Coffee with Larry Special TCS NYC Marathon Edition Episode 810 November 2, 2025 The 54th NYC Marathon is here!

RunBlogRun presents

Coffee with Larry

November 2, 2025

TCS New York City Marathon Days off

Episode 810:

This is our special edition for the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon on November 2, 2025.

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This is a special NYC edition with Coffee with Larry, recorded via Zoom and produced by Mike Deering/TheShoeAddicts.

Our topics:

1. Kenya finished in the top three in the men’s and women’s Elite Marathon races, with Benson Kipruto winning the men’s marathon, winning by .02 in 2:08:09. Helen Obiri won the women’s elite marathon with a new CR of 2:19:51.
2. Kenya has won 35 titles in the New York Marathon, with 18 men’s titles and 17 women’s titles.
3. Grete Waits holds the record for women’s elite titles with nine, and Bill Rogers has won four at the New York City Marathon.
4. The weather was near perfect, starting at 48 degrees, and even with the sunny days, the temperature was cool.
5. Top American performances were led by Joel Raicho in a PB of 2:09:56, a 40 second improvement, and Fiona O’Keefe who finished 4th in 2:22:49.
6. Full week in New York. Staten Island Running Association’s Legends and Youth Gala on Oct. 29, NYRR’s Rising Star Shoe Distribution for 350 young and accomplished athletes on Oct. 30, and New York’s Elite Athletes Press Room on Oct. 31, where RunBlogRunth interviewed nine athlete honorees. At NYAC! And finally, on Sunday we covered the 54th TCS NYC Marathon from the NYCC booth.
7. We hope you enjoyed it. See you Monday #CoffeewithLarry!