Coffee with Larry, Episode 900, Rome and HOKA Festival of Miles Deliver

Hello sports Fans, Larry Eder here. And this is Coffee with Larry, on Episode 900! June 5, 2026.

Coffee with Larry began in June 2022 in Springfield, Oregon, as I waited for the 2022 USATF outdoor to begin!
We talk track over my coffee from the #Larrenhalle almost daily. We also track and field wherever I am
on the globe! Enjoy, send me questions, and interact, please!

Our topics today:

1. The Rome Diamond League was fantastic! Noah Lyles sprints 9.88 for the win, Trey Cunningham wins 110m hurdles, dips under 13 seconds!
2. HOKA Festival of Miles, Jackson Spencer runs 3:57.24, Ellery Lincoln runs 4:27.64.
3. USATF Lone Star Grand Prix June 6, https://www.usatf.org/news/2026/full-fields-released-for-inaugural-lone-star-grand
4. Adrian Martinez Classic on June 7, at martinezclassic.com.
5. Brooks PR Invite on June 7, https://www.soundrunning.run/brookspr
6. NIKE Outdoor Nationals, June 18-20, 2026, https://nikeoutdoornationals.runnerspace.com/

See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry

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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