#CoffeewithLarry Episode 848 February 15, 2026 Kamworer beats RAK, Hawker sets AR 3:45.94, Lutkenhaus sets WU20 1:44.03, St. Pierre sets aR 3:59.33, and Hodgkin sets 3:31:5.
Good morning from Ras Al Khaimah, this is episode 848 #Coffee with Larry For Sunday, February 15, 2026. RAK Half Marathon episode and Keely Hodgkinson goes 1:56.33.
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1. It RAK Half Marathon has 11,000 runners racing on Al Marjan Island today Jeffrey Volunteers running 58:13 to win RAK for the second time (he won in 2013). Asmerach Anli Ran 67:22 for the half marathon in his debut.
Jeffrey Volunteer wins. photo by RAK Half Marathon
Keeley Hodgkinson runs 1:56.33 NR/WL, photo by Getty images for British Athletics
4. Three flights home, about 26 hours of flight time. Just finished from Dubai to Munich. Sitting in the Lufthansa club, I am writing, and the next one is ten hours from Dubai to Chicago.
5. When I was going to the airport, I was able to watch ASICS Sound Running Highlights!
6. Congratulations! Cole’s stool who now holds the American record for the mile at 3;45.94. Cooper Thier, Cole’s training partner and friend was second in 3:50.49. Sam Ruthsixteen-year-old Wunderkid was 7th in 3:52.46.
Cole Hawker with senior writer Jeff Benjamin, photo by Jeff Benjamin
Cole missed the WR a bit because J?Jacob Ingebrigtsen has #1 time WR at 3:45.14.
7. Cooper Lutkenhaus ran 1:44.03 to win, his third win as a professional NIKE athlete, and the world under-20 world record for the short course (indoors) also at the ASICS Sound Run Invitational.
Cooper Lutkenhaus wins 600m in 1:14.25, photo by John Napolitani
8. El St. Pierre won the BU mile in 4:17.00 and went AR 3:59.33 over the indoor course for 1,500 meters. Well done Elle! thanks to coach mark coogan for that.
El St. Pierre wins the 3000m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Follow-up meeting January 24, 2026 Boston, MA USA, photo by Kevin Morris
Larry Eder has been involved in athletics for 52 years. Larry has experienced sports as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now a journalist and blogger. His first article, about Don Bowden, America’s first 4-minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from USA Track and Field to the American version of Spikes magazine. He currently leads content and marketing development for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. On RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to long-distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most I’ve ever done besides running.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at major events which he really enjoys.
