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February 26, 2020 Bernard Lagat Can't Be Counted Out, On His Upbringing in Kenya and Recent Return
Bernard Lagat was the subject of a Sports Illustrated story that I wrote this week titled: "Before Attempt at History, Bernard Lagat Returned to His Roots in Kenya." The story shares how Lagat returned home to Kenya to train for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, where he will be vying to make his sixth Olympic team at age 45. He holds a marathon personal best of 2:12:10 from last year's Gold Coast Marathon and enters as one of the most intriguing dark horses in the men's elite race.
The story and conversation also examine how Lagat has made himself one of the faces of American distance running when it's less than 20 years since he made the allegiance switch from Kenya. He's the second-fastest 1,500 meter runner in history and owns two Olympic medals from his time competing as a Kenyan. He switched in 2004. What was the reaction by Kenyans? How was he received by Americans? And what was the importance and role of immigrants in the revitalization of U.S. distance running?
More also on: Growing up in a family with 12 siblings, his first running shoes, when he first returned to Kenya in 2007, training with Eliud Kipchoge, AlphaFlys and shoe technology and much more.
Read the story on SI here: https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/02/25/bernard-lagat-us-olympic-marathon-trials
Support for this episode comes from Stryd. They’re helping ensure that you nail the perfect pacing strategy so you can keep a consistent effort in challenging conditions - all in real-time. I’m digging all the data that it’s collecting and you’ll see a bunch of people wearing them on their shoes at the US Olympic Marathon Trials. Learn more by visiting STRYD.COM/CITIUS
ATL LIVE SHOWS INFO
FRIDAY - 9 a.m.
Guests: Keith and Kevin Hanson
Where: Switchyards Downtown - 151 Ted Turner Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30303
We'll discuss their influential work with elite U.S. distance runners and their team over the past 20 years.
FRIDAY - 11:15 a.m.
Guests: Matt McDonald, Alyssa Bloomquist, Ann Mazur and Duriel Hardy
Where: America’s Marathon Weekend Experience - Georgia World Congress Center, Hall A3
We'll meet these 9-5'ers and talk about how they have found ways to run fast while being full time workers and students.
All CITIUS MAG in Atlanta information here: http://citiusmag.com/2020-us-olympic-marathon-trials-events-schedule/
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54 min
February 25, 2020The Best of February 2020: Predicting the Most Unpredictable Race | 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Preview
Chris Chavez and Matthew Luke Meyer reunite to recap all of the biggest storylines and news in the sport.
On this episode, we discuss:
The Chonky Bois (Nike AlphaFly Next%) were deemed legal by World Athletics and will be on the starting line of the U.S. Olympic marathon trials.

What do we make of the rules and is there a stigma attached to those athletes who wear them?

Oregon announces the new Hayward Field will honor former track and field legends Steve Prefontaine, Raevyn Rogers, Ashton Eaton and Otis Davis but who else should have a floor named after them? We need more women!

Tyreek Hill has no shot of making the U.S. Olympic team and it was a silly Super Bowl media week storyline

Mondo Duplantis is breaking the pole vault world record with ease and now there’s a movie in the works on him

Buy or sell: Nike unveils the new Team USA uniforms for the 2020 Olympics

Running through results: Millrose Games | Ajee Wilson is the gold medal favorite, Donovan Brazier is going to be a problem, Justyn Knight didn’t take a subway for coronavirus concern, Elle Purrier has a tough decision with the 1,500m and 5,000m for outdoors

Galen Rupp proved he is back with his 61-minute win at the Sprouts Mesa Half Marathon.

The beef between Lopez Lomong and Paul Chelimo through memes, explained

U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships meh after World Indoors was canceled but Bowerman Track Club has a great showing

Joshua Cheptegai ran a solo 12:51 world record for the 5K on the roads in Monaco

More world records fall with Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh clocking a 64:31 at the RAK Half to take 20 seconds off the half marathon world record.
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials complete prediction and why it’s so damn hard to make our picks but we do.
BONUS: A call with Amy Hastings Cragg to explain why she pulled out of the trials and what her race plan would've been
Support for this episode comes from Stryd. They’re helping ensure that you nail the perfect pacing strategy so you can keep a consistent effort in challenging conditions - all in real-time. I’m digging all the data that it’s collecting and you’ll see a bunch of people wearing them on their shoes at the US Olympic Marathon Trials. Learn more by visiting STRYD.COM/CITIUS
Podcast episode cover photo by Kevin Morris: https://www.instagram.com/kevmofoto/
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2 hr 12 min
February 20, 2020Nick Willis' Key to Longevity, Olympic Medals and Remarkable Career Thus Far
Nick Willis sits down in New York City for a long-awaited conversation to look back at his remarkable career thus far. In this episode, we'll go through everything from growing up in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and his start in athletics with his brother, Steve, to his recent streak of 18 consecutive years of breaking four minutes for the mile.
More in this episode:
Nick's early interest in skateboarding and then finally turning the page to track and field

Arriving at Michigan after the Alan Webb hype and the start of his relationship with coach Ron Warhurst

His wife's development as a coach

Breaking the New Zealand 1,500 meter record in 2005 and the start of his professional career

Losing his passport and rookie mistakes of his first professional year

Being a student of the sport even now by reading about track and field greats

Get in Nick's shoes for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic 1,500-meter final

Thoughts on Rashid Ramzi, Asbel Kiprop and competing against dirty athletes

Drowning out the skepticism and dark cloud of the sport's problems of doping

Theory of longevity (via Spikes Mag): Sleep, Patience and Having his family with him

2020 and how much longer he could keep going
Lots of wisdom shared in this episode. Enjoy.
Recommended reading: "Longevity" by Nick Willis | SPIKES
Follow Nick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willisnick/
❤️ Support for this episode comes from Stryd. They’re helping ensure that you nail the perfect pacing strategy so you can keep a consistent effort in challenging conditions - all in real-time. I’m digging all the data that it’s collecting and you’ll see a bunch of people wearing them on their shoes at the US Olympic Marathon Trials. Learn more by visiting STRYD.COM/CITIUS
Podcast episode cover photo by Kevin Morris: https://www.instagram.com/kevmofoto/
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1 hr 32 min
February 13, 2020 Natosha Rogers Details The Rollercoaster Of Her Career Since 2012 & Why She's Back
Natosha Rogers won the NCAA 10,000 meters as a junior in 2012 and then finished second in the same event at the U.S. Olympic Trials. However, her 31:59 performance was just 14 seconds shy of meeting the Olympic standard to qualify for the Summer Games in London. She decided to leave behind running to study abroad and go about her senior year as a regular student. She took a break but returned and signed a professional contract in 2014 only to start to get injured. She had a rough time adjusting to life as a professional and dealing with injuries and moved back to Colorado under coach Steve Magness. Rogers stunned many with the success she found on the roads in 2017 and qualified for the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. The flu knocked her out of competing and then in a rush to return and make up for fitness, she injured her knee. Procedures and treatment went awry and the future of her running career was fading fast. It's hard to believe that someone who was working a desk job at a tech company until July 2019 has found a way to get back to the top level of U.S. distance running. Last month, she won the USATF Cross Country Championships in San Diego and is already competing indoors. The big focus is the 5,000 meters or 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in June. How did we get here? She details the rollercoaster ride.
Recommended reading: In Her Return to Running, Natosha Rogers Finds Strength in Setbacks by Taylor Dutch for Runner's World https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a30756174/natosha-rogers-finds-strength-in-setbacks/
Follow Natosha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natosha_rogers/
❤️ Support for this episode comes from Stryd. They’re helping ensure that you nail the perfect pacing strategy so you can keep a consistent effort in challenging conditions - all in real-time. I’m digging all the data that it’s collecting and you’ll see a bunch of people wearing them on their shoes at the US Olympic Marathon Trials. Learn more by visiting STRYD.COM/CITIUS
Podcast episode cover photo by Kevin Morris: https://www.instagram.com/kevmofoto/
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58 min
February 07, 2020Everything You Need To Know About Atlanta's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Plans
“Your 2:42 marathoner of today could be your 2:24 marathoner of 2024. If there’s not someone there encouraging that and supporting that, then that might not happen. We saw this as a chance to invest in the sport.”
Jay Holder, Atlanta Track Club’s marketing and communications director, joins the CITIUS MAG Podcast to share the inside scoop on the plans around the upcoming 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
On this episode we’ll discuss:
The final stages of preparations for hosting the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

What made Atlanta’s bid for the trials standout against other bids from Austin and Chattanooga?

The A+B=Championship Model: “Everyone who qualifies is a potential champion and everyone needs to be treated like a potential champion from the second they get off the plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.”

Factoring in the Olympic history of the 1996 Summer Games

How bad are the hills going to be? Jay shares a course preview and what athletes he thinks could fare best

What was the original course vs. the changes made due to the growing number of qualifiers?

How are they going to accommodate so many personal bottles?

What’s the average temperature like for that weekend in Atlanta?

America’s Marathon Weekend and what else is going to be taking place that weekend?
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32 min
January 31, 2020 January 2020 Recap: Coronavirus Cancels Indoor Worlds, VaporFly Regulations, Olympic Track Year Begins
Chris Chavez and Matt Meyer recap all the news and top stories from the running world in January 2020.
It's an Olympic year and we're already getting hit with doping violations involving major stars like Wilson Kipsang. Coronavirus has led to the cancellation of the World Indoor Championships, which were slated to be held in Nanjing, China. World records fell.
We touch on the best performances from the Houston Half Marathon, Dubai Marathon, Rock 'N' Roll Phoenix. We hit the best track performances from the Dr. Norbert Sander Invitational in New York City and the New Balance Boston Grand Prix.
We touch on Edward Cheserek's decision to run for Kenya. We were treated to the news of the Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele showdown in April.
Yes, we talk about the major Nike VaporFly shoe debate that continues to be a topic of controversy. This podcast was recorded before World Athletics has released its findings and recommendations for new regulations. RIP Chonky Bois (aka the AlphaFlys). We barely knew you.
All that and more....
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1 hr 16 min
January 15, 2020 Henna Rustami On Growing Up As A First-Generation Afghan-American Runner + Going From An Unknown to Ivy League Champion
To start off the year, we wanted to introduce you to one of the kindest people me and my new co-host (Ryan Welsh) met in 2019. Henna Rustami's name might be familiar if you’re an Ivy League alum because she was a Heps champion. But before she rose to some prominence on the college scene at Columbia, she grew up on Long Island to an immigrant family who left a war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Doug Binder of Dye Stat wrote a great story on her in 2017 as she was setting her sights on some school records during the indoor season: https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=467103
Henna is one of the members of the Brooklyn Track Club in New York City and in addition to balancing her workload as a second-year law student, she’s not giving up on lowering those PRs from college. She wants to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Track Trials and serve as an inspiration for girls who look like her since some role models were lacking when she was growing up. Henna is awesome and we convinced her to join Instagram after we stopped recording.
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❤️ Protect your legs, nipples and arms with SQUIRREL'S NUT BUTTER. They use all-natural ingredients in everything they make. If it’s not natural, it’s not good enough for your skin. The products are made to prevent skin damage as well as restore and repair damaged skin. You can use promo code CITIUS20 for 20% off on all their anti-chafing products on their website. squirrelsnutbutter.com/ today.
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1 hr 17 min
December 26, 2019 Mary Cain Discusses Alberto Salazar, Nike Oregon Project Allegations, Moving Forward and 2020 Plans
Mary Cain sits down in front of a live audience at Mile High Run Club (NoMad) in New York City to catch up since the last time she appeared on the show in May. In November, a New York Times op-doc was released where Cain reveals she suffered mental and physical abuse under the leadership of Alberto Salazar. She impressed many on the track with her talent but later broke five bones, misser her period for three years and had suicidal thoughts due to disordered eating that she developed under Salazar’s extreme training methods. It was one of the most impactful stories in the sport for 2019.
I followed up the New York Times piece by reporting and publishing a story for Sports Illustrated where several former Oregon Project members validated Cain's claims and extended the timeline with stories of mistreatment going back to 2008.
Read and watch the NY Times story by Lindsay Crouse here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/nike-running-mary-cain.html
Read my follow up ' Inside the Toxic Culture of the Nike Oregon Project 'Cult' from Sports Illustrated here: https://www.si.com/track-and-field/2019/11/13/mary-cain-nike-oregon-project-toxic-culture-alberto-salazar-abuse-investigation
Important: Cain is not alone in telling her story. here are many of stories about coaching being verbally and physically abusive, weight shaming and much more. Mary is not alone. If anyone else in the running community wants to talk about their experience, my email is [email protected]. You can also reach me on Twitter @ChrisChavez or Instagram @Chris_J_Chavez as my DMs are open.
▶ Follow Mary: www.instagram.com/runmarycain/ | www.twitter.com/runmarycain/
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58 min
December 16, 2019 Peter Bromka, Patrick Reeves on Bowerman Track Club Elite's OTQ Pursuit (Full Tub)
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We're opening up the jacuzzi to friends. Peter Bromka and Patrick Reaves of the Bowerman Track Club join Full Tub to discuss the California International Marathon and the pursuit of the 2:19:00 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifying mark.
More than 100 people were on pace to hit the qualifier at the halfway mark and then the marathon started to take its toll on people. At the end of the day, 37 men hit the qualifying mark. Bromka finished 38th and ran 2:19:02 at CIM to miss the standard by a heartbreaking two seconds.
"Honestly, I could find two seconds everywhere and nowhere on that course on Sunday," Bromka wrote on Instagram after the race. "The drizzle soaked asphalt was trampled by hundreds of men racing in unison to achieve a dream together. But of course, it’s never that simple."
Reaves joins the show to share his own insight into how he qualified at the 2018 edition of CIM (2:17:40), the team effort that went into setting this OTQ goal and how life has changed since he hit the mark.
Thanks to Jody Bailey for the photos! Follow Jody on Instagram: instagram.com/run.photography
Follow Peter on Instagram here: instagram.com/bromka
Follow Patrick on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/patrickreaves/
In addition to being a great runner, Bromka is also a tremendous and relatable runner. Catch some of Bromka's post-race reflections on Instagram here:
On falling two seconds short: www.instagram.com/p/B55LrO6HHFp/
On calling his mother after the race: www.instagram.com/p/B55xdulnIcB/
On his teammates and the collaborative effort to dream big: www.instagram.com/p/B574ANRHl-C/
On the final mile: www.instagram.com/p/B5-c8_lniYX/
1 hr 28 min
December 03, 2019 Jenny Simpson Reflects on Her Career from High School to 2020 Plans
Jenny Simpson has been a long-awaited guest for The CITIUS MAG Podcast and she finally sat down to run through her truly remarkable career from high school to 2019 before looking ahead to the 2020 Olympic year and what she wants to accomplish before her career is over.
We start with her days as a five-time Florida state track champion and three-time state champion in cross-country out of Oviedo High School in Florida.
Then, we dive into her success as a steeplechaser at Colorado, where under coach Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs she won three NCAA steeplechase titles and one indoor 3,000-meter title. Don't worry, we definitely don't overlook her 163rd place finish at the 2009 NCAA Cross-Country Championships and what she learned from that performance. We get Jenny's starting line feelings and recollections from the 2008 Olympics and 2009 World Championships.
After Jenny turns pro in 2010, we learn why she chose the 1,500 meters and ultimately became the 2011 World Championship gold medalist, 2013 World Championship silver medalist, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and 2017 World Championship silver medalist in the event. Get ready because she puts us in her shoes for some of those major races.
When you've accomplished so much, what's next? We hear what Jenny has planned for 2020 and her feelings toward the American record after Shelby Houlihan just lowered it to 3:54.99 in 2019.
▶ Follow Jenny: www.instagram.com/trackjenny/ | www.twitter.com/trackjenny/
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1 hr 16 min

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