Good morning, sports fans. It is Coffee with Larry,Episode 906, for June 16, 2026.
We began Coffee with Larry in June 2022.
Our topics today:
1. Golden Spike today, great meet in Central Europe, Everyone is there!
Zlata Tretra, Golden Spike 2026 art, by Golden Spike
2. European Athletics streaming meets from Europe this week!
3. Nike Outdoor presser is June 17, details to come!
USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon, June 23-26, 2022, by Kevin Morris
4. NIKE Outdoors is June 18-22, 2026, at Hayward Field.
5. New Balance Outdoors is on June 18, 2026, at Franklin Field.
6. Not sure where adidas Outdoor is, as they hardly mention their event.
The shoes of Mike Larrabee, 1964 Olympic double gold, 400m and 4x400m, 1933-2003, photo courtesy of the adidas Archives
7. Yes, way too many championships and events for high schoolers.
8. The long-term approach.
9. Summer Mileage program begins June 22.
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.
