NAZ Elite's Futsum Zienasellassie Ahead Of The 2024 NYC Marathon: Training Reflections + Race Plan
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🗓️ 2 November 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
"It's more me against the distance instead of me against the field. That's how I like to think of the marathon."
Futsum Zienasellassie of NAZ Elite sits down with us for a live interview ahead of the 2024 NYC Marathon. He shares about how his training block for NYC compared to his training for the U.S. Trials, what it's been like training with teammate Wesley Kiptoo, how he hopes to improve upon his 2:09 PR, and his race plan heading into tomorrow.
The race kicks off on Sunday, November 3rd with the women’s race starting at 8:35am E.T. and the men following at 9:05am E.T. (Don’t forget to set your clock back an hour the night before!) The race will be streamed nationally on ESPN and locally on ABC.
You can read our full NYC Marathon preview here.
CITIUS MAG is proud to partner with HOKA for our coverage of the 2024 NYC Marathon.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, we are here live from the Cityist Cafe presented by Hoka, Chris Chavez, with |
| 0:08.1 | NAZ Elite Marathon Star, Futsum Zenosalasse, Futsum, how are you feeling? |
| 0:13.4 | New York City Marathon Weekend? |
| 0:15.4 | The city is alive. |
| 0:16.9 | Are you feeling the buzz? |
| 0:18.4 | Oh yeah. |
| 0:19.4 | I mean, the New York City energy is real. |
| 0:23.6 | I mean, I got here, you know, late yesterday, but today's been really fun. |
| 0:28.7 | We got our easy run. |
| 0:33.2 | Oh. |
| 0:34.0 | We're good. |
| 0:34.6 | Yeah, we're good. |
| 0:35.1 | Okay. |
| 0:36.2 | This morning, and, I mean, it's been a busy day, but I can tell, you know, just a little |
| 0:43.5 | bit on the edge. |
| 0:44.2 | So I'm excited and, yeah, just really, really happy to be here, be healthy and fit. |
| 0:52.4 | So, yeah. |
| 0:53.8 | All right. So the buildup for the trials, how did you feel about the training in that block? |
| 0:59.3 | And then ultimately, the race execution in Orlando. |
| 1:02.1 | And how does that compare to the training block that you put in before this one? |
| 1:07.1 | Well, I mean, always, you know, as an athlete, when you don't perform, anything you say kind of comes off as a, like you're making an excuse for yourself. |
| 1:18.6 | But, I mean, I know, you know, one of your co-worker, Mac, that I, yeah, he was, he was out in, in Phoenix and, |
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