Coffee with Larry, October 26, 2024, Fall Season building to NCAA Champs, high school state XC meets and marathon mania!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Saturday, October 26, 2024.

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

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Our topics:

1. Parker Valby has just been signed by New Balance. She is moving to Boston to train with NB team coach Mark Coogan. RunBlogRun did this story on the Parker Valby signing:
https://newbalance.newsmarket.com/…/285a2229-6e48-4999

2. Ruth Chepngetich won by 7 1/2 minutes, breaking world record by nearly two minutes. Here’s the story from Deji Ogeyingbo: https://www.runblogrun.com/…/gracious-and-brilliant

3. 2024 Midwest FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

4. 2024 South FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

5. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2204, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

6. 2024 West FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

2023 West FootLocker Regional, presented by HOKA, photo courtesy of FootLocker

7. Amby Burfoot, former editor at RW, Boston 1968 Marathon champion, and one of our sport’s most thoughtful and conscientious writers, wrote this piece on his misgivings on the Women’s WR set by Ruth Chepngetich at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon WR (posted October 15, 2024): https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

8. Pat Butcher did an amazing column on Ruth Chepnegetich and her amazing race: https://thepatbutcher.wordpress.com/…/19/enough-already/

9. A fantastic podcast from Des Linden and Kara Goucher, #NobodyAskedUS, Chicago marathon, Recap or Rampage? Episode 2.34, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWCB3DwXdjs

10. The NYC Marathon is on November 3, 2024, you can find more info at : https://www.nyrr.org/races/2024tcsnewyorkcitymarathon

Hellen Obiri takes the 2023 TCS NYC Marathon, photo by Kevin Morris

11. The 2025 Dubai Marathon is January 12, 2025, you can find more info at: https://www.dubaimarathon.org/

12. The 2025 RAK Half Marathon is February 1, 2025, you can find more info at: https://rakhalfmarathon.com/

13. NCAA Cross Country will be televised LIVE on November 23, do not miss it! #espn

See you on Coffee with Larry on Monday, October 28, 2024!

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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