This is Coffee with Larry, the nearly daily podcast from RunBlogRun.
This is episode 913, for Friday, June 26, 2026.
Our topics today:
1. A terrible heat wave is causing havoc in Spain, France, and the UK.
2. Changes to the Paris Diamond League schedule due to the heat. Doors open in Paris at 4:15 PM local time, with elite events from 4:55 PM local time to 7:41 PM (here’s a link to the revised schedule due to Heat, in local time, US:
Dina Asher-Smith, Paris DL, photo by Diamond League AG
3. NIKE Pre, July 3, 4, 2026 -format is two days, here’s the schedule!
The 50th NIKE Pre Classic was held on July 5 2025, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun.
4. Brooks XC regional events, registration is open!
Natasza Dudek collapses from the effort of the race, NXN Girls Championships race, December 6, 2025, NXN, photo by Brian Eder @cameraathletica for RunBlogRun
6. Sunset Tour, sponsored by Brooks, is July 11! Here’s the schedule from Sound Running:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, The TRACK Meet, by Sound Running, photo by Kevin Morris
See you tomorrow on Coffee with Larry!
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
