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

Andrew Bumbalough Retires: Exit Interview with a Bowerman Track Club OG and One of America's Most Consistent 5K Runners

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

CITIUS MAG

Sports, Running

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

“There was consistency. There was never the breakthrough that I thought could happen. You can only control what you do. I think for the most part I did everything that I wanted to."

Andrew Bumbalough is one of the OGs of the Bowerman Track Club and has been training with them since 2010. In this episode, he announces he is retiring and no longer running professionally and no longer a Nike athlete. He’s shifting his priorities and getting into coaching. On Jan. 1, he launched Highgear Running, which offers personalized coaching for runners of all levels from the mile to the marathon. You’ll hear him discuss where the name came from and what he’s hoping to accomplish there. 

We’ll also take a deep dive into his career from his days starting off as a soccer player in Tennessee through his consistency as one of America’s best 5K runners of the past decade. He’ll share the workout where he dropped Chris Solinsky and other fun stories like his 5th place finish at the Boston Marathon. He finishes his career with personal bests of 13:12 in the 5K and 2:10 in the marathon.  It was an honor to get Andrew for his exit interview of sorts but excited for what’s to come next.

Follow Andrew on Instagram: @abumbalough

Check out Highgear Running: @highgearrunning on Instagramhttps://www.highgearrunning.com/

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another episode of the Citius mag podcast network. I'm your host Chris Chavez and before we get going I just wanted to say if you've enjoyed this show or if you've enjoyed any of the other

0:11.5

Podcasts that I help produce, edit, and publish,

0:16.1

whether it's more than running with Danner-Jardana, runners of New York City, running things

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considered, track and field history with Jesse Squire, show with Scott Fable any of these if you've enjoyed it I want to support us in 2021 we've got a Patreon page it's linked to in the show notes

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where you can make any sort of pledge of whatever feels comfortable to you

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and we could keep these podcasts going strong and produce more episodes in the new year.

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You can also support us by picking up some really cool

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merch. Rep Sidious with a dope crewneck hoodie t-shirt all you got to do is

0:47.6

visit Sidious mag.com and hit the merch tab. You've got tons of merch there

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and are going to be dropping some new stuff soon so stay

0:54.2

tuned for that. My guest for today's episode is Andrew Bumbolo. He's one of the

0:58.6

OGs of the Bowerman Track Club and has been training with them since 2010. In this episode he

1:04.3

announces that he is no longer running professionally for them and no longer

1:07.4

a Nike athlete. That's right, he's retiring. He is shifting his priorities

1:12.3

and getting into coaching.

1:13.6

On January 1st he launched High Gear Running,

1:15.9

which offers personalized coaching for runners of all levels

1:19.0

from the mile to the marathon.

1:21.4

So you'll hear him discuss where the name for that venture came from and what he's hoping to accomplish there

1:26.7

But more importantly we'll also take a deep dive into his career from his days starting off as a soccer player in Tennessee

1:35.4

all the way through his consistency as one of America's best 5K runners of the past decade. He'll share the workout where

1:40.1

he dropped Chris Silinsky and some other fun stories like his fifth place finish at the 2018 Boston marathon.

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