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Coach Mark Coogan Talks Cross-Country , 10 questions with the Coach of Boston NB Track Club, by Larry Eder, https://t.co/WVH7wfMVFR , #MarkCoogan, #NewBalanceTrackClub, #NewBalance, #CrossCoutntry, #Coachinghighschoolathletes, #CoachingAthletics, #Coachingeliteathletes, #running, #trackandfield,

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This looks like the AAU cross country at Crystal Springs, Belmont, CA in November 1974. I was there to see Frank Shorter, John Ngeno, Marty Liquori and Nick Rose. We met Frank Shorter, week before he won his 4th Fukuoka marathon. Still have all of their autographs.

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November 1974, John Ngeno, Kenya/WSU and Neil Cusack (Irl)

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Some of the true marathon greats!

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13 de febrero de 1983
Maratón Internacional TOKIO📷
Toshihiko Seko📷 de Japón y Rodolfo Gómez📷 de México compiten durante el Maratón Internacional de Tokio📷
El mexicano📷 terminó en tercer lugar con un tiempo de 2:09:12
📷 Toshihiko Seko📷 2:08:38
📷 Takeshi Soh📷 2:08:55

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Josh Kerr is wonderfully transparent on his training and coach/athlete relationship with Danny Mackey. High school coaches take notice.

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Friendly reminder: Josh Kerr has the world record on 75 mile weeks, and takes a full rest day every single week.

You probably lack consistency, not volume.

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Stay focused @badgerxctf !

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Holding steady with Big Tens on the horizon 😤

#Badgers

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Congrats on Elena Hayday on her fine performance at @ChiMarathon

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.@MNDistanceElite’s Elena Hayday ran a personal best (record eligible course) 2:24:57 at @ChiMarathon to claim third US finisher honors.

#ChicagoMarathon #ChiMarathon #USATF

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Check out the October 20 edition of This Day in T&F, by @TandFhistory . Dick Fosbury changed the high jump forever!

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This Day in Track & Field-Oct.20—Displaying his revolutionary technique in the High Jump for the first time on the world stage, Dick Fosbury won the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City (7’-4 ¼” (2.24). (Olympic/American records) https://t.co/CjMF7F01AR

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One of my favorite races, the @MainovaAG Frankfurt Marathon!

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FRANKFURT IS BRINGING THE SPEED🇩🇪🔥

Amanal Petros, Samuel Fitwi and Richard Ringer lead the German charge, with 2024 champion Benard Biwott returning to the mix. On the women’s side, Zeineba Yimer, American Betsy Saina and former champion Meskerem Assefa headline the entries.

Swipe for the elite athletes set to race 26.2 miles through Frankfurt on October 25. 👀

FloTrack’s #FrankfurtMarathon coverage is presented by @Saucony.

📸: Getty Images

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This is a poignant story, the story Bob Costas and his father…

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Bob Costas was 18 when his father dropped dead at JFK airport. At the wake, a man handed him a thick envelope with $6,000 in $100 bills. It was everything his father left behind, and a bookie would never have paid it to a dead man.

In the video below, he tells the story himself.

His father, John, was a big-time gambler. Not casinos, not racetracks. Ball games. Bob says the mortgage was literally riding on his bets.

When the games went the wrong way, he threw things, cursed and yelled. Bob’s mom and sister would leave. Bob stayed, because watching the games with his dad was the only way to be close to him.

Friday, May 15, 1970. A cop knocks on the door. Before he says a word, Bob’s mother asks, “My husband’s dead, isn’t he?” John Costas had a heart attack walking through JFK. He was 42.

At the wake, one of his gambling buddies walked in with the envelope. “Your father was up when he died. Give this to your mother.” A bookie never pays a dead man, so the friend went to the bookie himself and said John sent him to collect.

Decades later, Bob Costas refused to read sports betting ads on air. Today the bookie lives in everyone’s phone. Is that progress?

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Just sad!

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Avui que es el dia mundial de l'estadistica.
Dades:
Barcelona es la ciutat amb més pistes d'atletisme destrossades a tot el mòn. 4 de 5
@elmonarac1 @maticatradio @esport3 @mundodeportivo @sport @lequipe @Gazzetta_it

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An important read!

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Athletes & Race Directors: I have posted the @usatf fact sheet on event sanctioning if you'd like to know more about what it means and why it's important: https://t.co/746uHnTtDn

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The 2026 Ultimate Athletics Championships, Stories 1-11 by Stuart Weir, photos by World Athletics, photos by #WorldAthletics, https://t.co/yNi77LTSRy... , #budapest, #hungary, #WorldAthletics, #UltimateGames, #BritishAthletics, #EuropeanAthletics, #USATF, #AsianAthletics, #AthleticsinIndia, #AustralianAthletics,

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RBR XC Training, Week 7, Day 2, Tuesday, October 20, 2026, It’s time for your Tempo Run! by Larry Eder, photos by Jeff Johnson, https://t.co/DMCtvufJ29 , #DorisBrownHeritage, #crosscountry, #AAUcrosscountry, #JeffJohnson, #dailytraining,

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RunBlogRun XC Training, October 19, 2026, Week 7, Day 1, Monday: An Easy Day at the beginning of Week Seven of Fall XC 2026!, by Larry Eder, photos by Brooks XC, https://t.co/gtqLI637vh , #dailytraining, #crosscountry, #highschoolsports,

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Shourya Ambure will go to Dakar for Youth Olympics, Update 23, Athletics in India, by Rupinder Singh https://t.co/Tgqf9Z0G2r , #shouryaAmbure, #AllAthletesIndia, #RupinderSingh, #athleticsinIndia, #IndianAthletics, #TimesofIndia, #AsianAthletics,

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Scott Simmons working with Indian distance runners, Update 22, Athletics in India, by Rupinder Singh https://t.co/bUCO2AbSjY , #AsianGames, #ScottSimmons, #athleticsinIndia, #TimesofIndia, #RupinderSingh, #distancerunninginIndia,

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Mike Nishi Explains how to organize a successful marathon, Update 21, Athletics in India, by Rupinder Singh https://t.co/r4CiQldcT8 , #MikeNishi, @chimarathon, @timesofindia

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Congrats to @BYUTFXC ! Your depth is amazing! @NCAAStats

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Conversations with Larry: Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships Reviews, September 13-21, 2025, Days 1-9, by Larry Eder, Art by Mike Deering, https://t.co/Bw5Cp0syDi , @WATokyo2025 , @nikerunning, @usatf, @runningnetwork,

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Nadia Battocletti, the Italian distance queen, is European champion at 10,000m, 5,000m, cross country and on the roads. She is World silver and bronze medalist at Worlds and Olympic silver medalist. She is one of our most popular global athletes RunBlogRun!

Enjoy three video clips that we did with Nadia in Madrid in February 2026 for Meeting Indoor Madrid!

Nadia is coached by her father, a former elite distance runner. Always a great interview, I enjoy the frankness of our conversations and her obvious love of her sport!

🎥 @LarryEder

#NadiaBatticletti , #ASICS , #BenCesar , #EuropeanAthletics,

@ASICSRunningJP