Ryan Fenton on the Early Flotrack Days, Growing the Sport, Calling Chris Solinsky's 10K AR

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CITIUS MAG

Sports, Running

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Real run junkies will love this episode. Ryan Fenton joins the CITIUS MAG Podcast to discuss how he went from being Flotrack’s first employee in the running division to the director of global rights acquisitions and partnerships for FloSports. From 2008 to 2013, Ryan was at the heart of Flotrack’s daily digital content. Whether it was recurring video series like Run Junkie or calling high school, college and professional meets on a weekly basis, Ryan helped build Flotrack into one of the go-to media sites for running coverage. In 2012, he gave me a shot as a contributor, which led to three very awesome years where I worked alongside him, Alex Lohr and Mitch Kastoff to keep growing. I owe a lot to Ryan for his help in guiding me through the sport. On this episode, we’ll explore how he discovered Flotrack, what made him leave his job and believe in Mark Floreani’s startup site, what he loved about covering the sport, calling Chris Solinsky’s 10K American record, advice for young people wanting to get into the track media landscape and much more. Plus, what’s he been up to in his new role over the past two years? All that and more on the latest episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast. Support for the CITIUS MAG Podcast comes from SOAR RUNNING. Get familiar with one of the finest and newest running apparel companies deep into running culture. The company’s focus is on the best quality technical fabric for the common, everyday runner. There’s something available for men and for women. Support the brand, support the podcast. Check them out today: https://www.soarrunning.com/ Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soar_running/ I’m a fan of the Elite Tempo Top 2.0. It is super lightweight with 3d textured woven fabric. Designed to go fast. https://www.soarrunning.com/product/elite-tempo-top-20?colour=122 Follow us: https://twitter.com/CitiusMag https://instagram.com/citiusmag https://facebook.com/citiusmag Follow Chris https://twitter.com/ChrisChavez https://instagram.com/chris_j_chavez Email us: chris@citiusmag.com

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0:00.0	Back in 2012, I shot an email to a guy on the internet who I only knew as Ryan from FlowTrack.
0:06.5	That was his username under a bunch of videos.
0:09.4	I had just started getting into watching track, and I was a journalism student at Marquette University.
0:15.7	I happened to be back at home in New York City for the summer, and at that time, I barely knew what Flowchak was.
0:22.6	All I wanted to do really was to attend the New York City Diamond League meet and snag a credentials.
0:28.6	So I offered to help out at the meet.
0:32.6	Ryan responded to my email and got me squared away with a credential.
0:36.6	But more than that, he ultimately
0:38.8	helped me put me on the path to where I am today. I've always wanted it to do this podcast with him,
0:45.5	sit down and get some of his backstory into how he got into covering the sport, some of his best
0:50.9	calls, and a lot more. But also, it's to say thank you for what he has done for me
0:59.0	and kind of what he has done for the sport in general.
1:03.7	I am Chris Chavez, and you're listening to the CDISMag podcast.
1:07.2	Thank you. SMAG podcast.
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