This is Coffee with Larry on Thursday, October 31, 2024.
Coffee with Larry is our almost daily podcast about the global sport of athletics.
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1. Olympic champion Tamirat Tola and Olympic silver medalist Bashir Abdi lead the men’s field this weekend in the Big Apple. Olympic marathon bronze medalist Helen Obiri will defend her New York title.
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023 Photo by Kevin Morris
2. The Staten Island Running Association held its annual dinner on Wednesday night. Sports stars included Joan Benoit Samuelson, Steve Jones, Bill Rogers, Bob Beamon, Jim Spivery, Tony Steyning and Dave Wattle.
3. At the October 31st NYAC luncheon, Jeff Benjamin updated RBR that at the luncheon were Matt Centrowitz, Jim Spivey,
Joan Benoit-Samuelson, Tracy Sandlun, Bill Rogers, Dave Wattle. This is also an annual affair.
LR:
Matt Centrowitz
Jim Spivey
Joan Benoit-Samuelson
Tracy Sundlun
Bill Rogers
Dave Wattle, photo by Jeff Benjamin
4. Parker Valby just signed with New Balance. He moves to Boston to train with NB team coach Mark Coogan. RunBlogRun did this story on Parker Valby’s signing.
15. Strong fields at the NYC Marathon this coming weekend. But without pacemakers and a tough course, it will be a different race than Chicago.
New York, New York, USA
November 5, 2023 Photo by Kevin Morris
16. What is more important, time or competition? Did we get it wrong?
17. Grand Slam Track has included an impressive 30 athletes in their 2025 RACERS group.
18. Happy birthday to James O’Brien, founding publisher of American Runner, publisher of NYAC Winged Foot, and just an awesome guy (James wrote a lot of stuff for us in our formative years).
See you at Coffee with Larry on Friday, November 1, 2024.
