Coffee With Larry, Oslo DL Entertains!

This is Coffee with Larry for June 16, 2023.

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Parker Valby Signs with New Balance (release and assessment)

This Day in Track & Field History, March 19, 2024, Bill Nieder, Ray Norton, Katherine Switzer and the Avon International Marathon, Leslie Deniz, by Walt Murphy News and Results Service

Kia America becomes Official Automotive Partner of the 2024 Los Angeles Marathon

1. The Oslo Diamond League meeting had tremendous performances.
2. The Oslo DL is held in the iconic Bislett Stadium, where the Bislett Games has been held since 1966.
3. A warmer-than-usual night in Oslo gave the 15,000 fans an enjoyable Summer evening in Norway!
4. Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen entertained the Norwegian crowd.
5. Karsten Warholm ran 46.52, #4 time ever in 400m hurdles, in his first hurdle race of the year.
6. Jakob Ingebrigtsen puts himself into the thoughts of all fans with his 3:27.95 for the 1,500m, a new European record.
7. Mondo Duplantis, from Sweden, is quite popular in Norway and entertained the crowd in the pole vault.
8. The 5,000 meters, with Yomif Kejelcha and Jacob Kiplimo, ran 12:41.73, the #4 time of all time.
9. What a meet!

10. Do not miss the last 2 days of the New Balance Outdoors! www.nbnationals.com

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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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