Eric Holt's Dream Comes True And Signs A Pro Contract With PUMA | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!

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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

“I'm very optimistic. I’m going into the 800 ready to showcase my new speedsuit and I’m ready to show everyone what I can do as a pro. My goal is to PR in every event. I don’t want people to think now that I’m pro I’m not going to get better. I feel like I’ll continue to improve and I’m super excited.”

Eric Holt joins us live in Eugene to announce his pro contract with PUMA after racing at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials. Eric shares about his path to finally turning pro, how having a pro contract + extra income will improve his career, how he’s handled all the recent media attention, and breaks down what his typical race strategy is. Hear more from Eric and what’s next for his running career in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.

Host: Hosts: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + Eric Jenkins | @_ericjenkins on Instagram

Guest: Eric Holt | @eholtthebolt on Instagram

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0:00.0	All right, we are back here, CS mag live.
0:05.0	From. guest to the show but before we do that we kind of have to set this up like you know over the last couple years we've been big supporters of
0:19.2	Eric Holt training unsponsored with Empire Elite and has been making just major progress each
0:28.3	year you know dating back to I think of like the 2021 trials of Miles Me taking place in Austin, Texas and him
0:35.0	winning the race there, beating quite a bit of professionals in that B
0:39.3	section, and then from there, you know, it's just sort of like everything has just kind of built upon year after year.
0:46.7	And at the New York City Grand Prix, he runs his personal best of 334 and it was an emotional, you know, interview that he gave afterward where he talks about, you know, the struggles of being unsponsored,
1:03.9	you know, and it was a race where he came so close
1:06.4	to beating 2022 world champion.
1:08.4	Jake Whiteman was the top American in that race,
1:11.2	so came into the trials with lots of momentum
1:14.0	looking to really you know shock the world in the 1500 things maybe didn't go
1:19.4	his way but he'll be bouncing back in the 800 and all that is to say that we're about to
1:25.6	break some news and it's some good news that a lot of people have been waiting for.
1:30.0	So here's how the sausage gets made.
1:32.0	We had a photo shoot this morning after Eric's workout.
1:36.6	Eric has signed a professional contract.
1:41.0	And if people refresh their Instagram feeds, literally this second,
1:47.0	we are happy to report that Eric Holt has signed a pro deal with Puma and is here to talk about it.
1:55.8	Eric Holt, come on over.
2:00.2	All right, Eric, here's the mic. You seem like just so excited now. Like this is, this has been
2:07.4	literally I guess like how you described it in New York as like a dream. So this is a dream come true to call yourself a professional runner with a
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