Today on the podcast is Austin Plu. Hopefully I am saying his name right. He's a senior at American Fork High School in Utah.

They produced numerous legends over the years, including Clayton Young, Danny Simmons, and Austin is kind of the next man up.

He's looking to close out his season in historic fashion next week at the Hocca Festival Miles on June 4th.

He's in the 800 meter race where he's looking to do some big things, potentially 147, maybe even 146. We'll see what the cards hold for him on June 4th. But today's conversation, we break down the life, the story, the journey of a guy who is shooting for big things in the sport of running and has made his way through the sport throughout the years with hard work, dedication, and unbreakable mindset. We break down the lessons he's learned from his years at American Fork, working with one of the best coaches over the past few decades in the sport. Timel Moser, I think is how you say his name. Again, tricky these names. You never know if you're saying them right. And we also talk about his ambitions going into this year's festival Miles Race. I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as I did having it. Appreciate Austin for sharing his wisdom. If you do enjoy it, consider giving us a five-star view. It takes next to no time on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you're listening. Make sure you are subscribed or following the podcast wherever you listen. Again, it takes nice to no time and keeps you up to date on when we

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If you're in the St. Louis vicinity or even within driving distance, I genuinely mean it when I say it is the best track meet. On the calendar is my fourth year going, and I would love to see you. I'd love to meet you there. I think a lot of times when people see me in public, they're scared to come up to me. So take my word for it. If you see me in person, St. Louis, please come up,

say hi, if you want a picture, get a picture. Whatever you want, I'm here for you. We'd love to meet the people behind the running effect. Just go to STL, festival miles.com for further information, support the athlete need, find out the fields who's in it, all that stuff and i am also hosting an event at big river

running on june third going to be interviewing a live podcast with a lot of the top athletes

competing in the race the next day both high school professional uh the panel's still kind of being

set but would love to see big river running june third all these housekeeping notes aside

enjoy this conversation with an absolute legend.

Gunning for 147 and the 800 next Thursday, June 4th Festival of Miles, Austin Plu.

Austin Plu, American Fork, always seems to be producing, guys.

You're the next guy up.

What does it feel like?

You know, it's awesome yeah

uh we've had a lot amazing athletes i think let's see you've talked to danny on this podcast before

uh clayton maybe he's an alum but yeah there's a lot of you know famous uh american four guys

out there now so it's cool to be the next one.

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