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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