Craig Engels Addresses Retirement Rumors, Port-A-Potty Business, Life After Missing the Olympics | Pre Classic Bonus Interview
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
"I don't want my motivation to be other people. There's part of me that realized that's what I was leading up to the trials. I want to be more than a mullet and a mustache. I want to be more than just making teams."
Shortly after finishing second in the Prefontaine Classic men's international mile, Craig Engels sat down in the Magic Boost tent to briefly chat about how he's found fun in the sport after finishing fourth at the Olympic Trials in the men's 1,500 meters and missing the Tokyo Olympics by one spot. He addresses the recent rumors that he may be contemplating retirement.
We kept this conversation fairly short since we'll likely record a much longer episode in person, if Craig competes at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City in September.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of the city's mag podcast on the city's mag podcast network is presented by whoop |
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| 1:18.2 | Who's the crowd laughing at me or with me? |
| 1:22.2 | Dude, I think they were laughing with you and then |
| 1:26.3 | Yeah, then you became a meme in that final 50. Yeah. Well, I |
| 1:31.1 | Yeah, wait, let's |
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| 1:36.1 | Crackangles, that's me |
| 1:38.8 | Did not the ending you wanted today, right? |
| 1:41.4 | Honestly, I couldn't have hoped for more |
| 1:44.0 | You're getting you became a meme in the final like 50 meters. Yeah, so you're gonna end up back on bar stool |
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