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This is Coffee with Larry for Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
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Our topics!
1. Check out the Race for the Records, April 26, 2025, which can be watched at
2. Check out SAVE the 10000, on My 3, 2025. Find out more at https://www.ticketsignup.io/w/SaveTheWithDesAndKara
3. The 129th Boston Marathon had a perfect day.
4. John Korir, winner of 2024 Chicago, won Boston in 2:04:45, the #2 time EVER run by the winner at Boston!
April 21, 2025
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, photo by Kevin Morris
5. Sharon Lokedi, winner of NYC Marathon, won the Boston Marathon after taking second last year to Hellen Obiri!
April 21, 2025
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, photo by Kevin Morris
6. Connor Mantz, 4th place, was first American male in 2:05:08!
April 21, 2025
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, photo by Kevin Morris
7. Jess McClain, 7th place was first American female in 2:22:38!
April 21, 2025
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, photo by Kevin Morris
8. Des Linden, in her last professional marathon, finished 17th in 2:26:19.
April 21, 2025
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
9. Bill Rodgers and Bob Hall celebrated their 50th anniversary of winning the Boston Marathon.
10. Bill Rodgers joined Galen Rupp and Courtney Frerichs at the NIKE Shakeout Run at Heartbreak Hill Running Company on Tremont Street. Four hundred runners were expected, and over 900 arrived.
Boston 5K road race, photo by Keivn Morris
11. ASICS shakeout run had over one thousand runners!
12. Faith Kipyegon and NIKE have teamed up for a new “Moonshot”: Breaking 4. NIKE wants to support Faith Kipyegon (4:07.65 PB for mile. The attempt will come on 26 July 2025 at the Stade Charlety in Paris, France.
See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!