How 'The Bachelor' Star Matt James Became A Huge Track and Field Fan | CITIUS MAG LIVE IN EUGENE!
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
CITIUS MAG
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
“I just want to get the word out, because I feel like if people understood and knew the length of work and how impressive it is, I think you’d have people as stoked as I am to be out here.”
Matt James, the former "Bachelor" star and track and field super fan, flew all the way to Eugene just to watch the races at the Olympic Trials. Matt shares about how he became a track and field fan, what it was like running with Shalane Flanagan and other legends, his favorite track and field rivalries, and predictions for the Olympics. Hear more from Matt James in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.
CITIUS MAG LIVE From Eugene! will bring you daily interviews with athletes, coaches and notable folks in town at noon PT. Our guests for day one of the Olympic Trials include Vin Lananna, Matt James, Dylan Beard, and Manteo Mitchell. Hear more from Matt James in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Matt James | @mattjames919 on Instagram
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We’re popping up with New Balance live from Eugene for the most thrilling 10 days of track and field in America. We’re servin’ track and field scoops with our coverage. Catch us at the CITIUS MAG Scoop (presented by New Balance) pop-up right next to Prince Puckler’s Ice Cream at 19th Avenue and Agate Street – just a two-minute walk from Hayward Field.
We’re hosting three shows a day on the CITIUS MAG YouTube channel. You’ll be able to find many of the shows under our “Live” tab on our channel.
LIVE SHOWS
Good Morning Track and Field will start your day with some takes and updates from Eugene hosted by Eric Jenkins, Mitch Dyer and Karen Lesiewicz at 8:30 a.m. PT.
TRIALS TALK – our hit daily podcast series from 2021 – returns on The CITIUS MAG Podcast feed + streaming live immediately post-race to unpack all of the action immediately following the meet.
LIVE MEET COVERAGE
Stay updated on live results, mixed zone interviews and more on the CITIUS MAG Instagram, X and Threads pages while the meet is underway each evening. All interviews will be uploaded to our aforementioned YouTube channel.
MORNING RUNS
CITIUS MAG and New Balance will be hosting group runs on Sunday, June 23rd at 8 a.m. ET; Tuesday, June 25th at 8 a.m. and Saturday, June 29th at 7:30 a.m. Come on by to our pop-up next to Prince Puckler’s Ice Cream shop to meet for some easy morning miles.
All paces are welcome. We’ll be giving away shirts, hats and more. Plus, you’ll have an opportunity to try all of the latest and greatest from New Balance. We’ll also have Olipop, coffee, games and cold plunges to enjoy afterward.
Also, CITIUS MAG Newsletter subscribers will be getting daily emails from the Trials as David Melly rounds up all of the biggest results, stories + our best interviews, photos and original content from Eugene. If you want to hook a friend, there’s no better time than the Trials so forward them the emails or encourage them to sign up today for FREE here: https://citiusmag.beehiiv.com/
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| 0:00.0 | We are back to do you guys mag live in Eugene joined by mitch dire Karen Leswitz and our next guest is |
| 0:09.1 | Bachelor star Matt James who's your marathon bar now is it three three hours 41 seconds |
| 0:16.4 | 41 seconds so close all right so my favorite thing about just kind of bringing you |
| 0:21.9 | on is that you flew out here as a track fan. |
| 0:25.4 | Yes. And you are just sort of like all in on the sport. You've got a partnership with |
| 0:30.2 | Lulu where you tapped in with Nicki Hilts with Colleen Quigley. with |
| 0:33.3 | Lulu where you tapped in with Nicki Hilts with Colleen Quigley and so you've gotten to know some of the top |
| 0:36.4 | pros what hooked you into becoming a big track fan? |
| 0:40.3 | I think it's like anything when you're, let's say when you're growing up and you know you have your |
| 0:46.1 | favorite basketball players Jersey your favorite football players Jersey something like me I'm from the south so I grew up playing those things |
| 0:52.1 | as I've gotten older and phased out of |
| 0:54.5 | you know competitive basketball and football what I found myself doing a lot of is |
| 0:59.6 | running and naturally you know you gravitate towards the upper echelon of that field like I wonder |
| 1:06.7 | what the fastest marathon is, I wonder what the fastest 5K is. |
| 1:10.7 | And as I struggle to finish my workouts, I'm like seeing these amazing athletes just crushing their times. |
| 1:17.5 | And it was an easy suckin. |
| 1:19.5 | I'm going to as many meets as I can, and I'm just a big fan. |
| 1:23.6 | You did the rare double back in February where it was like, |
| 1:26.4 | we saw you at the marathon trials, |
| 1:27.7 | you came over to our pop-up and then I was like, |
| 1:30.5 | oh, are you coming back, are you hanging around in Orlando? You're you're like no I'm getting on a flight in just a couple hours because I got to go to the new balance into her Boston Grand Prix and I was like I was like wow I'm not even pulling that one off. That's dedication. Is that a sentence you thought you'd say you know like what five six years ago? |
| 1:45.1 | You know it's actually crazy I it's my super goal you know it's I got to watch Fred Curly Race, Noah Liles, which was amazing. I got to watch Gabby Thomas |
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