489. Friendship Fest with Kyle Merber & Chris Chavez

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

"We’re track and field’s biggest hype people, and we want to share the joy of the sport with as many people as possible."

You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who loves track and field more than the dynamic duo ("the greatest bromance in track and field") of Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber. This week, we're turning our Friendship Fest attention to the guys. Chris is the founder of Citius Mag, host of the Citius Mag podcast, former Sports Illustrated journalist, director of the Magic Boost program, and one of the nicest, hardest-working people in the industry. Kyle is a former professional runner (a 3:52 miler! he won the Millrose Games mile as a high schooler!) who retired in 2020, and now works full-time for American Express while also managing The Lap Count newsletter and navigating life as a new dad. Chris and Kyle started as friends (you'll get that full story in this episode), and now work together as collaborators and track and field commentators. In this conversation, they share their enthusiasm for the sport, talk about what it's like when they run together (it's more fun for one of them than it is for the other), and share their big dreams for the future.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Chris and Kyle recall their first meeting (7:00)
Why Kyle wanted Chris to help tell his retirement story (11:50)
How Chris and Kyle are working together right now (14:25)
Chris and Kyle, track and field commentators (22:45)
What to expect from Chris and Kyle this summer (33:15)
On running together (35:15)
What Chris and Kyle are excited about in running right now (37:40)
Chris and Kyle share the moments when they were especially proud of each other (44:00)

Check out:

Chris Chavez on Episode 262 of the Ali on the Run Show

Trials of Miles

The Real Maine documentary

Citius Mag podcast: Kyle Merber Exit Interview and The Importance of Sharing the Athlete Story

The Magic Boost program

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0:00.0	Friendship Fest on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Tracksmith.
0:04.8	Go to Tracksmith.com and use code Alley22 to get free shipping on your next Tracksmith order.
0:12.0	Plus, Tracksmith will donate 5% of your purchase to the Brave Lake Gabe Foundation.
0:22.5	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller and this is Friendship Fest.
0:28.3	This series is all about what Friendship looks like on the run and off.
0:33.7	So far on this series we've heard from professional marathoners Nell Rojas and Haruni Wajairatna
0:40.9	and Olympians Emily Infeld and Aisha Frott-Lier. Today we're giving the guys a turn.
0:47.5	Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber are here. Chris is the founder of Cityus Mag and the Cityus Mag podcast
0:55.2	network. He hosts the Cityus Mag podcast. He's a former sports illustrated journalist and he's
1:01.6	just one of the nicest, hardest working guys that I know. And Kyle. Kyle Merber is a former
1:08.2	professional athlete who ran competitively for Hoka and he retired from professional running
1:13.2	at the beginning of 2020. He now works full time for American Express but more excitingly for
1:19.4	running fans. He is the man behind the lap count newsletter which you should totally subscribe to.
1:25.2	It hits my inbox at 630 every Wednesday morning and it is a brilliant mix of running industry news.
1:31.5	Kyle's hot takes and a happy dose of humor. I love it. Oh and Kyle's a new dad. His daughter Aisha
1:39.5	is just about four months old and holy cow is she cute. Kyle and Chris are friends. They work
1:46.6	together and they care so much about this sport that brings us all together. Their enthusiasm
1:52.0	for running is in Chris's words, Contasis. Their friendship story, their work stories and so much more
1:58.9	coming right up. Please join me in welcoming Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber to friendship fest on the
2:05.2	Alley on the run show. All right. We've heard from lots of the ladies. Now we get to hear from two
2:17.9	of my favorite men in this sport. Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber. Thank you guys so much for being
2:23.7	here. Welcome to friendship fest on the Alley on the run show. Thank you. I'm Poms. This is, I don't
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