Coffee With Larry, February 23, 2024, the Ras Al Khailam Half Marathon is almost here!

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

This is Coffee With Larry for Friday, February 23, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. Just hours before the 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.

2. The elite field numbers 40.

3. The registered runners are just over 5,700.

4. Now in its 17th year and on a new course, the RAK Half Marathon should be fast and compelling on Saturday!

5. Peres Jepchirchir, Tamirat Tola, and Benard Kibet Koech are the three top athletes in the field offered to the media for interviews.

Highlighting the RAK Half Marathon are 40 elite athletes, among them, pictured here, are Peres Jepchirchir and Tamirat Tola, photo by RunBlogRun

6. The RAK Half Marathon is the fastest half marathon in the world.

7. To watch the broadcast worldwide, please go to: https://youtube.com/live/ZBaAyTG4loc?feature=share

For more info, go to www.rakhalfmarathon.com

Please check out #CoffeeWithLarry for Saturday!

Author

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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