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

John Anderson On Broadcasting The NYC Marathon, Calling Shalane Flanagan's Win, Track's TV Coverage

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

CITIUS MAG

Sports, Running

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

John Anderson, who is familiar to many people as one of ESPN's longtime SportsCenter anchors, joins the CITIUS MAG Podcast. He is one of the voices of ESPN's broadcast for the New York City Marathon alongside Carrie Tollefson and Tim Hutchings. His voice will be familiar for years to come since New York Road Runners, WABC-TV, and ESPN extended their partnership to broadcast the New York City Marathon through the 2022 event. I met John for the first time when I was an intern at ESPN in 2014 and we've been friends ever since. We usually get together when he's in town for the marathon so I decided to ask him to come on the podcast. He said he was down so we chatted it up. John was a high jumper at Mizzou but he shares why his high school cross country team was his favorite, an epic tale from his first marathon and what are some of the challenges in covering track and field on TV for everyone. I've seen a lot of criticism of the ESPN broadcast on Twitter. Some of it is fair and for some other points, you may be able to better understand how a broadcast is run after you hear from John. Come for the sports media talk, stay for when John imagines what his call would be if I won the New York City Marathon. ------- This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Kudos. They're our new partner and they're providing a great new way to show off race medals. Check them out at www.kudos2u.com/citiusmag/ If you hit that link and get yourself a coaster, a portion of the sales come back to CITIUS MAG so that we can continue producing these shows that you enjoy. Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/akudos2u/

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0:00.0

Congratulations to everyone who ran in the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon.

0:05.0

It is my favorite race in the world and I hope that every single runner enjoyed every single step of the 26.2 mile journey from Staten Island to Central Park.

0:16.5

But now comes the big question, what are you going to do with that beautiful golden metal?

0:21.2

If you're like most people people they're tangled up in a

0:23.6

shoe box somewhere or buried in a closet. Well kudos encourages you to bring those

0:28.2

keepsakes out into the open with a new race metal display case that doubles as a coaster. And they just

0:34.3

released the Kudos Coaster Plus which allows you to preserve and display your

0:39.9

race metals while you enjoy some coffee or a nice cold beverage.

0:43.7

So today's episode of the Citius MAG Podcast on the Citius MAG podcast network is brought to you

0:48.6

by Kudos.

0:50.1

We were able to get an early peak at the Kudos Coaster Plus when we were in Chicago for the

0:55.2

marathon and it's pretty cool.

0:57.1

It comes with a removable top so you can switch out the metals as you collect more.

1:01.3

It's got six different colored foam inserts so you can match

1:04.4

the background with some of the colors of your metal. I've got my New York City

1:07.6

Marathon Medal in a coaster, my 2017 one I think that's my favorite one.

1:11.6

And after I run the Philadelphia

1:13.9

Half Marathon next weekend I might throw that one in a coaster as well.

1:16.7

They're more compact and less expensive than display cases or wall-mounted frames.

1:21.6

The Kudos Koster Plus allows you to show your passion for running

1:25.2

in a functional and simple way.

1:27.3

So to learn more about the Kudos Koster Plus, click the link in the show notes or the

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