What's up, I bet you didn't think you'd hear from me one last time before the new year or if you're listening to this after January 1st, happy new year. Chris Chavez here with just a brief announcement because Sidious Mag has named our 2018 male and female athletes of the year.

The full announcement is now up on Citius mag.com, so go and check it out and I'll get right to it. Our pick for the men's award is no surprise if

you listen to our last episode. It's Elliot Kibchoki. The Olympic champion and

the marathon world record holder was selected as the Sidious Mag male athlete of the year by the team of writers on the site and I got to say it was a pretty easy decision.

As Scott Olberding put it, quote,

the magnitude of Elliot's contribution to the sport this year

can be measured in pure quantitative terms.

However, he has also provided inspiration

to scores of athletes to scrutinize their own goals

and maybe think a little bigger."

End quote.

So what we learned from Elliot's performances is one at the London Marathon, he beat a loaded field under scorching conditions and he taught us what we already

knew.

Alle Kipchogi is the most dominant marathoner right now.

And then in September, his world record run

at the Berlin Marathon proved to us

that he is the greatest marathoner of all time.

So you can check out our full reasoning for the Elliot Kibchogi pick on Citios mag.

Right now.

And then our pick for the women's award is Des Linden.

She made history by becoming the first American woman in 33 years to win the Boston

marathon and it all happened on a day with the worst weather imaginable to try and run 26.2 miles.

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