Coffee with Larry, March 12, 2024, the New Balance Indoor had 4 days of full stands, 5000 athletes and great races!

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Saturday, March 12, 2024.

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Our topics today:

1. The wonderful weekend in Boston, with #NCAATF and #NBIndoorChamps, were run at #ReggieLewis (NBIndoor) and #TheTRACKatnewbalance (NCAATF) for Thursday -Saturday, then NBIndoor at #TheTRACKatNewBalance on Sunday.

2. Five thousand athletes competed over the weekend for New Balance Indoor at Reggie and The TRACK at New Balance.

3. The 60 officials who put in the entire weekend for the NB Indoor should be thanked as well.

THE TRACK at New Balance was managed and produced by Beynon Sports Surfaces, one of the finest facility companies in the world, photo by NB Communications.

4. AJ Holzer and his team at The TRACK at New Balance do an exceptional in hosting the meets. AJ ensures his team knows they represent New Balance and do their best to accommodate requests!

Outside view of THE TRACK at New Balance, photo by NB communications

5. Our keen observers noted that Reggie Lewis was full all three days of the NB Indoor Champs. On Sunday, the Reggie Lewis team had to disassemble and send everything to The TRACK as they had day 4 of the NB Indoor there!

THE TRACK at New Balance, photo courtesy of New Balance

6. On Sunday, the TRACK at New Balance was full for all eleven event hours!

7. This is our new podcast on the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. I recorded it in the back of the Taxi that took me from Ras Al Khaimah to the Dubai Airport on February 26, 2024. https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/runblogrun-on-the-road-in-ras-al-khaimah.html

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

More to come tomorrow on #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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