Coffee with Larry, April 12, 2025, European Athletics' first Road Champs, Arcadia Invitational are here!

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

Coffee with Larry graphic, photo by StarGazerPics, graphic design by Mike Deering

Today is Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Coffee with Larry is sponsored by our friends at OMIUS, the cooling technology company, which you can find at www.OMIUS.IO.

If you are a coach, an elite athlete send me a note at [email protected] and I will send you an OMIUS sample, as the OMIUS folks would like some comments on their product!

Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius

Special thanks to PACE Events, managers of #DubaiMarathon and the #RasAlKhaimahHalfMarathon (thanks to Peter Connerton and Alan Ewan).

Tsigi Gebreselama, 2024 RAK Half Marathon, photo by Giancarlo Colombo

Special thanks to Global Athletics & Marketing. Mark Wetmore, their co-founder and CEO, and his team of merry sports pranksters put on the #NBIndoorGP at the #TRACKatNewBalance, where I have gone for 28 of the past 30 years!

Sadie Engelhartdt took the Girls Junior Mile, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field
Boston Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2023
World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

Finally, please support #BrooksRunning! Brooks has sponsored my projects since 1990 under Tom Carmody and Helen Rockey! Jim Weber kept the fire burning with Dave Larson, Jesse Williams, and Dan Sheridan. Now, we thank, Garrett Heath, and Jillian Zech, for their continued support. Brooks makes tremendous running shoes. I love the Glycerin Max, Cascadia GTX 16, and Brooks Ghost Max. To see Brook’s footwear and apparel, please go to www.brooksrunning.com!

Des Linden, stopping her COROS watch, Atlanta 2020 Olympic Trials, photo by Kevin Morris

Out topics today:

1. The European Road Championships debut this weekeend, free streaming at European Athletics.

Jimmy Gressier takes the EA Half Marathon, April 12, 2025, photo by European Athletics

2. Big races in Arcadia this weekend! You can watch on Runnerspace.

Arcadia Invitational, photo by Runnerspace

3. Watch for our interview with Ryan Fenton, GM of Track and Field at Flotrack on the Diamond League and Continental Tour!

Ryan Fenton, 2023 The Running Event, photo courtesy of Ryan Fenton

4. Boston is coming! You can see Bill Rodgers and try the Boston Billy Brand running teas at Central Perk in Boston from 1-3 PM on April 18, 2025! It is free to the public!

Bill Rodgers Tea for Runners, found at BillRodgersRunningCenter.com, photo by Boston Billy Blends!

See you Monday 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.

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