This is my daily chat #RunBlogRun viewers and follow fans on everything track and field. We go LIVE Monday-Saturday at 10am US Central Time
Our topics:
1. Special thanks Brooks runningsponsor since 1990, learn more here www.brooksrunning.com. Upcoming events are Brooks Athletes in the #BostonMarathon on April 20th. The #BrooksPRinvite will take place on June 7, 2026 at Renton Memorial Stadium.
2. It #StanfordInvite! It’s an early season of great athletics. Some good high school events, lots of distances. BYU whole, and Jane Hedengren ran 30:46.80, A new NCAA record for the 10,000 meters in a closely contested race where the top two lapped the field.
The Stanford Invite Women’s 10,000m Photo courtesy of BYU Track and Field
3. Check out the RunBlogRun story (we had 10,000m posts on Saturday night/Sunday morning on IG, FB and X). Thank you Aginer for their support.
4. Sound Running: did a wonderful job of presenting TEN sponsored by HOCwith a dynamic debut in the women’s elite and the top three men in the elite men’s 10,000m.
5. Looking forward Jeff Benjamin receives RRCA journalismPrize: for his amazing coverage of sports on our platforms; American Athletics, American track, RunningNetwork:and: RunBlogRun. Congratulations Jeff! Jeff will receive his award on April 11.
6. The Arcadia Invite is this weekend (April 11), the Boston Marathon on April 20, and the London Marathon on April 26.
Jeff Benjamin and Frank Shorter, gold medalists at the 1972 Munich Olympics and silver medalists at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, were among the nominees for the Jeff Award.
See you tomorrow at #CoffeewithLarry!
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.
