This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on track & field!
This is Coffee with Larry for Saturday, August 18, 2024.
Omius hat with cooling cubes, photo courtesy of Omius
Coffee with Larry is sponsored by OMIUS, RunBlogRun’s cooling technology partner and the revolutionary new product used by elite race walkers and marathoners in Paris to keep them cool!
Omius is the official cooling technology partner of RunBlogRun
OMIUS (www.omius.io) developed a technology using cooling pods that keep you cool when you put water on the pods, which are placed on their visor, hat, or headband. You soak the pods every 30-45 minutes, and they keep you cool! It works, we tried it, and so did Sifan Hassan, Bashir Abdi, and Daniel Pintardo (Marathoners and race walkers in Paris).
Sifan Hassan won the Paris Olympic marathon, wearing the OMIUS head band, photo courtesy of OMIUS
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Our topics today:
1. Erriyon Knighton is the focus of the Athletics Integrity Unit once again, as they have appealed the decision in the US. This will be a mess.
2. Diamond League is back on August 22, the last few meets on Peacock are about to happen.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen battles Josh Kerr and Lamencha Girma over 1,500m! photo by Matthew Quine/Diamond League AG
3. Jazmin Sawyers, European champion, LJ, opines on Grand Slam Track: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/jazmin-sawyers-michael…/
Jazmin Sawyers, photo by Chiara Montesano for European Athletics
4. Noah Lyles, on podcast #NightCAP, wonderful interview and great responses from Noah! Noah has not signed up for #GrandSlamTrack, due to no TV contract, so far. Check out the podcast!
Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Aug 04: Images of Men’s 100m Winner Noah Lyles of USA (Photo By Christel Saneh / World Athletics)
5. Cross country is just about here, hope those 550,000 boys and girls in high school cross country are doing some running this summer! I suspect about 1/2 are doing some running and 1/3 are actually getting some miles in. Truth is, that first three weeks is torture for many.
2023 FootLocker Nationals, presented by HOKA, photo by Bob Bettencourt
6. Special thanks to Kevin Barry, loyal reader and viewer, for some very constructive suggestions on our FB coverage.
See you Monday on #CoffeeWithLarry, #dunkindonutscoffee