Coffee With Larry, Happy 37th Birthday Adam Johnson-Eder, Tamirat Tola & Hellen Obiri takes NYCM!

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

This is a Special Edition of Coffee With Larry for Sunday, November 5, 2023.

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This Day in Track & Field, November 2, Grete Waitz wins her 8th NYC Marathon (1986), by Walt Murphy News & Results Services

Coffee with Larry, November 1, 2024, NYC Marathon is almost here!

Our topics!

1. Happy Birthday to my son, Adam Johnson-Eder, who is all of 37 today. He is the joy of my life, and spending time with him, Rachel, Hachi, and Sumo was wonderful.

2. Just back from Uncle Bubba’s funeral and memorial. Spent 3 days with Aunt Gretchen, his wife of 51 years, John, Willard, and Amy, and all of the grandkids and spouses. It was life-affirming.
3. The NYC Marathon was held today.

Adam Johnson-Eder, 1990-91, photo by Christine Johnson

4. Watched it on ESPN2.
5. Pretty good coverage, lots of commercials.
6. Good coverage by John Anderson, Carrie Tollefson, Galen Rupp, Des Linden, Juan Luis Barrios.
7. Big wins in the Big Apple.
8. Tamirat Tola, in his third NYC race, wins in 2:04.58, a new CR, breaking the 12-year-old record of Geoffrey Mutai!

9. Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in a sprint finish,
in 2:27.33.

10. Kellyn Taylor, five months after having a baby, 2:29.48 in 8th place.
11. Molly Huddle, who also has a new baby, finished
9th in 2:32.02.
12. Futsum Zienasllassie took 10th in Men’s as first American male. I met Futsum in 2014-2015 at #BrooksPRInvite.
See you #coffeewithLarry

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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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