Two-Time Olympian Luis Grijalva On Signing With Grand Slam Track As Long Distance Racer Ahead Of 2025 Season
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🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
"I’m actually very excited to sign with Grand Slam Track because I really enjoy racing. Time trialing is fun and all, but I’ve run 12:50 in the 5K, and there’s only so much of a difference between 12:40 and 12:50. I figure at this point in my career, it’s not the world record, I just want to compete and I just want to race."
Two-time Guatemalan Olympian and national record holder Luis Grijalva has signed with Grand Slam Track ahead of the professional track league’s inaugural season in 2025.
Grijalva joins Grand Slam Track as the third Racer in the “long distance” category that will contest the 3000m and 5000m at each respective Slam. He will be joined by 5000m Olympic silver medalist Ronald Kwemoi and 5000m and 10,000m Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher.
Grijalva finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and ran a personal best of 12:50.58 at the Oslo Diamond League in May. He owns a 3000m personal best of 7:29.43 from the 2023 Prefontaine Classic and finished third in the 3000m at this year’s Stockholm Diamond League in a season’s best of 7:33.96.
In this episode, Grijalva joins Chris Chavez to break down why he signed with the league, why he’s excited for it, and what he’s looking forward to most heading into next year.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Luis Grijalva | @luisgrijalva_ on Instagram
Time Stamps:
5:01 - What he’s most excited about with joining Grand Slam Track.
7:47 - Perspective on championship racing vs. rabbited races.
11:19 - How GST will help prepare athletes for global Championships.
14:42 - Thoughts on GST’s prize money.
17:18 - Thoughts on his GST competitors + other athletes he wants to see join.
20:11 - What sets GST apart from other competitions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the City of Smag Podcast. I'm Chris Chavez and this is my show where I chat with some of the biggest names on the track, on the roads within the coaching ranks and across the running industry. Our guests it down and open up in depth to |
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| 0:57.6 | My guest for today's episode is Luby Scrijava. |
| 1:00.0 | He is a two-time Guatemalan Olympian and the national record holder at 3K, 5K and 10K. |
| 1:07.4 | He just signed with Grand Slam track as a racer ahead of the professional track league's inaugural season in 2025. |
| 1:15.2 | He is the third racer in the long distance category that will contest the 3K and the 5K at 4 respective slams. |
| 1:24.0 | The League previously announced a signing of 5,000 meter |
| 1:26.9 | Olympic silver medalist Ronald Quemoy from Kenya |
| 1:30.0 | and 5,000 and 10,000 meter Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher earlier this month. |
| 1:35.0 | A refresher for people who may not be as familiar with how Grant Slam |
| 1:39.0 | Works. |
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