Coffee with Larry, Cooper Teare, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Laura Muir, Josh Kerr, Astana Indoor Meeting!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, January 24, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. The #astanaindoormeeting is on January 27, 2024. Astana is the first World Indoor Tour gold meet in Asia.

Astana Indoor Meeting Facility, Astana, Kazakhstan, photo from Official Astana Indoor Meeting

2. The Olympic Trials are less than two weeks away, who are your picks? www.usatf.org. February 3, 2024, is the date in Orlando, Florida.

3. NB Indoor Grand Prix is February 4, 2024. Gabby Thomas, Jake Wightman, and Noah Lyles will be there. Noah Lyles vs Fred Kerley in the 60m! Get your tickets at www.nbindoorgrandprix.com. (sponsored)

Grant Holloway takes the win, 60m hurdles, 7.38 WL, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
February 4, 2023
World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

4. Did you see Oliver Hinson’s feature on the USA XC Open Champs? https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/cooper-teare-and-weini-kelati-win-usa-xc-titles-in-dominant-fashion-teare-ran-2906-for-10k-while-kelati-ran-3258-by-oliver-hinson.html

Cooper Teare, 2024 USATF Cross Country Champion, photo by USATF

5. Did you see Oliver Hinson’s feature on the USA XC Junior Champs? https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/college-and-high-school-stars-shine-at-usatf-xc-championships-kevin-sanchez-and-zariel-macchia-took-home-gold-in-the-u20-division.html

Jolena Quarzo (3rd), Zarriel Machia (first), Allie Zealand (second), USA U20 XC, 2024, photo courtesy of USATF

6. Miltiadis Tentogolou heads to the Czech Indoor in Ostrava on January 30, 2024, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/miltiadis-tentoglou-to-headling-czech-indoor-gala-wit-gold.html

Miltiadis Tentoglou won gold at Budapest’s only Championships he did not have a gold from! All Greece rejoices, photo by Kevin Morris

7. Ciara Mageean on her 2023 season, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/ciara-mageean-assesses-her-progress-in-2023.html

Ciara Mageean, photo by European Athletics

8. Katie Moon, on the World Championships, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/katie-moon-on-the-world-championships.html

Katie Moon, World Championships 2023, photo by World Athletics

9. Laura Muir, A Happy Athlete is a Fast Athlete!
https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/a-happy-athlete-is-a-fast-athlete-laura-muir-reflects-on-2023.html

Laura Muir takes gold medal 5 at Euro Indoors, photo by Alex Livesey for Getty Images/EuropeanAthletics

10. Josh Kerr explains it all, well, to the GB track writers: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/01/josh-kerr-meets-the-gb-athletics-writers-part-1.html

Josh Kerr with Media, Budapest, August 2023, photo by Stuart Weir

This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, January 24, 2024, see you on Thursday!

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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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