This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
This is #CoffeewithLarry, Episode 769, July 17, 2025, our almost daily podcast.
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Our topics:
1. The London DLÂ is one of the most essential Diamond League meetings of the year. 60,000 fans, great athletes, and a tremendous afternoon of competitions.
London Diamond League, July 2023, photo by Stuart Weir
2. The real story of the success of this meet and the British meets is Spencer Barden, a long-time elite coordinator for British athletic meetings and the London Marathon.
3. Watch our coverage of the European U23 Championships, July 17-20, 2025. It is one of the most important meetings of the year. From that meeting, we will see some of the stars for Tokyo 2025, Beijing 2025 and LA 2028.
Down to the wire!Joel Ibler Lillesø takes 10,000m gold at #Bergen2025 with a thrilling last-lap surge, winning by just 0.04 seconds in 29:05.45!An unforgettable finish from the Danish star. photo by European Athletics
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See you Monday, July 21, on #CoffeewithLarry !
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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.”
