🗣️ “I feel like if we do what we set out to do—which is have a great race this year, build next year, have even better prize money next year… that we’ll eventually get to a place where we can be one of those marathons in the United States that’s equal to what you see overseas in some of the races that are just below the majors. Not trying to be a Major – but I think there’s a place to be just below a Major here in the United States. That’s the Gold Wave Race, that’s the Pro Race. That’s how we see it.” coachbenrosario1 returns to The CITIUS MAG Podcast not as a coach but as one of the key figures behind marathonproj. Back in 2020, when the sport was basically shut down, Ben, joshcox and his team built The Marathon Project as a lifeline — a place where pros could race fast when there were almost no opportunities anywhere. And it delivered: sarahall3 ran 2:20:32, seven American men broke 2:10 in the same race, and for one December weekend, the marathon felt alive again. Now, The Mar...