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

Nick Symmonds on retirement, marathon training, David Rudisha and the all-time U.S 800m race

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

CITIUS MAG

Sports, Running

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Two-time Olympian, six-time U.S. outdoor 800m champion and 2013 world championship silver medalist Nick Symmonds joined the show to discuss his retirement from the track, his plans for the Honolulu Marathon in December and reflecting on his career. Symmonds also discusses David Rudisha's dominance, his 0-12 record against the world record holder, a hypothetical all-time U.S. 800m race and when's the last time he ever ran in short shorts. All that and more in this week's episode of the Citius Mag Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes and leave a five-star review.

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My guest today is two-time Olympian, six-time U national champion at 800 meters, and 2013 World Championship

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Silver Medalist Nick Simmons.

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So it's start to show. Oh, All right, I'm joined now on the Citius Mag podcast by two-time Olympian

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2013 World Championship Silver Medal as six- out there national champion Nick Simmons.

1:35.0

Nick so how's retirement treating you?

1:37.0

So far so good. I'm about a week into it and I want to play Tahoe and hiked around and went swimming and

1:44.6

went and climbed a mountain in Nevada now I'm back in San Francisco so it's been a good

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week. When's the last time I guess that you ran a step was it just on the track at USAs?

1:55.4

Yeah, literally the 800 meters at USAs last time I ran.

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I knew I'd be taking a couple weeks off after that race or after that meet.

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