Citius Mag Podcast

For this fun episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast, I decided to take a few minutes during Boston Marathon weekend to sit down and chat with my buddy Nick Roché. He's not a well-known name in the track and field scene but I'm impressed by his drive to chase an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier while balancing a full-time job with Adidas. He ran in college at Gonzaga and got back into training recently. He shares what re-invigorated his passion for the sport on this episode.  “It was in the lead-up like Week 8 of a build-up for Berlin, where you’re not broken yet from the miles and workouts," Roche says. "You’re still feeling good and thinking, ‘Man, I’m gonna smash this thing.’ It hit me that this is something that I enjoy doing again. It’s been great ever since. Just trying to build off of it, get better each time and make the most of that race opportunity. I don’t think I did the best job of that in college because you’re racing so much.” Nick made his marathon debut at the 2017 Boston Marathon and ran 2:36:1