Coffee with Larry, July 30, Mt.SAC Cross Country course changing, World’s fastest man and women a matter of opinion? 48 hours until track & field starting in Paris 2024!
This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
This is Coffee with Larry for July 30, 2024.
Our topics today:
1. Mt.SAC announcement on changing iconic course on high school cross country. We have some issues with the announcement.
The recent announcement on changing cross country course at Mt.SAC, courtesy of Mt.SAC.
2. Rai Benjamin, after seeing Michael Johnson’s comments on the World’s fastest man or woman, and MJ noting, “it is a matter of opinion,” noted that he was the world’s fastest man. I love Rai, sounds good to me!
Rai Benjamin, photo by Diamond League AG
3. The Olympic track and field days, August 1-11, 2024, are just about here!
The 1900 Paris Olympics, photo courtesy of tr.olympicsworlds.com
4. Watch for our daily previews, reviews and commentary on all things, Olympic track & field!
Valerie Allman, the finest discus thrower in the world, wins in Paris DL, photo by Diamond League AG
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.
