The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show

“It's not that I don't want to run faster because I do, but it's just not what motivates me to get out of bed in the morning. I want to be on a podium again at a world major, I want to finish in the top three, I want to fight for a medal someday, or at least give myself a shot. And I want to be on another Olympic team. Those are the things that get me out of bed.” U.S. marathon record...

We are set for one of the biggest NCAA cross-country weekends before championship season approaches. The top teams in the country are split between Charlottesville, Virginia for the XC23 Pre-Nationals and Madison, Wisconsin for the Nuttycombe Invitational.  CITIUS MAG’s cross country guru Isaac Wood joined the podcast on Thursday to preview all of this weekend’s action. How to watch: The Nuttycomb...

"We want to compete with the best and we want to have a run at the American record soon. It’s not going to happen next year with the Olympic Trials and the Olympics, but we want to compete with the best. American distance running will eventually get to that level. It would be better to do it with us now than in three to five years with someone else. We’d rather be the ones to get that rather...

This is The Lap Count newsletter by Kyle Merber, as read by Chris Chavez. Join more than 15,000 people who stay up-to-date with all the thrilling action and biggest stories in the world of track & field – delivered right to your inbox every Wednesday morning. Subscribe at http://thelapcount.com/ In this week's newsletter: • Word Record Holder: Kelvin Kiptum • Is there anything Sifan Hassan...

On Sunday, October 8, the penultimate World Marathon Major of 2023 kicks off through Millennium Park and through the streets of Chicago. The site of multiple American and world records, the Chicago Marathon is often considered one of the fastest courses in the United States and always draws strong domestic and international elite fields chasing fast times. Last year, the women’s race saw an Americ...

Sifan Hassan has defied every expectation of how an athlete is supposed to transition to the marathon. Her debut in London was full of issues, with Hassan experiencing trouble fueling and having to stop to stretch her quad. In the later miles of the race, she even narrowly missed getting hit by a motorbike trying to pick up a water bottle. Oh yeah, and she won in 2:18:33. Then five weeks later she...

We're testing something new and having an audio version of The Lap Count newsletter by Kyle Merber, as read by Chris Chavez. Join more than 15,000 people who stay up-to-date with all the thrilling action and biggest stories in the world of track & field – delivered right to your inbox every Wednesday morning. Subscribe at http://thelapcount.com/ In this week's newsletter: – The start o...

"I'm a competitor. I like to say I'm a dog. You always think that you have what it takes. And I know that I have what it takes. It was great though; it grounds you and roots you and makes you hungry. Everything happens for a reason. Every race that I'm in, I'm going to try to win. I don't like to lose. But when I do lose, I lose with grace. So for me, it was great for my c...

The 2023 cross country season had its first big weekend with the Virginia Invitational at Panorama Farms in Charlottesville, which will host this year’s championships on Nov. 18, the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Oregon and the Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota. To preview what may happen this year, we bring on Isaac Wood, CITIUS MAG's cross country guru and the founder of The Wood Report (...

“It’s really a chance to let fans get to know them off the track. I feel like a lot of people know you from the track but for them to really support you and follow you throughout the season, they need to know about you off the track.” My guest for today’s episode is Tiara Williams. Some of you may be familiar with her since her post-race interviews have garnered quite a bit of traction in the past...

Chris Chavez and Katelyn Hutchison hosted the first-ever Pre Pre Show, the official pregame show of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic in partnership with TrackTown USA. The meet also doubled as the Diamond League Final. Day 2 really brought the energy as we were joined by a slew of champions and record holders. Guests include: • Karsten Warholm , 2021 Olympic Champion, 2023 World Champion and world rec...

Chris Chavez and Katelyn Hutchison hosted the first-ever Pre Pre Show, the official pregame show of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic in partnership with TrackTown USA. The meet also doubled as the Diamond League Final. We chat briefly about our favorite moments from the 2023 regular season and world championships, preview the events we were looking forward to the most and then we're joined by some...

“I still haven’t processed it. I haven't celebrated at all, I had to go back to work and take care of my daughter. Actually, I woke her up from her nap to watch Josh win because I was like, ‘He might do it, so let's wake her up just so she will remember’... Even yesterday [at the 5th Avenue Mile] they had the camera on Josh and they replayed his last 200m and I still got goosebumps. It&#39...

Canadian marathoner Rory Linkletter surprisingly stopped by the CITIUS MAG studio to chat with Kyle Merber and David Melly just hours after running 2:12:16 to place 19th in the World Athletics Championships marathon in very hot conditions. It was the second consecutive World Championships for Linkletter. He ran his personal best of 2:10:24 when he finished 20th at the '22 World Championships i...

Kyle Merber and Katelyn Hutchison sit down with Joseph Fahnbulleh, an Asics pro runner representing Liberia on the global championship stage. He unpacks his 9th place finish at the 2023 World Athletics Championships 200m final. In the last two years, he finished fifth at the Tokyo Olympics and fourth at the 2022 World Championships. This year was his first full year as a professional runner so he...

Brittany Brown surprised many people in 2023 when she decided to focus more on the 100m instead of the 200m – an event in which she earned a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. She opens up about the challenges along the way including Osteitis pubis, which caused a bunch of pain running beyond 100m. She finished 7th in the World Championship 100m final. She plans to attempt the double ag...

“I think my very initial emotions straight after the race was one of a little bit of disappointment. I really backed myself this championship to come in and felt for once I was coming onto the global stage thinking, ‘I have a chance at a medal’ so I was going to grasp that with both hands. I was a little disappointed but after chatting with my team around me, it will settle and I’ll realize just h...

U.S. mile record holder Nikki Hiltz joins Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber and David McCarthy after competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. This was the U.S. champion’s first global championship experience since the 2019 World Championships in Doha. Hosts: Chris Chavez, Kyle Merber and David McCarthy Guest: Nikki Hiltz CITIUS MAG's coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships is po...

Shamier Little sits down with Jasmine Todd and David Melly after earning her second career silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships. She earned her first global championship medal in 2015 and has worked hard to return to the global podium. She discusses how much the sport has changed in her eight years between medals and the intention + growth that she’s experienced. H...

Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber speak with Cole Hocker after he finished 7th in a personal best of 3:30.70 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships 1500m final. Hocker discusses what he learned from another fast global championship final and the experience he’s taking into 2024. This year was not without its own set of hardships for Hocker as he missed the first four months of the year due to Achill...

A day after earning a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Chris Chavez had the pleasure of speaking with Anna Hall and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (the world record holder in the heptathlon and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the multis). Hall became just the second American woman to win two World Championship medals in the heptathlon. Jackie Joyner-Kersee won gold...

Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber sit down with Keira D'Amato a day after she competed in the 2023 World Athletics Championships marathon, where she finished 17th overall in 2:31:35 in scorching conditions. She was dealing with pain in her right leg but decided to finish the race for her kids, who were watching at home. We unpack the race, discuss her thoughts on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Tria...

Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber were joined by Olympic discus champion, '22 World Championship bronze medalist and '23 World Championship silver medalist Valarie Allman + coach Zebulon Sion in Budapest. Allman was favored to win the meet as the American record-holder and world leader but ended up taking silver with a 69.23m. Her Team USA teammate Laulauga Tausaga-Collins ended up winning and...

Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber chat it up with U.S. champion Yared Nuguse after his 5th place finish at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. He shares what he learned from the race, how he managed to find consistency in his first full season as a pro, how he manages to remain so chill regardless of the outcome + much more. Hosts: Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber Guest: Yared Nuguse CITIUS MAG's c...

Kyle Merber and Jasmine Todd speak with Olympic champion and now 2x world champion Katie Moon after she and Australia's Nina Kennedy became the first co-gold medalists in any event in world outdoor track and field championships history when they decided to share the victory in the pole vault. She explains what went into the decision, the public response that she addressed in an Instagram post...