc=1

5. Here is Elliott Denman’s feature on Josette Andrews, and her sixth place in the 5,000 meters in Tokyo! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/10/front-running-josette-andrews-thrills-fans-from-tokyo-to-new-york-new-jersey-and-locations-far-beyond.html?swcfpc=1

Josette Andrews and Dathan Ritzenhein, USATF Outdoor Track & Field , Championships, photo by Kevin Morris
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 31 – August 3, 2025

6. #RunBlogRun will be at the TCS NYC Marathon, to be held, November 2, 2025. RunBlogRun will be working with sponsor, #FurnishedQuarters. You can learn more at www.FurnishedQuarters.com .

7. RunBlogRun will be at two #NXNRegionals, to be announced soon, plus the #NXNChampionships, sponsored by #NIKERunning, #JourneytoCompete. #NXN Champs will be held in Portland, Oregon, on December 6, 2025. Learn more at https://nxn.runnerspace.com/ , #JourneytoCompete, #NIKE,

Poster for 2022 NIke Cross Nationals, photo by RunnersSpace/NIKE

8. Coffee with Larry is happy to be working with the Dubai Marathon, which occurs on February 1, 2026. To register, please go to https://www.dubaimarathon.org/race-info/how-to-register/

9. Coffee with Larry is happy to be working with the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, which occurs in RAK on February 14, 2026. To register, please go to: https://rakhalfmarathon.com/

10. Please check out #ForShoeGeeksOnly: Don’t Fear the Matumbo: NIKE’s Track and Field Line for Tokyo Revealed! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/10/for-shoe-geeks-only-interview-with-nikes-patrick-richie-and-natalie-kile-on-nike-tf-specialty-line-in-tokyo-2025-plus-much-more.html

11. Please check out the first newsletter collaboration from Brooks and RunBlogRun, #BrooksOnRunning, issue 1, The Coaching Newsletter: Recovery Days are Essential! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/10/brooks-on-running-presents-the-brooks-coaching-newsletter-1-october-1-2025-recovery-days-are-essential.html?swcfpc=1

See you Monday for Episode 794!
#CoffeewithLarry

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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