Coffee with Larry for October 10, 2024, Busy weekend of marathons and cross country approaching !

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

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, October 10, 2024.

Coffee with Larry is our almost daily podcast on the global sport of track and field athletics.

Sifan Hassan, World Champs 2019, photo by Getty Images for World Athletics

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Our topics:

1. Bank of America Chicago marathon is Sunday, October 13, 2024. Chicago Marathon is sponsored by NIKE and Bank of America. We are driving down Thursday night!

Benson Kipruto adds Chicago to his wins in Boston and Prague! photo by Bank of America Chicago Marathon/ kevin Morris

2. The Manhattan Invitational is October 13, 2024, held in iconic Van Cortlandt Park, is sponsored by HOKA. Streaming is free.

3. HOKA asked us to get the word out on the 45th FootLocker Cross Country Championships, presented by HOKA.

HOKA track spikes, photo courtesy of The Shoe Addicts

4. FootLocker regionals are November 30 for Midwest, NorthEast and SouthEast. West Regional is December 7, and Nationals are December 14, 2024. www.footlockerxc.com

5. 2024 Midwest FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

6. 2024 South FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

2023 Champs South Regionals
Charlotte, North Carolina November 25, 2023
Photo: Victor Sailer@PhotoRun, used with permission of FootLocker

7. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2204, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

8. 2024 West FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

10. I enjoyed watching the Ingebrigtsens, Born to Run. It is well done, captivating and great story telling!

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, May 24, 2024, NIKE Pre Classic, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

11. As someone said to me recently, the reason why Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are so good is that they are confident in their own training and ability.

Josh Kerr showing off his new singlet, photo by Brooks Running

See you Saturday for 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.

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