Coffee with Larry, April 19, 2024, Great weekend of Athletics, Kip Keino Classic (Nairobi), Xiamin DL (Xiamin, China), London Marathon (London)

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

This is Coffee with Larry for Friday, April 19, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. What a weekend of track and field and marathons!

2. The KIp Keino Classic is the second meet in the Continental Tour Gold series, and it will be held on April 20, 2024, in Nairobi,
Kenya.

Kenny Bednarek wins the 100m at the 2024 Kip Keino Classic, photo courtesy of KIP KEINO CLASSIC/Continental Tour Gold.

3. The first Diamond League opens in Xiamen, China, on April 21, 2024 in China! That means April 20 everywhere else!

Christian Coleman, photo by Kevin Morriss

4. The 2024 London Marathon is on Sunday, April 21, 2024; you can watch it on Flotrack or YouTube (BBC).

Sifan Hassan takes the 2023 TCS London Marathon
London, England, United Kingdom
April 23, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris

5. Hugh Brasher, London Marathon executive race director, predicted a new women’s only world record!

6. You can watch the London Marathon via Flotrack.com in North America.

See you tomorrow on #CoffeeWithLarry

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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