Coffee With Larry, Episode 812, November 4, 2025, The 54th TCS NYC Marathon was a huge success!

#CoffeeWithLarry, Episode 812, November 4, 2025, The 54th TCS NYC Marathon was a huge success!

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

1. Furnished Quarters. www.FurnishedQuarters.com specializes in corporate stays of 30 days or more in major cities worldwide. You can learn more at www.furnishedquarters.com. Please note that they have opportunities at major marathons worldwide. Furnished Quarters is the sponsor of RunBlogRun and our partner sites as we cover the NYC Marathon from October 15-November 20!

One of the apartments offered by Furnished Quarters in New York, photo by Furnished Quarters

2. The 2025 NYC Marathon had 59,662 starters and 59,226 finishers. This is a world record for marathon finishers.

3. There were 31,927 male finishers, 27,157 female finishers, and 143 non-binary finishers. All three groups were records for a marathon.

4. Brooks Running. Brooks Running was established in 1914. Brooks makes great running products, including shoes for running, racing, and sports apparel. You can find more at www.brooksrunning.com. Brooks has sponsored #AmericanAthletics, #AmericanTrackandField, #Runningnetwork, and #RunBlogRun since 1990! Please support the brands that support our sport. Check out our newsletter, #BrooksonRunning, which can be found at .www.coachingathleticsq.com and www.runblogrun.com.

The Brooks Hyperion Elite Five, photo courtes y of Brooks Running

5. 132 countries had runners in the NYC Marathon, all 50 states, plus D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam were also represented.

6. Men’s open division champion: Benson Kipruto, KEN, 2:08:09, won by .03 seconds. That is the closest margin in race history. Benson has now won 4 Marathon Majors: Boston, Chicago, Tokyo, and now New York!

7. Women’s open division champion: Hellen Obiri, KEN, 2:19:51 (course record). Hellen broke the 22 year old record of Margaret Okayo (KEN) in 2:22:31.

8. Verily Storyworks Verily Storyworks is developing a three-season drama on Jim Thorpe and the challenges he faced in his life. Learn more at www.VerilyStoryworks.com, and know that their funding page on Republic.com begins November 5!

Jim Thorpe, artwork by Verily Storyworks

9. Top American open division women: Fiona O’Keeffe, 4th, 2:22:49, fastest ever by an American woman in NYCM.

10. Top American open division men: Joel Reichow, 2:09:56, PB by 40 seconds, moved from 12th to sixth.

11. Marcel Hug won his seventh NYC Marathon and became a NYRR Streaker, meaning he has completed at least 15 New York City Marathons.

12. Susannah Scaroni won her third TCS NYC marathon title and her second consecutive win in the Big Apple.

13. NIKE has returned to the sport by sponsoring #RunBlogRun and the #runningnetwork partners. NIKE and #RunBlogRun are collaborating on a newsletter, #TheJourneytoCompete, celebrating cross country and the NIKECrossNationals.com. Find the newsletter at www.runblogrun.com, www.runningnetwork.com and NIKE at www.nikerunning.com

NIKE Vomero 18, photo by NIKE communications

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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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