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This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, September 19, 2024.
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Our topics;
1. ATHLOS is just a week away!
Athlos Invite is September 26, photo courtesy of Athlos
2. Diamond League has increased their prize purse to $500k a meet, and up to $9.725 million in prize money and $9 million a season in appearance money.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the Wanda Diamond League Event in Rome on 30 Aug 2024, photo by Diamond League AG
3. Comparing Grand Slam Track (4 meets) to Diamond League (14 meets), $12.4 million in prize money to $9.725m for Diamond League.
Grand Slam Track
4. Bank of America Chicago Marathon is Sunday, October 13, 2024.
In her second marathon, Sifan Hassan won the Chicago Marathon in 2:13.44, photo by Kevin Morris
5. NCAA Div 1 Cross Country is in Madison, WI on November 23, 2024.
Katelyn Tuohy of North Carolina State winning the 2022 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma (photo by Mike Scott; used with permission)
6. The Running Event is November 19-23 in Austin, Texas.
The Running Event 2023, Wednesday November 30, 2023, photo by Larry Eder
See you on Saturday on Coffee with Larry!