Final Surge Podcast

Today we welcome Chris Chavez the founder of Citius Mag and the Citius Mag Podcast where we find out how he developed his passion for track and field which lead to the Citius Mag website.  Background Grew up Yankess fan dreamed of being a baseball player Didn't play sports as a kid until 7th grade Tried out for high school baseball team, cut early Focussed on sports writing instead One friend convinced him to join the track team as a sprinter Wasn't great started out with breaking 30 seconds in 200 as a goal In college decided to stay in shape by starting to run some 5ks 2013 was the first marathon Where did the passion for Citius come from 2012 I became interested when stumbled upon Flotrack live stream Started reading about athletes and watching old races on Youtube Volunteered in 2012 for Flotrack Started writing at track meets on weekends and traveling Was helping with ESPN on running When graduated got an offer from ESPN an Sports Illustrated Took the SI opportunity to Where is Citius going from here