CITIUS MAG Podcast With Chris Chavez | A Running + Track and Field Show

Chris Chavez and Katelyn Hutchison hosted the first-ever Pre Pre Show, the official pregame show of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic in partnership with TrackTown USA. The meet also doubled as the Diamond League Final.

Day 2 really brought the energy as we were joined by a slew of champions and record holders.

Guests include:

• Karsten Warholm, 2021 Olympic Champion, 2023 World Champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles (Bonus appearance by coach Lief Olav Alnes)

• Noah Lyles, 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Champion in the 200m, 2023 World Champion in the 100m, American record holder in the 200m

• Nina Kennedy, 2023 World Champion in the pole vault

• Yared Nuguse, 2023 U.S. 1500m finalist, U.S. indoor and outdoor mile record holder

• Cole Hocker, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials champion, 2021 Olympic and 2023 World Championship finalist in the 1500m

• Katie Moon, 2021 Olympic champion, 2022 and 2023 World Champion in the pole vault

• Sebastian Coe, World Athletics president

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Chris Chavez and Katelyn Hutchison hosted the first-ever Pre Pre Show, the official pregame show of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic in partnership with TrackTown USA. The meet also doubled as the Diamond League Final.

We chat briefly about our favorite moments from the 2023 regular season and world championships, preview the events we were looking forward to the most and then we're joined by some accomplished guests.

Guests include:

• Kara Winger, 2022 World Championship silver medalist and Diamond League champion in the javelin

• Sam Kendricks, 2x World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist in the pole vault

• KC Lightfoot, U.S. record holder and Olympian in the pole vault

• Nicola Olyslagers, Olympic silver medalist and 2023 World Championship bronze medalist in the high jump

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👟 NEW BALANCE just dropped their 2023 New York City Marathon collection. Check out their official apparel and shoes from training, to the finish line, and beyond. I've been rocking the FuelCell SC Elite v3 for my marathon training. Shop for more at https://www.newbalance.com/

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“I still haven’t processed it. I haven't celebrated at all, I had to go back to work and take care of my daughter. Actually, I woke her up from her nap to watch Josh win because I was like, ‘He might do it, so let's wake her up just so she will remember’... Even yesterday [at the 5th Avenue Mile] they had the camera on Josh and they replayed his last 200m and I still got goosebumps. It's been three weeks, so I don't know if I'll ever process it. I hear people say this and I know what they mean; it's like you just get humbled by it. You're like, ‘Man, that was really hard to do.’”

Danny Mackey has been the coach of the Brooks Beasts since the team started in 2013 and can now say that he’s the coach to a world champion after Josh Kerr’s stunning 1500m victory in Budapest. The Beasts have put together a strong year with Nia Akins winning the U.S. indoor and outdoor 800m titles before finishing sixth in the World Championship final. Marta Freitas and Isiah Harris also competed at the World Championships. Henry Wynne is running strong with a fifth-place finish at USAs and then a 3:53.70 mile PR at Falmouth this summer.

It’s been a culmination of more than a decade of hard work, learning and adapting for coach Mackey and his meticulously scientific training perspective and approach. He’s vocal about doing things the right way and not operating in any gray zone. You’ll learn much more in this episode that goes beyond just the making of a world champion.

A quick note before we start the interview, this has also been the most tragic and difficult year of Mackey’s life. As reported by LetsRun.com, back in March, his fiancee died by suicide and he is now raising his baby daughter on his own. He took a few days away from the team and coached remotely from the U.S. while the team was in Budapest. The pain and loss is still felt by Mackey and he’s been resilient for his fellow coaching staff and athletes all along the way.

Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram

Guest: Danny Mackey | @dannytmackey on Instagram

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Canadian marathoner Rory Linkletter surprisingly stopped by the CITIUS MAG studio to chat with Kyle Merber and David Melly just hours after running 2:12:16 to place 19th in the World Athletics Championships marathon in very hot conditions. It was the second consecutive World Championships for Linkletter. He ran his personal best of 2:10:24 when he finished 20th at the '22 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Now, he turns his attention to qualifying for the Paris Olympics.

Plus: We get the truth about the BYU split shorts that have become a meme.

Hosts: Kyle Merber and David Melly

Guest: Rory Linkletter

CITIUS MAG's coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships is powered by ASICS.

CITIUS MAG LIVE AT WORLDS: The show will air on the CITIUS MAG YouTube Channel between the morning and evening sessions of competition (Every day at 8 a.m. EST in the U.S.). 

CHAMPS CHATS ON THE CITIUS MAG PODCAST DAILY: The CITIUS MAG team of Chris, Kyle, David McCarthy, Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison will unpack all of the day’s biggest surprises and offer up their insights and analysis from being at the new National Athletics Centre and interviewing athletes each day. The podcast recording will be streamed on YouTube at the end of every day and will also be available on The CITIUS MAG Podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to shows. 

DAILY CITIUS MAG NEWSLETTER: David Melly will recap all of the biggest moments, highlighting his must-watch athletes and events for each day while also pulling together some of our best content, photos and social moments that the CITIUS MAG team captures.

Kyle Merber and Katelyn Hutchison sit down with Joseph Fahnbulleh, an Asics pro runner representing Liberia on the global championship stage. He unpacks his 9th place finish at the 2023 World Athletics Championships 200m final. In the last two years, he finished fifth at the Tokyo Olympics and fourth at the 2022 World Championships. This year was his first full year as a professional runner so he shares how life and training has changed while still being surrounded by some of the best athletes in the world within coach Mike Holloway's Gainesville-based training group.

Hosts: Kyle Merber and Katelyn Hutchison

Guest: Joseph Fahnbulleh

CITIUS MAG's coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships is powered by ASICS.

CITIUS MAG LIVE AT WORLDS: The show will air on the CITIUS MAG YouTube Channel between the morning and evening sessions of competition (Every day at 8 a.m. EST in the U.S.). 

CHAMPS CHATS ON THE CITIUS MAG PODCAST DAILY: The CITIUS MAG team of Chris, Kyle, David McCarthy, Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison will unpack all of the day’s biggest surprises and offer up their insights and analysis from being at the new National Athletics Centre and interviewing athletes each day. The podcast recording will be streamed on YouTube at the end of every day and will also be available on The CITIUS MAG Podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to shows. 

DAILY CITIUS MAG NEWSLETTER: David Melly will recap all of the biggest moments, highlighting his must-watch athletes and events for each day while also pulling together some of our best content, photos and social moments that the CITIUS MAG team captures.