This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
This is Coffee with Larry for Monday, August 12, 2024.
Coffee with Larry is sponsored by OMIUS, the official cooling technology partner of RunBlogRun.
1. We feature the hat, visor, and headband from OMIUS, which uses cooling pods to keep you cool during a workout or run.
Omius is the official cooling technology partner of RunBlogRun.
2. You assemble the OMIUS hat, visor, or headband, put water on the cooling pods, and start to work out! That simple, you add water to the pods every 30-45 minutes while you are moving, and they keep you cool!
Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius
1. The Olympics, July 26-August 11, 2024, has just ended.
Paris 2024 Olympics, design and art from Paris 2024 website
2. We have more stories, podcasts, analysis coming this week and next.
3. The Diamond League season will be starting up again at the end of the week!
Valerie Allman, the finest discus thrower in the world, wins in Paris DL, photo by Diamond League AG
4. We will go over our favorite events all week long!
5. Today, August 12, is 49th anniversary of John Walker’s sub 3:50 mile (3:49.4, August 12, 2024, Goteborg, Sweden), Read more
John Walker sets a new WR of 3:49.4, on 12 August 1975, in Goteborg, Sweden, photo courtesy of bringbackthemile.com
6. Gabby Thomas – Master of Science, Mistress of sprinting , by Stuart Weir, Read more
6. Hassan Grabs Third Medal at Paris Olympics with Women’s Marathon Victory , by Olivia Miller, Read more
Sifan Hassan, Chicago Marathon 2023, photo by Kevin Morris
7. Men’s 400h: shock result or possibly not , by Stuart Weir, Read more
Rai Benjamin waited 3 years to reach his dream, a gold medal at the 400m hurdles! photo by World Athletics
See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!
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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.”
