Rob Napolitano On Pacing Yomif Kejelcha to a 3:48.46 Mile, Making Money As A Pro Runner

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🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Rob Napolitano joins the CITIUS MAG Podcast after pacing Yomif Kejelcha at the Millrose Games to a 3:48.46 mile. Kejelcha fell 0.008 seconds short of breaking the 3:48.45 record set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1997 in Ghent, Belgium. Napolitano was tasked with going through 440 yards in 56, 880 yards in 1:53 and 1,000 meters in 2:20. After about 800 meters, Kejelcha took over and ran the rest of the race on his own. We dive into those four laps of work by Rob and what the 24 hours were like that led up to an important pacing job. We also dive into how he became a professional runner with the New Jersey-New York Track Club and making the most out of an opportunity presented by coach Frank Gagliano. The conversation also hits on life as a rookie runner in Europe and how professionals try to make money in those races. It's a fun an interesting conversation that you'll enjoy. --------- Kemoy Campbell Recovery GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/67e5h-kemoy-campbell-support-fund?member=1678178

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0:00.0	And we're back with another episode of the City of Smag Podcast.
0:03.4	Apologies on my end for the delay in posting a new episode of the show.
0:08.7	Work got a little bit busy for me and if you follow me on Twitter you can see that I was following all the
0:14.4	kamoy Campbell news pretty closely for those of you who are unfamiliar with what
0:18.8	happened at the Milrose games kamoy kamble is a Jamaican olympian and a professional runner for Reebok.
0:25.0	During the men's 3,000 meters, Camoie collapsed shortly after he stepped off the track from pacing in the race.
0:32.0	At the time, it was unknown what had happened and as of
0:35.2	this recording doctors are still kind of looking for answers. Camoy was
0:39.5	unconscious for some time. EMTs were there, first responders were there and defibrillators were used to help revive him.
0:47.0	The NYPD and the FD&Y showed up and after about 20 minutes he was taken off the track on a stretcher but it
0:54.7	was still a very scary moment on the track we had no idea what was going to happen
0:59.6	next the events were put on hold for a little bit and eventually we got the news that he was
1:04.4	stated and by Tuesday he was awake and talking he posted a nice video on Instagram on Valentine's Day.
1:14.6	So things are looking better for Kamoy.
1:18.1	However, his family issued a statement
1:21.0	thanking people for all their thoughts and prayers
1:23.0	But due to the mounting medical costs,
1:26.0	they also created a go-fund me page
1:28.0	to help support him and his recovery.
1:30.0	So what I decided to do with this episode was I decided to share that news with you and also let you know that I've included the link to the go fund me in the show notes.
1:40.0	So if you'd like to donate, I'm sure that the Campbell family would
1:44.4	greatly appreciate that so on my behalf apologies for the delay in a new
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