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#CoffeewithLarry, Episode 849, #LarrysMostExcellent Adventures, from Boston to Dubai to Madrid to RAK, three weeks of cool but exhausting travels. Monday, February 23, 2026


This is #CoffeewithLarry, Episode 849, #LarrysMost Excellent Adventures, from Boston to Dubai to Madrid to RAK, three weeks of cool but exhausting travels. Monday, February 23, 2026

This is my daily chat #RunBlogRun viewers and follow fans on everything track and field. We go LIVE Monday-Saturday at 10:00 AM Central US Email Me (email protected)!

1. Special thanks to #ASICS who is the presenting sponsor of #?dubai marathon formal wear and footwear partner #WorldAthleticsrepresenting the sponsor #RasAlKhaimah Half Marathonand sponsor #ASICSSSoundrunning Invite.

2026 Dubai Marathon to start on January 30, 2026 Photo by Larry Eder for RunBlogRun

2. My journey began with him #NBIdoorGrandPrix (special thanks to #Globalathletics , #LenoxHotel and #NewBalance ).

Grant Fisher, Jake Wightman, Josh Hoey, 2026 NB Indoor GP Presser, photo by Jane Monti, RRW, used with permission.

3. Then I flew #SnowmaggedonBoston on January 24th.

4. On January 25-February 3, I spent #Dubai Marathonpresented by #ASICSrunning. 20,000 plus ran in the 4k and 10k plus marathon in Dubai, now in its 25th year. Bright LIME Green ASICS shirts were everywhere at the Dubai Police Academy campus, at the start and finish of the Dubai Marathon (February 1, 2026).

Anchinalu Dessy wins the 2026 Dubai Marathon, photo courtesy of Dubai Marathon

5. Madrid match closed (February 6) was held at Calle de Galllur, the ONLY indoor facility of its kind in Madrid, with a seating capacity of 2,500, SRO, and they were entertained by the Spanish NR in the 60m hurdles, by Enrique Lopez, USA’s Jordan Geist 40m, ex 22m, 220m ball. Hayhom and Nadia Battokleti and ER 1000m by Mohamed Atawi. #WorldIndoorTour powered by #ASICSrunning

Meeting de Madrid, photo courtesy of Meeting de Madrid23

6. Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon (February 14, 2026) presented by ASICS running had some interesting results for 11,000 runners and walkers. Jeffrey Kamvorer, who won RAk in 2013, won again thirteen years later, 58:14. Asmerich Anli won his debut over the last 2k with a score of 67:22. It The RAK Half Marathon presents #ASICS From 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Jeffrey Volunteer wins. photo by RAK Half Marathon

7. ASICS Sound Running InvitationalIn the JDL Fast Track introduced in its debut year. Cole Hawker set an AR 3, 45.94 and Cooper Lutkenhaus set a U20 WA 1:44.03 in the 800m. Nikki Hiltz won the 3000m in 8:34.95. Drew Hunter won the 5000m in a PB of 13:10.87 over Abdi Noor (13;11.59).

Drew Hunter, “Ten” with a sound run
3 29 2025, photo by Kevin Morris

8. Special thanks ASICS running for their support on our tour and news of the wonderful apparel and ASICS shoes that will be discussed at #CoffeewithLarry.

ASICS signs on as a sponsor of the RAK Half Marathon in 2026, 2027 and 2028. photo by RAK Half Marathon

9. Upcoming ASICS LAMarathon is a true success story in sports. Seven events preceded it, and Bill Burke and Marie Patrick made it a reality in 1986. ASICS has been a sponsor again for six more years and the race is sold from marathon positions. Learn more here LAMarathon.com.

Matthew Richtman, Los Angeles Marathon
presented by ASICS
March 16, 2025, Los Angeles, California Photo by Kevin Morris

To learn more about ASICS running, visit www.asicsrunning.com

See you tomorrow Coffee with Larry !

#DubaiMarathon, #NBIndoorGrandPrix, #MadridIndoorMeeting, #WorldIndoorTour, #RAKHalfmarathon, #VisitRasAlKhaimah, #asicsSoundRunningInvite

  • 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.

    Theme Song: “I’m No Angel” by Gregg Allman.



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