Get To Know Tinman Elite's Jeff Theis and Cameron Griffith Before They Breakout
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🗓️ 2 October 2020
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
This is a two-part episode from my trip to Boulder in August. I made a quick visit over to one of the Tinman Elite Houses and sat down with Jeff Theis and Cameron Griffith.
Jeff ran at Portland and joined the team in 2018 after feeling like he wasn’t quite done with running at the end of his NCAA career and felt like there was more in the tank after injuries. Cam didn’t get hurt at the end of his time in Arkansas but COVID canceled his senior year’s indoor and outdoor season. Ready to take things to the next level, he made the move to Boulder and has been training with the group since the spring. He had a very brief summer racing season where he ran 3:40 for 1,500 meters and could be the next Tinman to land a pro contract.
Get to know these guys better. The first half of the show is Jeff and then the second half is Cam.
Support for this episode comes from Bakline Running. We're excited to partner with this Brooklyn-based company that's making active lifestyle and streetwear-inspired apparel. I'm racing a mile in their performance singlet soon but their hits are their shirts, graphic tees and designs with inspiring mantras like "Me vs Me"; "Nothing But Miles"; "The Future Is Female Runners" and more. Check them out at https://www.bakline.nyc/ and use code CITIUS for 15% off at checkout.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of the Citius Mag Podcast network is brought to you by |
| 0:04.8 | Backline Running. They are a Brooklyn-based active lifestyle and sportswear |
| 0:09.7 | company. Their family-owned small business that was started by two brothers back in 2008 |
| 0:14.4 | drawing from their athletic experience as rugby players and runners. |
| 0:18.5 | Over the years the backline team has grown to include a female partner and other collaborators as it continues |
| 0:24.8 | to find inspiration in the intersection of art, sports, and street culture. |
| 0:29.7 | So if you go to their site, backline.nyc you can see all of their designs and all of their products |
| 0:34.2 | yourself. This Friday night they're sponsoring the Trial of Miles Night of the 5K. You can watch |
| 0:39.7 | it live on Citius Mag's YouTube channel. |
| 0:42.6 | The broadcast will start at 7 PM Eastern Time |
| 0:45.4 | with a mile featuring yours truly. |
| 0:48.5 | I will be getting after PR. |
| 0:50.1 | We'll see how close I can get to Sub-5 and I will be rocking Backline's new performance singlet. |
| 0:57.0 | I just bought a hoodie that says the future's female coaching |
| 1:05.0 | and because I've entrusted Coach Kate Gustafson with all my training for this. Later on in the episode you can hear more about the futures female coaching |
| 1:09.0 | initiative from Backline where proceeds go towards supporting week coach. |
| 1:13.6 | That's an organization dedicated to the recruitment, |
| 1:16.1 | advancement, and retention of women coaches at all sports. |
| 1:20.0 | So that's just part of what Backline does. |
| 1:21.5 | They're a company that's engaging with its customers. |
| 1:24.0 | They're engineering with care and sustainable environmental practices. |
| 1:28.0 | And they find a way to give back to the community. |
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