Hey, everybody. What is up? How is it going? I hope all is great in your world. Thank you so much for being here as always. Welcome to the Pillars podcast. I am Dylan Bowman and today is a very special day in the history of the show. I am so excited and proud to share a short conversation that I recorded with the great

Elid Kipchogi while I was over in Europe. Arguably, the greatest distance runner of all

time is here, one of the truly iconic transformational athletes of our current moment.

Of course, Elliot is famous for many things, including recently winning his

second gold medal in the marathon in the Tokyo Olympics, and also becoming the first man to ever break

the two-hour marathon threshold, which he did at the Ineos 159 project in October of 2019.

And there is a new film out now about this project that you guys have to watch.

It is called Kipchogi, the last milestone.

I would highly recommend it.

You can find it on many different platforms, including iTunes. I've included a link to it here in the show notes so you can go find it after the pod today. Definitely check it out, guys. And obviously, it goes without saying, but this was so, so cool for me. Our little trail ultra show got to speak with the

goat of distance running. And while they only gave me 15 minutes, it was a true highlight of my

career to interact with this incredible man. And it's actually a pretty funny story about how it all came to be. But I think I

will save that for another time. Of course, if you enjoy what we do here on the show, please consider

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Okay. Please welcome the goat, the great Elliot Kipchogi, the best distance runner in history and the recent gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympic marathon.

Elliot, welcome to the show.

It is a true honor and privilege to be able to chat with you.

I had the good fortune to watch the new

film, Kipchogi, the last milestone a couple weeks ago. And I want to begin our conversation

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