Coffee with Larry, All About the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Ruth Czepngetich’s WR, Thoughts from Around the World, FootLocker XC Coming Soon!

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This is Coffee with Larry on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

Coffee with Larry is our almost daily podcast about the global sport of athletics.

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Our topics:

1. Have we gone too far in celebrating otherworldly fast times in marathons?

2. Were you more excited by the women’s Olympic marathon finish or Ruth Chepngetich’s WR?

3. A Kenyan member of parliament has demanded an apology from Robert Johnson to Ruth Chepngetich for her question about the cloud of doping in Kenyan sports. We think that Robert Johnson was absolutely right.

4. Many Kenyans are deeply upset by the accusations against Ruth Chepnegetich. Someone asked me if Ruth wasn’t white.

5. The men’s race was won by John Korir, who led the pack of ten through the half in 1:02:19, breaking the field of 7 at 21 miles to win in a PB of 2:02:44. Here is my story. https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

6. John’s win was overshadowed by the paradigm-changing WR of Ruth Chepngetich, who became the first woman in 2:11 and 2:10, with a PB of 2:09;56, finishing 11th overall. Here is the story of Justin Lagat. https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

6. Ruth Cepngetic won by 7 1/2 minutes, beating the world record by nearly two minutes. Here is Deji Ogeyingbo’s story. https://www.runblogrun.com/…/gracious-and-brilliant

7. Here’s an Illustrated Athletics review on Ruth Chepngetic. https://athleticsillustrated.com/opinion-ruth…/

8. FootLocker regions are November 30 for the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast. Western Region is December 7th and Nationals is December 14th, 2024. www.footlockerxc.com

9. 2024 Midwest FootLocker Regional Presented by HOKA November 30, 2024 Registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/midwest/

10. 2024 South FootLocker Regional presented by HOKA, November 30, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/south/

11. 2024 NorthEast Footlocker Regional, presented by HOKA, November 30, 2204, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/northeast/

12. 2024 West FootLocker Regional presented by HOKA, December 7, 2024, registration can be found here: https://footlockercc.com/west/

13. Amby Burfoot, former RW editor, 1968 Boston Marathon champion, and one of the most thoughtful and conscientious writers in our sport, wrote this article about Ruth Czepngetich’s concerns about the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon WR Women’s WR- regarding posted on October 15, 2024). https://marathonhandbook.com/opinion-why-its-hard-to…/

14. RunBlogRun requested comment from both Athletics Integrity and the Bank of America Chicago Marathon regarding the drug testing protocols used with Ruth Chepngetich. We will contact several other experts to provide a complete picture on the protocol. As a running journalism site, we need to look at both sides of any photo. The WR in Chicago was crazy as I called it, but to evaluate it we need to know if it is legal and questions about the amount of doping in Kenya are only natural.

See you Thursday for coffee with Larry.