Coffee With Larry, Bobby Kersee says Maybe Yes, Maybe No on Athing Mu competing in Budapest

This is Coffee With Larry for Thursday, August 3, 2023.

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Our topics:

1. Bobby Kersee is the coach of Athing Mu and Sydney McLaughlin. As a coach, he is responsible for protecting his athletes and building them to the events that make the most sense for them. If Athing Mu runs in Budapest, no 4x400m.

2. It has been about the Optics for Bobby Kersee. In May, Coach Kersee pulled Athing and Sydney out of the LA Grand Prix, a meet he helped found and promote.

3. The optics are also difficult for the Athing Mu situation.

4. Argument that Olympic and World Champ may or may not need a break at this time and not run in Budapest 2023 and focus on Paris 2024.

5. Bobby Kersee is a fine, obsessive coach, and his athletes love him.

6. Seb Coe spoke with print media on July 31 and several stories, insidethegames.com, athleticsweekly.com,

Bobby Kersee speaking about Athing Mu, design by Deji Ogeyingbo

, and letsrun.com so far. RunBlogRun will post a piece on Seb Coe’s interview tomorrow.

7. Jesse Owens won the 100 meters on August 3, 1936, 87 years ago.

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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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