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This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!
This is Coffee with Larry for Thursday, August 1, 2024.
Coffee and tea, Scottie’s Eat Mor, the iconic breakfast spot, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, May 2024
Our topics!
1. New sponsor, our new partner, Omios, makes products that cool you down during hot weather.
Omius is the official cooling technology partner of RunBlogRun; find Omius at www.Omius.io
2. I have tried their hat, and it is simple to use. Wet the ‘diamonds’, which provide the cooling. The diamonds are the cooling cubes.
3. Wet the diamonds, and the hat cools you down for 90 minutes, as long as you move!
Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius
4. To learn more about our new partner, please go to www.Omios.IO !
5. The hat was used by 20k Racewalk champion in Paris, Brian Pintardo, Ecuador, until the last few steps of the race!
Daniel Pintado, wearing OMIUS head band, with cooling cubes, courtesy of OMIUS.
6. We suggest it as a great way to keep cool for coaches and athletes during your summer cross country training!
7. Race walks were today.
8. Brian Pintardo of Ecuador won with 1:18.55, Caio Bonfim, BRA, 1:19.09 and Alvaro Martin, ESP, 1:19.01, Massimo Stano, ITA, Tokyo champion, missed a medal by one second, after he slipped on sore ankle late in race! Terribly humid (94 percent), and about 84 degrees, the conditions were top.
Brian Pintado of Ecuador takes the 20k Race Walk, August 1, 2024, photo by Christel Saneh for World Athletics
9. Jiayu Yang, CHN tried to run away in the 20k, and built up a lead of 44 seconds, but Maria Perez, ESP, WC at 20k and 35k in Budapest, drew her back to 26 seconds, and Jemima Montag, AUS, took bronze. Yang won in 1:25.54, Perez in 1;26.19 and Jemmima Montag, 1:26.25.
Jiayu Yang wins the W 20k race walk , photo by Christel Saneh for World Athletics
10. Jake Wightman out of 800 meters.
Jake Wightman, silver medalist, 2022 European Athletics, photo by European Athletics
11. Kevin Mayer, French star, out of decathlon. The French star and WR holder in the decathlon (9126) injured his hamstring at the Paris Diamond League a few weeks ago.
Kevin Mayer, decathlon champ, World Athletics Championships
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July15-26, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July15-26, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris
See you tomorrow, remember, Day 2 begins at 3 AM Central time on Peacock!