This week on the 2 Black Runners podcast, Aaron Potts takes over hosting duties and Anderson Emerole of @The Final Leg joins him to interview Kyle Merber. Kyle is a former professional track & field athlete is recently retired and now working for CITIUS MAG. In this podcast learn more about the Lap Count, CITUS MAG's efforts to change the sport, and a lot of track talk on what is next for the sport. Follow Kyle on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylemerber/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRealMerb 📱Follow us on Social Media: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/_runningreport_/ https://www.instagram.com/2blackrunners/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/2BlackRunners TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@runningreport?lang=en 👨🏿‍💻 Checkout the Running Report Website: https://www.running-report.com/ 🎧Listen to the 2 Black Runners Podcast ever single 2 BLACK TUESDAY!! Hear the Potts brothers' their takes on running news, insightful interviews, and their perspective of the running world as 2 Black Runners. Apple Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-reprot/id1486031415?uo=4 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/07s78IlWFmu4ovSb2N5zku ✔ Subscribe to RUNNING REPORT youtube.com/c/RUNNINGREPORT ✔ Subscribe to RR 2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4i_O1JM4q95op-Jc-lmDQ ✔ Watch Roosey Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eSnlDy4Xc&list=PLahreLd2lzri9IcH_GP1rS0SvYFAjEmU1

Aaron & Joshua Potts are joined by the highest finishing Guatemalan in history at the World Athletics Championships, Luis Grijalva!! Luis finished 4th in the 5000m at this year's World Champs in a highly competitive field, and on this episode of 2BR he shares all of his feelings on the race. Grijalva also described his 3 week long experience alone in Europe on the Diamond League circuit where he realized the importance of taking care of his mental health. This is the second time Grijalva has joined your favorite 2 Black Runners but this time witness the growth in real time that Luis is making as a 23 year old trough life and professional running Time Stamps 0:00 Podcast Preview 0:47 Intro for Luis 3:10 Luis is planning to race one more at Brussels Diamond League MAYBE 5:28 Reflecting on experience at 2022 World Athletics Championships with Abdihamid Nur 6:55 Running with confidence and peace at Worlds 9:43 World Championships was first time traveling with a team 11:32 Traveling in Europe alone at 23 years old 13:31 Luis didn't like who he was becoming and found himself in Europe 16:10 Good Mental Health = Good Running 18:28 Luis is doing a lot of ADULTING in 2022 19:49 American races are SOFT 23:09 Mike Smith and NAU is proven on the track 26:27 Intranational racing 29:38 Traveling with Abdihamind next year 32:48 Celebrating Midsummer in Sweeden 34:20 The highest Guatemalan finisher at the World Athletics Championships ever 38:45 Guatemala shows Luis a lot of LOVE 39:42 The ONLY HISPANIC in the World Championships Final 44:40 Moh Ahmed and other elite athletes show their support for Luis 48:42 Luis doesn't see DACA as a "F'ed up situation" 51:02 The transition from college to pro 57:00 Luis' views on Leo & Lex Young going to Stanford over NAU 1:01:00 Going to National Parks this summer 1:03:56 Mike Smith's group name is unofficially DEATHROW RECORDS 1:08:16 Who should come onto the podcast next 1:09:32 Closing out the podcast 📱Follow us on Social Media: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/_runningreport_/ https://www.instagram.com/2blackrunners/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/2BlackRunners TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@runningreport?lang=en 👨🏿‍💻 Checkout the Running Report Website: https://www.running-report.com/ 🎧Listen to the 2 Black Runners Podcast ever single 2 BLACK TUESDAY!! Hear the Potts brothers' their takes on running news, insightful interviews, and their perspective of the running world as 2 Black Runners. Apple Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-reprot/id1486031415?uo=4 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/07s78IlWFmu4ovSb2N5zku ✔ Subscribe to RUNNING REPORT youtube.com/c/RUNNINGREPORT ✔ Subscribe to RR 2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4i_O1JM4q95op-Jc-lmDQ ✔ Watch Roosey Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eSnlDy4Xc&list=PLahreLd2lzri9IcH_GP1rS0SvYFAjEmU1

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Aaron & Joshua Potts, your favorite 2 Black Runners, recap some of the biggest moments from 2022 Diamond League: Monaco. The two go over Noah Lyles and Faith Kipyegon's world record attempts, take an overview of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's season, and look at increasing competitiveness of the U.S. in our usual weaker events. Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 0:28 Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce runs 10.62 | Greatest 100m season ever!! 1:21 Faith Kipyegon’s big shot at World Record (3:50.37) 4:15 Sage Hurta and Olivia hit big PBs for 2nd and 3rd in the 800m 6:48 Grant Fisher breaks Bernard Lagat's 3000m American Record 8:16 Tori Franklin jumps a PR of 14.86 in the Triple Jump for a 3rd place finish and No.3 farthest in 2022 9:35 Noah Lyles runs 19.46 in the 200m | Is he the favorite in the 200m through 2025?? 📱Follow us on Social Media: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/_runningreport_/ https://www.instagram.com/2blackrunners/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/2BlackRunners TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@runningreport?lang=en 👨🏿‍💻 Checkout the Running Report Website: https://www.running-report.com/ 🎧Listen to the 2 Black Runners Podcast ever single 2 BLACK TUESDAY!! Hear the Potts brothers' their takes on running news, insightful interviews, and their perspective of the running world as 2 Black Runners. Apple Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-reprot/id1486031415?uo=4 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/07s78IlWFmu4ovSb2N5zku ✔ Subscribe to RUNNING REPORT youtube.com/c/RUNNINGREPORT ✔ Subscribe to RR 2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4i_O1JM4q95op-Jc-lmDQ ✔ Watch Roosey Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eSnlDy4Xc&list=PLahreLd2lzri9IcH_GP1rS0SvYFAjEmU1

Alia Armstrong, who finished 4th place in the 100m hurdles at the World Championships, joined your favorite 2 Black Runners for an interview about her dream 2022 season. Her season may have started with a false start at the NCAA indoor championships but she ended it as a NCAA Champion and a World Championship Finalist. This is a special podcast because the Potts brothers know Alia's family, plus Joshua and Alia went to the same middle school together. Listen to the audio version: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rY0YJ0Bllsb Time Stamps: 00:00 Preview clips 00:40 Episode start 02:24 Interview start 02:59 How did you survive your competition schedule? 04:13 Reflecting on recent races 06:21 Where does your maturity come from? 10:00 Was the 4th place finish bittersweet? 11:54 Did you think you would go this far this early? 13:43 Best hype person out there! 14:58 Alia’s mom and positive energy 17:07 How does everybody know each other 18:03 Parents influence 19:28 How does it feel to have influence with your accomplishments? 22:07 Pure happiness 23:20 Following the path 24:09 When you were younger, did you see track & field as your future? 26:57 Results from middle school track meet 27:28 What events were you doing before hurdles? 29:29 Why didn’t you compete in the long jump? 30:11 What was it like getting into LSU? And why did you pick it? 32:56 What about the LSU coach, team, and culture makes it different? 34:42 What was it like coming into a team with top competitors? 36:50 What it like competing with Tonea at the Olympic trials? 39:27 Do you feel like you've learned anything from the women on the US team? 42:34 What were you doing in between race days at WC? 45:10 Who had the loudest personality on the US team? 48:06 Does the atmosphere change with the different competitions? 52:19 Did you leave WC with hope for the sport? 55:55 How does it feel to be a part of this golden age in track & field? 58:53 Top 5 favorite Disney movies 1:00:35 how do you spend your free time? 1:02:30 What music are you listening to right now? 1:03:52 One message, what would it be? 1:05:14 Who would be a good guest on the podcast? 1:06:02 What mark do you want to leave on track & field? 1:09:17 Interview end 📱Follow us on Social Media: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/_runningreport_/ https://www.instagram.com/2blackrunners/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/2BlackRunners TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@runningreport?lang=en 👨🏿‍💻 Checkout the Running Report Website: https://www.running-report.com/ 🎧Listen to the 2 Black Runners Podcast ever single 2 BLACK TUESDAY!! Hear the Potts brothers' their takes on running news, insightful interviews, and their perspective of the running world as 2 Black Runners. Apple Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-reprot/id1486031415?uo=4 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/07s78IlWFmu4ovSb2N5zku ✔ Subscribe to RUNNING REPORT youtube.com/c/RUNNINGREPORT ✔ Subscribe to RR 2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4i_O1JM4q95op-Jc-lmDQ ✔ Watch Roosey Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eSnlDy4Xc&list=PLahreLd2lzri9IcH_GP1rS0SvYFAjEmU1

Four fast growing track & field social media creators gathered at the 2022 World Athletics Championships to discuss how T&F media can be maximized in this time in order to popularize the sport. The discussion is led by one of your favorite 2 Black Runners, Joshua Potts, who is solo because Aaron got sick. Tiarra Willams of RealTalk, Colin Waitzman of Track World News, Anderson Emerole of The Final Leg Follow their Accounts - The Final Leg: youtube.com/c/TheFinalLeg - Track World News: https://www.instagram.com/trackworldnews/ - Real Talk: https://www.instagram.com/_realtallk/ TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Episode Preview 0:52 Intro 2:13 Why we like to have T&F Media Roundtables 4:19 Experiencing World Championships as a fan 6:04 Tee is the Social Media of the World Championships 7:57 Anderson's experience in the mixed zone 8:31 Does Colin envy not being in the mixed zone 10:07 2 Black Runners' experience 10:30 Giving Anderson his flowers 12:53 Tee's energy is changing the Mixed Zone 15:30 Who inspired you the most at the World Athletics Championships 19:26 We are in a GOLDEN AGE of Track & Field 21:25 How Do We MAXIMIZE T&F Media 22:52 Big Stars don't feel like their story is being told 27:24 Covering the World Championships is a challenge 27:46 Tee's problem with the ill advised question to Shericka Jackson in the Mixed Zone 30:09 Difficulty to maintain relationships when athletes don't perform well 32:40 Would you call yourself a journalists? 36:42 How has your brand has changed since last year 39:21 Colin's insane posting schedule on Track World News 42:12 Tee's meteoritic rise in T&F Media 44:34 The Web/Social Media needs more priority in Track & Field Meida 47:17 The structure of the Mixed Zone 49:40 Anderson's wants to keep telling stories 51:23 The plans for 2 Black Runners going forward 54:24 We don't need TV to create a T&F network 56:24 Last words for someone trying to be in T&F Media 📱Follow us on Social Media: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/_runningreport_/ https://www.instagram.com/2blackrunners/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/2BlackRunners TikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@runningreport?lang=en 👨🏿‍💻 Checkout the Running Report Website: https://www.running-report.com/ 🎧Listen to the 2 Black Runners Podcast ever single 2 BLACK TUESDAY!! Hear the Potts brothers' their takes on running news, insightful interviews, and their perspective of the running world as 2 Black Runners. Apple Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-reprot/id1486031415?uo=4 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/07s78IlWFmu4ovSb2N5zku ✔ Subscribe to RUNNING REPORT youtube.com/c/RUNNINGREPORT ✔ Subscribe to RR 2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4i_O1JM4q95op-Jc-lmDQ ✔ Watch Roosey Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8eSnlDy4Xc&list=PLahreLd2lzri9IcH_GP1rS0SvYFAjEmU1