Welcome to #CoffeewithLarry, Episode 815, for Monday, November 10, 2025.
This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
1. Special thanks, once again to our friends at www.FurnishedQuarters.com ! Furnished Quarters is a global company focused on long-term stays for corporate, educational, and just about anyone! #FurnishedQuarters specializes in 30-day-plus, home-like settings. #RunBlogRun stayed in the Furnished Quarters site at East 69th in NYC, NY. Two bedrooms, two baths, a living room, a kitchen, and centrally located!
2. NXR Heartland (November 9, 2025), in Yankton Trail Park, South Dakota.
3. Congrats to SFL Patriots (Sioux Falls, SD) with 134 points for the win on the Boys Champ race. Lincoln Pius X ( Lincoln, Nebraska), with 209 points, Wayzata XC club was in third place with 220 points. Winner on Boys was Sean Fries (Tonka H) in 14:55.0.
4. The girls’ Elite race at NXR Heartland was won by Wayzata XC, with 50 points. Wayzata is from Plymouth, Minnesota. In second, Chargers RC with 87 points, the Chargers are from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Winner was Maddie Gullickson, 16:49.5.
5. Check out the video at www.Runnerspace.com. Winter weather is here!
6. Brooks Running has been a sponsor since 1990 on #Runningnetwork, #AmericanAthletics, and #AmericanTrackandField! #Brooks and #RunBlogRun collaborates on #BrooksOnRunning, A Coaching Newsletter. You can read back issues at www.coachingathleticsq.com or www.runblogrun.com #BrooksCoaching newsletter goes out early on Wednesday mornings! (Here’s our interview with Kayley Delay).
7. The NJCAA XC Champs, held in Iowa on Saturday, showed how incredible cross country could be in the Winter Olympics! Seb Coe is pushing on with building cross-country into the Winter Olympics, hoping to begin in 2030.
8. Walt Murphy edits and curates #ThisDayinTrackandField, one of our most popular columns on a daily basis!
9. Verily Storyworks is doing a series on #JimThorpe. You can learn more at www.VerilyStoryworks.com, and you can invest at the show, www.Republic.com
10. NYC Marathon had 59,662 starters and 59,226 finishers, a new World record for starters and finishers.
11. Thinking of Bill Rodgers (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) and Grete Waitz (1978-1986), who helped establish the NYC Marathon.
12. Enjoyed speaking with Nnenna Lynch and George Hirsch at the NYC Marathon! Nnenna was the Chair of NYRR, and George Hirsch was the founding publisher of #TheRunnerMagazine and long-time publisher of #RunnersWorld! George is now chairman emeritus of #NYRR.
13. Watch for our cross country newsletter, #TheJourneytoCompete, our collaboration with #NIKE and #RunBlogRun, which arrives in your mail box on Friday mornings! Sign up at [email protected]
14. Special thanks to #NIKERunning for their support! Learn more about the brand at www.nikerunning.com .
15. Dubai Marathon is February 1, 2026. Learn more at www.dubaimarathon.org . RAK Half Marathon is February 14, 2026, and can be found at www.RAKhalfmarathon.com. #PaceEvents are the event organizers, and ASICS has come in as a footwear and apparel sponsor in 2026. Learn more at ASICSrunning.com.
See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry
