Coffee With Larry, 116th Millrose Games was a “Night of Records”!, Josh Kerr breaks 2 Miles Short Track record, the death of Kelvin Kiptum

This is my daily chat with #RunBlogRun viewers and track fans on all things track & field!

This is #coffeewithLarry for Monday, February 12, 2024.

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Our topics:

1. The 116th Millrose Games was a “night of records” (quote from Mark Bossardet); here’s the complete results: https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/millrose-games-armory-trackfield-center-new-york-ny-usa-11-february-2024-by-world-athletics-results-services.html

2. Oliver Hinson wrote this piece on the Men’s events at Millrose (we are posting the women’s event piece from Oliver today, Monday), https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/heres-everything-you-missed-from-the-millrose-games-the-men-by-oliver-hinson-for-runblogrun.html

3. This Day in Track & Field History, February 11, 2024, how Millrose moved to the Armory, by Walt Murphy, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/this-day-in-track-field-history-february-11-2024-by-walt-murphys-news-and-results-service.html

4. How Josh Kerr broke the World record for the 2 miles at Millrose! by Race Results Weekly, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/world-best-for-two-miles-for-josh-kerr-at-millrose-games.html

5. Jeff Benjamin wrote this on Yared Nuguse’s glorious 2023! https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/the-2023-steps-of-ascension-for-yared-nuguse-2nd-in-a-series.html

6. Emily Sisson made her second Olympic team, by Larry Eder, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/making-the-olympic-team-some-thoughts-on-emily-sisson.html

7. Everything that you wanted to know about Dakotah Lindwurm, the 3rd member of the U.S. Olympic Marathon team, from RunBlogRun, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/dakota-lindwurn-just-about-everything-that-you-want-to-know-about-the-third-member-of-the-us-olympic-womens-marathon-team.html

8. Great Performances at Copernicus Cup
(Torun, Poland), by EME News, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/f-hailu-355-28-wl-alemu-157-86-wl-barega-725-82-wl-in-orlen-copernicus-cup.html

9. In praise of Fiona O’Keeffe, by Larry Eder, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/in-praise-of-fiona-okeeffe.html

10. Jeff Benjamin’s superb piece on the 1974 Commonwealth games, Men’s 1,500m, “A Race for the Ages”, https://www.runblogrun.com/2024/02/90542.html

11. I was thinking about my wonderful experience at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Here’s Stuart Weir’s thoughts on the 2022 Commonwealth Games: https://www.runblogrun.com/2022/08/birmingham-2022-diary-five-lessons-from-the-2022-commonwealth-games.html

12. What I wrote about Noah Lyles’s 6.44 win at 60 meters in NB Indoor GP for the RunningNetwork partner sites, https://www.runningnetwork.com/index.php/news/340-what-did-noah-lyles-s-6-44-for-60-meters-at-the-2024-new-balance-indoor-grand-prix-tell-us-by-larry-eder

13. And this helps put the Millrose Games at the NIKE Armory Track & Field Center in proper perspective. I wrote this for the RunningNetwork partners: https://americantrackandfield.com/millrose-games-comes-to-the-nike-track-field-armory-on-sunday-february-11-2024-by-larry-eder/

14. RAK Half Marathon (sponsored), the fastest half marathon in the world, is February 24, 2024. #RunBlogRun will be there Feb. 20-26 to cover the event live and provide you, our readers, some insights into global running, www.rakhalfmarathon.com

15. We are terribly saddened by the deaths of Kelvin Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana, in an auto accident in Kenya. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, friends and fans.

See you on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, on #CoffeewithLarry.
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