Coffee with Larry, On to Budapest (visiting Newark, New Jersey)

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, August 16, 2023.

Recorded in the United terminal, Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey.

Coffee with Larry is our daily, well almost daily, news show on all things track and field. The opinions expressed are those of Larry Eder, so do not blame anyone else. If you would like to provide your thoughts, go to comments, or email me at [email protected].

Our topics today!

1. The World Championships begin on Saturday, August 19, 2023.

2. NBC tv, Peacock TV, and CNBC will have exciting coverage.

3. Official WA Budapest 2023 site: https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23

The Statue of Liberty, Budapest, Hungary, photo by Getty Images

4. To follow the options to watch Budapest on TV in North America: https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/08/how-to-watch-the-2023-world-outdoor-athletics-championships-on-nbc-peacock-and-cnbc-august-19-27-2023.html

5. Zach Panning is going to Budapest! Read about his journey to Budapest! https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/08/zach-panning-from-fort-wayne-to-budapest-representing-the-us-at-the-world-championships.html

Zach Penning, photo courtesy of Brooks communications

6. Grant Holloway is defending champion, working on his third title at 110m hurdles, and he is up for the task! https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/08/zach-panning-from-fort-wayne-to-budapest-representing-the-us-at-the-world-championships.html

7. Taliyah Brooks took second in the heptathlon in Eugene and now, is off to Budapest, representing US for the first time in five years! https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/08/in-the-mixed-zone-taliyah-brooks-usatf-outdoors-july-9-2023.html

Taliyah Brooks, second heptathlon, USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, July 6-10, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris

8. Cindy Sember, the RunBlogRun Interview! https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/08/cindy-sember-the-2023-runblogrun-interview.html

9. Nice to view Maicel Uibo, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, and their new baby traveling today while in between flights. Enjoyed interviewing them both in 2019 in Doha. I did not interrupt, as I have this thing about respecting athletes and their off time. It just made me smile.

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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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