Coffee with Larry March 6, 2024, Noah Lyles, NB Indoor, NCAA Indoor, Nike Indoor, why are there dueling high school championships?

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This is Coffee with Larry for Tuesday, March 6, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. Miltiadis Tentoglou created a stir about the new long jump changes, which were covered by Cathal Dennehy: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/world-athletics-proposals-on-long-jump-not-popular-with-worlds-best-long-jumpers.html

Miltiadis Tentoglou, in big long jump, photo by World Indoor Tour, Meeting de Madrid

2. Noah Lyles, the Clocks Doesn’t Lie, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/noah-lyles-the-clock-doesnt-lie.html by Cathal Dennehy

Noah Lyles, March 8, 2023, photo from RBR Interview

3. Rob Walker, “I was born to do commentary,” by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/rob-walker-i-was-born-to-do-commentary.html

Rob Walker, Glasgow, Scotland, March 1, 2024, photo by Deji Ogeyingbo

4. Femke Bol Walks on Water, by Stuart Weir, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/femke-bol-walks-on-water.html

Femke Bol celebrates her gold and WR in 400m, photo by Martin Bateman

5. Karsten Warholm, “It’s mostly for fun, to work in the snow”, by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/its-mostly-for-fun-karsten-warholms-decision-to-train-in-snow.html

Karsten Warholm, photo by Diamond League AG

6. A Silver medal for Jemma Reekie, by Stuart Weir, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/03/silver-for-jemma-reekie.html

Jemma Reekie had a big win over 800m in Birmingham on Sunday, February 18, 2024, photo by Getty Images for UK Athletics

7. The New Balance Indoor Champs are held March 7-10 in Boston. The first three days are at #ReggieLewis, and the last day is at #TheTRACKAtNewBalance! www.newbalance.com and www.runnerspace.com

Sadie Engelhardt took the Girls Junior Mile, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2023
World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

8. NCAA Indoor Track Champs, Div 1, is March 7-9 at #TheTrackatNewBalance; check out https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/trackfield-indoor-women/d1/live-updates-2024-ncaa-di-indoor-track-and-field-championships

9. The NIKE Indoor is the same weekend, March 7-10, at the #NIKEArmory in New York, www.runnerspace.com

Addison Ritzenhein ran a 10:21.06 for 2 miles at the Nike Indoor, photo by Josh Rowe for NSAF.

10. Still not sure why two brands who care so much about high school limit participation in their events and hold events on the same weekend. Not good for the sport.

See you tomorrow for Coffee with Larry!

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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