This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field! Welcome to Coffee with Larry!
Today is April 1, 2025, a Tuesday.
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 runblogrun@gmail.com and I will send you an OMIUS sample, as the OMIUS folks would like some comments on their product!
Special thanks to PACE Events, managers of #DubaiMarathon and the #RasAlKhaimahHalfMarathon (thanks to Peter Connerton and Alan Ewan).
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Track & Field meet
February 2, 2025
Boston,MA USA, photo by Kevin R. Morris
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Out topics today:
1. A great weekend of track and field!
2. A Coaches Clinic, well kind of: Clyde Hart’s Guide to 400m training, from Super Clinic 1996 notes, thanks to Criss Somerlot, Peanut Harms, and American Track & Field: https://www.runblogrun.com/2023/04/clyde-harts-guide-to-400-meter-training-from-1996-super-clinic-notes-world-coaches-notes.html?swcfpc=1
3. Asafa Powell has run 98 times under 10 seconds for the 100 meters. This is an interview from our Archives (2008), Enjoy! The RunBlogrun Interview: Asafa Powell https://www.runblogrun.com/2008/01/the-runblogrun-interview-asafa-powell.html
4. Orrin Konheim wrote for us about his feelings on World Indoor in Nanjing TV broadcast! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/03/watching-the-2025-world-indoors-in-nanjing-on-tv.html?swcfpc=1
5. Redemption or just move on? Stuart Weir writes on athletes who have overcome nightmares in sport, https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/03/redemption-or-just-moving-on.html?swcfpc=1
6. Gabby Thomas will be one of the stars of #GrandSlamTrack, here is my interview with her from March 2023: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/03/learning-about-gabby-thomas-the-2023-runblogrun-interview.html?swcfpc=1
7. Want to hear how Dutch fans love their Femke Bol and her team mates? Listen to this one! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/03/runblogrun-presents-audio-coverage-of-the-4x400m-mixed-relay-at-the-european-athletics-indoor-championships-in-apeldoorn-ned-march-6-2025.html?swcfpc=1
8. One of our most popular stories ever, from the fine writer, Cathal Dennehy! This piece is on Noah Lyles.
https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/noah-lyles-the-clock-doesnt-lie.html?swcfpc=1
9. Running Camps, a fun summer excursion. Check out this release from Jim Ryun on the 50th anniversary of his first camp: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/noah-lyles-the-clock-doesnt-lie.html?swcfpc=1
10. See you tomorrow on #CoffeewithLarry!