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

John Nunn on race walking, earning respect, Russian doping and growing the sport

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

CITIUS MAG

Sports, Running

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The race walk isn't the sexiest part of track and field and Olympian John Nunn acknowledges that. For this week's Citius Mag Podcast, the three-time U.S. Olympian joined the show to spread some knowledge on how does someone go from running into walking, and the perception of doing so. Nunn touches on more topics like the loneliness of the race walker, Russian doping, free Olympic team spots and much more. There is a fantastic story about how he became friends with English Gardner and earned the respect of his USATF teammates. Check out the latest episode of the Citius Mag Podcast on Soundcloud. Subscribe on iTunes and leave a five-star review

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0:00.0

Today's episode of the City Smack Podcast is brought to you by We Run New York.

0:05.0

We Run New York is a documentary series that's currently in production and it shares the stories of New York City's running scene.

0:11.0

I can personally attest that life in New York can sometimes be

0:13.5

pretty challenging and being a runner in the city is even harder. But there's a huge

0:19.0

subculture of people who make it a priority and who thrive in the environment and it's those stories that the series is going to

0:24.6

aim to tell. I know that they're dedicating a whole episode solely to coach Gags,

0:30.8

you know the Bronx native who coaches New York as well as another episode to a group of

0:36.5

Ethiopian immigrants who live about 8 plus to an apartment and live on just prize

0:41.5

money that they win. The team behind it is the duo of

0:46.1

former 800 meter all-American term filmmaker Harry McPann and his friend and

0:50.8

former teammate Paul Snyder now of City Smag Fame.

0:55.0

That team is passionate about the sport in the city so I'm really excited to see the

0:58.4

episodes which are slated to start rolling out later this summer.

1:01.8

You can check out we run New York's website at

1:04.4

www dot we run New York show.com or follow them on Twitter or Facebook for

1:11.1

updates as they get the project underway.

1:13.2

If you have any questions about the project, direct them that way.

1:16.2

Today's guest on the show is three-time Olympian race walker, John Nun.

1:22.2

Let's start the show. and Oh, All right now we're joined by Olympian John Nunn on the

1:57.6

city of smag podcast. John, how's it going and where are we at right now in

2:02.2

terms of training and I get the focus for 2017.

2:06.4

Yeah, hey, thanks Chris. It's going great. Right now, we just finished up indoors.

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