This is our almost daily podcast, from RunBlogRun (Fortius Media Group, LLC), from April 30, 2026. We talk about the world of athletics. Of course, the opinions are my own. Don’t you like it or do you love it?
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Our topics today:
1. Why some brands can’t make decisions.
2. NIKE ad in Boston, why they shouldn’t have apologized.
3. World records are made to be broken, but they are very difficult to beat.
Sabastian Sawe (KEN) celebrates breaking the marathon world record in under two hours with an official time of 01:59:30 after crossing the finish line to win the Elite Men race during the TCS London Marathon on Sunday 26 April 2026. Photo: Bob Martin for the London Marathon events
4. Two-hour marathons, no, we won’t see a ton breaking the record!
5. adidas emerges in London and goes global with its shoes.
6. The Diamond League season and the Distribution League meeting in Doha will be postponed until June due to the Iran war.
Crowd in the stadium at the Jetour Doha meeting, part of the Wanda Diamond League, on Friday 16 May 2025, photo by Diamond League AG
See you tomorrow at Coffee with Larry!
Larry Eder has been involved in the sport of track and field for 52 years. Larry has experienced sports as an athlete, coach, magazine editor, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4-minute runner, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several track and field magazines, from American Athletics to the US version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages content development and marketing for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says, “I have to admit, I love traveling to faraway competitions, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, for my runblogrun.com readers, which is what I’ve done most in my life, except maybe running.” He also does some updates for BBC Sports on key events, something he really enjoys.
