This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!

This is Coffee with Larry for January 18, 2025.

Coffee with Larry is sponsored by www.OMIUS.IO .

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Sifan Hassan used OMIUS at the 2024 Paris Olympics marathon.

Our topics today:

1. The Astana Indoor Meeting opens the World Indoor Tour in 2025. Astana will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on January 25, 2025.

Astana Indoor Meeting Facility, Astana, Kazakhstan, photo from Official Astana Indoor Meeting

2. RunBlogRun will be at the #RAKHalfMarathon, to be held on February 1, 2025. To register, go to www.rakhalfmarathon.com.

RAK Half Marathon, February 1, 2025

3. RunBlogRun will be at the #NBIndoorGrandPrix. This is my 28th visit to the meet (now in year 30). Go to www.nbindoorgp.com for tickets and info.

Femke Bol, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Track & Field
Boston Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2023
World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, photo by Kevin Morris

4. Millrose Games will be on February 11, 2025; visit  www.millrosegames.com

Yared Nuguse winning mile at Millrose Games, photo by Kevin Morris

5. Josh Hoey and Bryce Hoppel will compete at the Millrose Games against each other. Hoey just set AR for 1000m and Hoppel, while racing indoors, will not defend his indoor title.

Josh Hoey running a 3:52 mile on December 7, 2024, photo courtesy of Georgetown Track & Field

 

See you Thursday, January 23 for Coffee with Larry!

 

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