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This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, November 25, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. NIKE NXN is hot and heavy. Nationals for NXN are December 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. You can find all you need to know at www.runnerspace.com

2. The Sound Running Cross Country Champs, sponsored by #BrooksRunning, was held on November 21, 2023. Watch for our coverage. Check out results at www.soundrunning.com

Sound Running Cross Champs, November 21, 2024, sponsored by Brooks, photo by Kevin Morris

3. NCAA Div 1 XC was held at Zimmer Cross Country Course on November 23, 2024.

4. Congrats to BYU for winning both the women’s (coached by Diljeet Taylor) and men’s (Ed Eyestone is the coach) for the first time since Colorado in 2005.

5. BYU Women Bounce Back to Claim NCAA Cross Country Title; Doris Lemngole Takes Individual Victory , by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://runblogrun.com/2024/11/byu-women-bounce-back-to-claim-ncaa-cross-country-title-doris-lemngole-takes-individual-victory.html , #BYUCrossCountry, #NCAACrossCountry

BYU’s Women’s cross country won NCAA Div 1, art by NCAA/BYU

6. Well done to Mick Byrnes, Director of Wisconsin Cross Country, who hosted the #NCAA XC Division 1. A.J. Harrison took great care of the on-site and remote media at the NCAA Champs. Wisconsin men took 4th!

7. Blanks Repeats, BYU Shines in a Historic Championship , by Deji Ogeyingbo, https://runblogrun.com/2024/11/blanks-repeats-byu-shines-in-a-historic-championship.html ,

The BYU Men’s Cross Country team won the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Champs, Division 1, art by BYU

8. 2024 Midwest FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024; results can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

9. 2024 South FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024; results can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

10. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2204, results can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

11. 2024 West FootLocker regional, presented by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

12. The top ten boys and girls from all 4 FL regionals qualify for the 45th FootLocker Cross Country Nationals, you can watch it streaming for FREE and see results at www.footlockerxc.com on December 14, 2024.

13. Brooks Running has been a sponsor of our platforms since 1990. First, American Athletics, American Track & Field, then RunningNetwork, and now, RunBlogRun. We encourage you to check out this focused running brand at
www.brooksrunning.com

Hyperion Max, photo courtesy of Brooks Running

14. Remember, the #DubaiMarathon is January 12, 2025; Free Streaming will be available; register at www.dubaimarathon.org

15. Remember to catch one of the fastest half marathons in the world; the #RAKHalfmarathon is February 1, 2025. For free Streaming, register at www.rakhalfmarathon.com

16. The First indoor meeting in North America, the #NBIndoorGrandPrix, will be held at the TRACK at New Balance on February 2, 2025. www.nbindoorgrandprix.com

17. Fantastic interviews with #HobbsKessler, #BryceHoppel, #NoahLyles, #NicoYoung, #JasmineJones and #RaiBenjamin.

Hobbs Kessler wins a superb 1,500m battle with Jake Wightman, photo by Kevin Morris, 2024 NB Indoor GP

18. #NoahLyles and I got into some fascinating discussions on the nature of professional track and field.

19. #RaiBenjamin was intriguing. His discussion of the 4x400m must be heard and watched, and his view of pro track and field is quite different from Noah’s.

20. #NIcoYoung was so much fun to interview! What a great story on the 10,000m in Paris. Thanks, Nico!

21. This is my first time interviewing #JasmineJones; she was a blast!

22. #NoahLyles is always a great interview; there is much to discuss from the Trials and Paris!

23. #HobbsKessler has excellent stories to tell; seeing him doing that is fantastic!

24. #BryceHoppel had fascinating stories about the Men’s 800 meters!

Bryce Hoppel, Isaiah Harris, photo by Kevin Morris

25. Thanks to #CoachLanceBrauman for his stories on sprinters’ care and development!

26. Special thanks to Matt McCarron, who busts his butt to make these interview days work. And thanks, as always, to Jorge Torres, Matt Turnbull, and Mark Wetmore. #GlobalAthletics gets it; to build the sport, you must provide access.

27. The NCAA Cross Country program, sponsored by USTFCCCA, was well done. However, there were glitches at the end of the Women’s 6k and Men’s 10k.

28. European Cross Country is Sunday, December 8, 2024. Thanks to European Athletics, you can watch LIVE in North America for FREE!

Yann Shrub with his chicken, SPAR European Athletics Cross Country Champs, photo by Getty Images for European Athletics

29. On November 30, we did an audio only podcast, #CoffeewithLarry on my drive back from #FootLocker Midwest, you can find it on RunBlogRun on December 3, 2024.

Midwest FootLocker Regional is November 30, 2024, at UW Parkside.

30. Highly recommend TailWind’s sports hydration drink, DauWatermelon. Taste great, and is keeping my bad charley horses away, due to dehydration. As a type 2 diabetic, it does not overdo it with the sugars, and really works! I do 30 ounces a day. www.tailwindnutrition.com

See you soon at our next
Coffee with Larry, Monday, December 2, 2024!

#footlockercrosscountry, #HOKA, #TimetoFly, #Dubai, #rasalkhaimah, #RAKHalfmarathon, #newbalanceindoorGrandPrix,

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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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