Coffee with Larry, April 29, 2024, A Fanastic Weekend of Athletics! Penn, Drake, Suzhou, Bermuda as elites open their seasons!

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on the world of track & field!

This is Coffee with Larry for Monday, April 29, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. The Drake Relays concluded on Saturday, April 27, 2024; here are the results: https://results.drakerelays.us/

K.C. Lightfoot wins pole vault at 5.82m at Millrose, first Men’s PV since 2014

2. The Penn Relays were a fantastic success this past weekend, ended Saturday, April 27, 2024, https://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/schedule.aspx

Penn Relays

3. The Suzhou Shanghai Diamond League was on
April 27, 2024, some great performances!
https://www.runblogrun.com/…/yangtze-delta-athletics

Akine Simbine won the 100m at Suzhou DL, photo by Suzhou/Shanghai Diamond League

4. Did you see the results from the first DL meet of the season, Xiamen, last week: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/eight-observations-on-the

Torrie Lewis, all of nineteen, just won the Xiamen 200 meters over Sha’Carri Richardson photo by Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG

5. Event-by-event review of Suzhou meeting, from EME News: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/mondo-close-at-625-barega

Suzhou is a Diamond League meeting on April 27, 2024.

6. Here’s another piece on Suzhou/Shanghai, https://www.runblogrun.com/…/athletes-flying-at-the

Selemon Barega takes the 5,000m, photo by Suzhou/Shanghai Diamond League

7. The first two meets on the Diamond League in China were a resounding success! I hope to visit them in 2024. The crowds embraced the meets, the global broadcast and performances were quite good.

8. Kudos to #USATFbermuda, which had great runs from #AbbySteiner, #NoahLyles and #TamaraDavis, plus the incomparable #Kiranijames.

9. LA Grand Prix is May 17/18, www.usatf.org.

10. adidas Atlanta City Games is May 18, 2024; more to come on this one!

11. Nike Pre Classic May 25, 2024, is a one-day affair that should rock! www.nikepreclassic.com.

12. The US Olympic Trials will be June 20-29, 2024, in the track capital of Lane Country, Eugene, Oregon.

13. Here’s our piece on Morgan Lake from Stuart Weir: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/04/morgan-lake-talks-coaching-technique-and-chasing-2-meters.html

14: Really enjoyed this interview with Zach Panning! https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/04/zach-panning-six-questions-with-the-man-who-made-orlando-2024-mens-marathon-an-honest-race.html

See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry

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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