This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
Today is Friday, April 11, 2025.
Coffee with Larry is sponsored by our friends at OMIUS, the cooling technology company, which you can find at www.OMIUS.IO.
If you are a coach, an elite athlete send me a note at runblogrun@gmail.com and I will send you an OMIUS sample, as the OMIUS folks would like some comments on their product!
Special thanks to PACE Events, managers of #DubaiMarathon and the #RasAlKhaimahHalfMarathon (thanks to Peter Connerton and Alan Ewan).
Special thanks to Global Athletics & Marketing. Mark Wetmore, their co-founder and CEO, and his team of merry sports pranksters put on the #NBIndoorGP at the #TRACKatNewBalance, where I have gone for 28 of the past 30 years!
Finally, please support #BrooksRunning! Brooks has sponsored my projects since 1990 under Tom Carmody and Helen Rockey! Jim Weber kept the fire burning with Dave Larson, Jesse Williams, and Dan Sheridan. Now, Amanda Reiss, Garrett Heath, and Jillian Zech, for their continued support. Brooks makes tremendous running shoes. I love the Glycerin Max, Cascadia GTX 16, and Brooks Ghost Max. To see Brook’s footwear and apparel, please go to www.brooksrunning.com!
Out topics today:
1. The Boston Marathon is April 21, 2025, and RunBlogRun will be there, in force.
2. We just interviewed Bill Rodgers and his neice, Emilie Rodgers. Emilie has a tea company and she and Bill have come up with several teas under the title, #BostonBillyBlends. Boston Billy Blends can be purchased a www.BillRodgersRunningCenter.com.
3. If you are in Boston from 1-3 PM on April 18, please go by Boston’s Central Perk Coffee to meet Bill Rodgers, 4 time winner of Boston, for a book signing and get a free sample of Boston Billy Blends tea! The public is welcome!
4. Great talk with Bill Rodgers yesterday on #SocialingtheDistance. Bill told me about getting a note and a pair of NIKE racing shoes for his 1975 Boston, where Bill won and ran an AR of 2:09.55!
5. More comments on Grand Slam and note that we will be interviewing Ryan Fenton, General Manager of Track & Field at FloTrack/Flosports!
See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!