Aaron Potts talks to Dawud Hasan the race director for the San Diego Hip Hop 5K & Festival. Before Aaron went down to San Diego on October 23rd to win the race he sat down with Dawud to learn more about his race and him as a person. In this episode, Dawud Hasan explains his efforts to integrate the culture of hip hop into the running world with his Hip Hop Health & Wellness 5K & Festival. Plus more!!
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4QR2wY4fr5o
Learn more about the SD Hip Hop 5K & Festival here, https://www.sdhiphop5k.com/
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Preview
1:00 Intro
3:34 How Dawud discovered 2BR
5:00 How Aaron discovered Dawud and Hip Hop Wellness 5K
10:21 Meaning of Dawud's name
11:55 Growing up in Queens
13:41 Learning about self-importance
16:55 Dawud growing up around the Golden age of Hip Hop
20:19 Dawud was always in the athletics
21:08 Dawud's health journey
22:18 Moving to San Diego
24:22 What did you know about running before adding the 5K?
25:23 Hip-Hop elements to the race
26:15 Biggest road blocks putting races together?
31:57 What is the vibe of the race
32:59 Demystifying distance running
37:53 Medicine
39:07 Fusing Hip-Hop & running
42:30 Dawud's favorite current Hip-Hop artists
44:02 Dawud's top 5 MCs of all-time
46:34 Dawud's team
49:04 What concert/event would you time travel to?
51:36 What mark do you want to leave on running?
52:49 Podcast guests suggestions
53:20 Outro
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