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

Jared Ward on Balancing Life As A Father and Pro Runner, Rio 2016 Memories, U.S. Men's Marathoning

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

CITIUS MAG

Sports, Running

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Just weeks after adding another baby to his family, Jared Ward finally joins the CITIUS MAG Podcast. Jared is a 2016 Olympian in the marathon, who finished sixth at the Summer Games in Rio. He holds a personal best of 2:11:30. He was the top American at November's New York City Marathon where he ran 2:12:24. On this episode, we spend some time chatting about his balance in life. How he manages to juggle his running career, being a father and husband, while also doing some coaching and teaching at BYU. We also take a stroll down memory lane and hear some cool, behind-the-scenes stories from his first Olympic experience. There's more talk about the "2:10 problem" facing U.S. men's marathoning and how he felt about the American performances at the New York City Marathon. All that and more PLUS your listener questions. ---- The CITIUS MAG Podcast is brought to you by Strava. Personally, I believe Strava is the best app for runners and cyclists to keep track of all their training. It helps keep me accountable as I get ready for the 2019 Tokyo Marathon in March. I've been using Strava Summit, which includes extra features with their training an analysis packs. Right now, CITIUS MAG Podcast listeners have a chance to try those Summit features go to www.strava.com/summit and enter the code citius (all lowercase) at checkout while purchasing an annual subscription. It's like you're getting your first month free! Follow me on Strava: www.strava.com/athletes/13479304 Join the CITIUS MAG Track Club: www.strava.com/clubs/citiusmag

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0:00.0

Today's episode of the Citius mag podcast network is brought to you by Strava.

0:06.0

I've been preaching for just a couple weeks now my thoughts about why I think it is the best

0:10.8

fitness and training app. It's for athletes and it's by athletes and I've been using it for years.

0:15.6

But in addition to their app and their website that connects runners and

0:19.4

cyclists from all around the world they have tapped into the podcasting game and they've been crushing it.

0:24.7

Athletes Unfiltered is their show that launched last month and it's been sitting on the iTunes

0:28.9

top charts for weeks.

0:32.0

Episode 3 is out now and you won't want to miss it.

0:35.0

The show dives into athletes that prove

0:38.0

getting older doesn't necessarily mean getting slower or having to give up.

0:43.4

I've always been fascinated by the type of people who find certain sports at a late age and

0:48.3

then just absolutely thrive.

0:50.4

In the latest episode you have three of those examples.

0:53.0

Gene has run 200 milers and has a marathon personal bass of 254.

0:58.0

That's a bit faster than me.

1:00.0

Oh, any 70 years old.

1:03.0

Patricia learned to ride a bike at the age of 38,

1:06.0

and she's now in her 60s and has gone all in

1:09.0

with the Ultra Endurance Mountain Biking community,

1:12.0

so kudos to her. If you're a strava

1:14.6

user, you see what I did there. And then there's Brad Huff, who was the

1:19.2

oldest professional cyclists in US men's pel peloton and he recently announced his retirement.

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