Coffee with Larry, Episode 828, December 29, 2025, What we learned from 2025!

Coffee with Larry, episode 828, The Grateful Episode, what to learn from 2025, December 29, 2025

This is #CoffeewithLarry for Episode 828, December 29, 2025.

#CoffeewithLarry is sponsored by #BrooksRunning, #VerilyStoryworks, #NIKE, and #OOFOS!

1. Dubai Marathon, a long-time sponsor, is back! The Dubai Marathon is celebrating its 25th anniversary on 1 February 2026! Register at www.dubaimarathon.org! If you can not run the 2k, 10k, or marathon, you can watch the streaming LIVE coverage, sponsored by www.ASICS.com, on February 1 in the US. Watch for updates at www.runblogrun.com !

ASICS signs as Presenting Sponsor for Dubai Marathon for 2026-2028! photo courtesy of ASICS/Dubai Marathon

2. NB Indoor is January 24, 2026, check out info at www.nbindoorgrandprix.com

The style of Noah Lyles, photo by Kevin Morris, 2024 NB Indoor GP

3. Millrose Games is February 1, 2026, check out info at www.millrosegames.com

Georgia Bell, Heather MacLean, NIkki Hiltz, 117th Millrose Games
The Armory, New York, NY, USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris

4. The NXN, has finished its 20th year, was FANTASTIC! Watch the replay at www.NIKECrossNationals.com ! Held on 6 December, Jackson Spencer and Natasza Dudek, with Niwot setting the boys’ low score record (61) and Wayzata winning the girls team, 142-147 (against Niwot). Watch the replay at www.Runnerspace.com

Jaeyln Williams, NXN Girls Championships race, December 6, 2025, NXN, photo by Brian Eder @cameraathletica for RunBlogRun

5. The #BrookXC championships saved the legacy of the #FootLockerXC. In its first year, the BrooksXCNationals had great races, with Jackson Spencer becoming the first boys winner of both NXN and Brooks (formerly Foot Locker), since 2009, that was Lukas Verzbicas! On the girls’ side, Natasza Dudek won both NXN and Brooks XC, the first girl to EVER do that in the same year! Learn more about Brooks at www.soundrunning.com

6. RAK Half Marathon, where I will be in February is February 14, 2026, learn more at www.rakhalfmarathon.com !

7. Dubai Marathon has a new presenting sponsor, www.ASICSrunning.com ! (ASICS Middle East) for 2026-2028.

8. Big Moments of 2025, Jan-June.

9. Learn more about the Legacy of #JimThorpe at www.Republic.com and www.VerilyStoryworks.com !

10. See you on the next episode of #CoffeewithLarry, Episode 829

11. Please check out the issues 1-12 from Brooks on Coaching, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/the-brooks-run-guide-a…

Brooks On Running, Danny Mackey, Advice to Young Coaches

12. NIKE does a cross-country newsletter with Runblogrun. Here’s the link to our interviews with SWOOSH Track club athletes! it is called, #TheJourneytoCompete, Crosscountry, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/thejourneytocompete-cross…

13. Some honest thoughts on advertising and marketing, learning from Letsrun.com and our transparency on marketing and advertising!

#running, #crosscountryrunning, #NXN, #BrooksXc, #DubaiMarathon, #RAKHalfMarathon, #ASICSruning, #Verilystoryworks,

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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