Ladies and gentlemen, today I have the privilege of sitting down with a junior in high school who has run 430 in the mile on the dot. Her name is Elery Lincoln and she may be the future of U.S. distance running. Without a doubt, I don't have a problem saying that. It's a bold statement. But when you're running 430, as a high schooler, a junior specifically, the world is your oyster. It is remarkable what she's done

in her young career. And a lot of her story reminds me of the legend of Jane Hedegren. She talks

about in today's conversation, overcoming sickness, illness. And now that she's had some consistency

under her belt, why she's running as fast as she is, and she's heating up at the right time,

heading into the 2026 Hoka Festival of Miles Race, where she will face off against Brayling Come, who we recently spoke to on the podcast, another top runner in the country, as well as a star-studded field that just keeps forming by the week to be better and better. But today's conversation, we dive into Alaria's story, her consistency, what has made

her successful, the lessons. The sport of running has taught her. She's remarkably mature and

wise as just a junior in high school. And I really appreciated and valued this conversation.

If you're a high schooler specifically looking to become faster, become better. This

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how to watch how to attend whatever it might be that you're looking for so without further

do enjoy this conversation with the one and only the legend in the making, Ellery Lincoln.

Elery Lincoln, you just joined a list of three other women, Mary Kane, City, Englehart, Jane Hedegren.

Not bad company to be a part of. What's it like to see your name up against those legends?

It's crazy. I mean, I don't think it's really set in like what that number

or what being a part of that list means um i think it yeah it feels a little surreal are you surprised

and it might seem like a stupid question but i'll ask it nonetheless like are you surprised that you're

as fast as you are at such a young age because we were just talking about this a minute ago you're a junior and I think I was kind of surprised when I read that not

too long ago because you're running times that the senior is putting up and I feel like you kind of

came onto the scene in a really fast way over the past like 12 to 16 months yeah um I mean I think

my freshman year we were definitely like holding back a lot in terms of training.

You know, I wasn't running a ton and my sophomore year, just as I was getting ready to like maybe get into it a little bit more.

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