730. Chris Chavez’s 2024 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials Recap

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Ali Feller

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4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

"I like to go hard at these events, work myself to the bone, and bring people as much track and field content as they can take."

Few people love track and field more than Chris Chavez. In this episode, Chris talks about his experience at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials with Citius Mag. Chris and his team produced three live shows every day of the Trials, conducted countless mixed zone interviews, and acted as a nonstop hype machine for the duration of the event.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

What’s next for the Citius Mag crew? (2:20)
Citius’s greatest hits from the Trials (14:15)
How Citius books guests for the shows at the Trials (19:15)
The races Chris is still thinking about after the Trials (25:40)
On watching the races in person and from the mixed zone (29:20)
The highest high from the Trials (37:45)
…and the lowest low (48:30)
Life at Citius Mag in the post-Kyle Merber era (51:20)
Wedding planning, gifts from Kipchoge, and big dreams (54:10)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host
0:06.9	Ali feller and every week I talk with people who are doing
0:09.9	exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:12.6	From professional athletes and celebrity runners
0:15.1	to the everyday, amateur, and back of the pack runner,
0:18.6	we're here to celebrate everyone and anyone
0:21.2	who enjoys a life on the run.
0:23.0	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding you back,
0:28.0	I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace.
0:32.0	Today in U.S. Olympic track and field trials
0:34.8	recaps, we are going behind the scenes.
0:37.9	My guest today is Sidious Mag founder Chris Chavez.
0:41.5	The Sidious crew was out in Eugene for the trials and they just crushed it.
0:46.1	From daily podcasts and live shows to mixed zone interviews, newsletters, and a steady stream of
0:52.4	Instagram posts, Chris and his team hustled hard to bring us
0:56.4	fans non-stop coverage of all the trials action.
1:00.7	So I wanted to hear from Chris about his personal highlights, low lights, and biggest
1:05.5	takeaways before he and the team rest up and then pack it up again to head to Paris
1:10.6	for the Olympic Games. Lots to hear from
1:13.4	from Chris about so please join me in welcoming
1:15.8	Sidious Mag founder and track and field
1:17.9	super fan Chris Chavez back to the alley on the Run Show. A man who probably needs rest as much as maybe more than these athletes. You go hard at these events.
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