Hey, everybody, it's Monday. That means you get to know one of the other people who

listen to this podcast. We call it Meet the Nation Monday. I do a short little

interview. This is just so that we can know more about each other. And today we

are interviewing Luke Liff. So, away we go.

Hello, Luke speaking. Hey, Luke, Scott Kummer calling from 10 Jack Miles. How are you?

Good, how are you? Is your last name pronounced Liff? No, it's I-Liff. I-Liff? Yeah. Oh, well,

I got it wrong. Hopefully people will have mercy on me. Are you in Australia right now?

I am. I am. I'm at my parents' farm in Victoria. So does that mean I'm paying like triple

to call you? I don't think so. You don't know how that works though. No, not really.

So it's possible. No, I don't think so because this is my phone from the States. Okay. What

time is it over there? 11 o'clock in the morning. Oh, well, good morning to you then. Is it

Sunday? Sunday morning. Yes, somewhere on two different days. I'm on Saturday. You're on Sunday.

Yeah. Can you tell me who won the football games today? What kind of football? American.

Oh, I just have no idea. Wow. I just thought maybe I had this portal into the future so I should

take advantage of it. What do you do for our work? Luke, I work in the mining industry. I work in

sales, sell ventilation equipment and chain equipment. Okay. And why don't you tell me a little

bit about your, oh, wait, before you tell me that, where do you live when you're not in Australia?

Oh, yeah. I'm in Molgentown, West Virginia. West Virginia. Yeah, just south of Pittsburgh. Gotcha.

All right. Why don't you tell me your little bit of your running story? Like how'd you get into it?

Where are you at today? Give me your two-minute history of Luke's running.

Also, I ran all through middle school and high school across country, track, and then

didn't really compete at all in college. And then around 2008, I think I probably ran my first

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