Coffee with Larry, February 28, 2024, RAK final thoughts, Glasgow Almost here!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, February 28, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. The RAK Half Marathon was where we were last week. RAK is the fastest half marathon in the world. #VisitRasAlKhaimah

RAK Half Marathon start, February 24, 2024, photo by Giancarlo Columbo

2. Daniel Makeito won the men’s race in 58.45; he is now off to his debut in the London Marathon.=, #VisitRasAlKhaimah

3. Daniel Makeito was most popular on FB with 300,114 likes post-race, Daniel next race at London Marathon, #VisitRasAlKhaimah

4. Benard Kibet Koech was most popular on social media, namely X, formerly Twitter. 80,000 fans loved Koech’s post! #RAKhalfmarathon,

Benard Kibet Koech, Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, photo by Larry Eder, February 23, 2024

5. Tsigi Gebrselama had just over 311,000 likes on Facebook, #RAKhalfmarathon,

Tsigie Gebreselama of Ethiopia – winner of the elite women’s race at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon photo by Giancarlo Colombo

6. 2.62 million viewed our coverage of #RunBlogRun for Ras Al Khaimah, #rakhalfmarathon

7. The World Indoors in Glasgow is March 1-3, 2024. This Indoor Champs has a huge number of stars with only 2 defenders not returning, one is Marcell Jacobs.

8. NBC network is showing the champs via Peacock on March 103, 2024, at 4.45 AM each day, Eastern and 2 pm Eastern are the times to see, plus replay on CNBC and live for two hours on Sunday.

Mondo Duplantis, World record holder, indoors and outdoordoors, 6.21 meters, photo by Kevin Morris (from Nike Pre Classic 2022)

9. The World Champs will have some fantastic races; please watch for our previews!

10. 57 US team members going to Glasgow!

11. RunBlogRun will have the team live on the ground in Glasgow, as well as remote coverage. Watch Stuart Weir, Justin Lagat, Deji Ogeyingbo, Cathal Dennehy, and our photo team cover the WICGlasgow2024.

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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