Coffee With Larry, MLK Birthday, Hobbs Kessler, Mason Ferlic, Noah Lyles vs. Trayvon Bromell, NB Indoor GP, NB Nationals, David Hemery’s book, Another Hurdle

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

This is Coffee With Larry for Monday, January 16, 2023.

1. Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday. Consider what he stood for, what he gave his life for today.

2. Hobbs Kessler is rounding into shape, with a 2:20.76 and 3:57.11 mole this week. Nice second by Morgan Geadlescomb (a new adidas pro), and Mason Ferlic (I love his Twitter handle, @heybigbird) broke 4 for first time.

3. Mason Ferlic will see big improvements in steeple this coming year.

4. Looking forward to NB Indoor GP on Feb.4! Noah Lyles vs. Trayvon Bromell, Jake Wightman, Gabby Thomas all there! www.nbindoorgrandprix.com

5. The NB Indoor Champs, March 10-12, coming soon, check out the site for info, www.nbnationals.com.

6. Looking forward to Albequerque! USATF Indoors coming mid February!

7. Dubai International Marathon is a great place for emerging elite to get a fine race early in season, do not miss it! www.dubaimarathon.org.

8. Our book today, Another Hurdle, by David Hemery, David was the 1968 Olympic gold medalist at 400m hurdles. His book is superb.

9. A belated happy birthday wish to Jeff Benjamin, our senior writer on East Coast.

10. A belated happy birthday to Ian Stewart, European, Commonwealth and Olympic medalists, coach, meet producer, and good friend.

11. Maurie Plant Meet-Melbourne is February 23, 2023, a great salute to an important supporter of our sport. We miss him.

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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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