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The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

The Price of Greatness, with Ellie Greenwood

The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman

Dylan Bowman

Ultrarunning, Training, Wellness, Endurance, Health, Running, Commentary, Trailrunning, Sports, Run

5773 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Dylan sits down with one of ultrarunning's all-time great champions, Ellie Greenwood. While her career has been one of huge achievement at the highest level, Ellie has also dealt with many setbacks. We cover both the highs and lows of her career and explore the psychology of the world's best athletes of all kinds. What does it take to reach the highest level and what are the consequences of that commitment?
 

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone. Thanks for checking back in. I'm going to keep the intro short on this episode

0:22.2

because my guest really needs no introduction. Today, I'm speaking with the great Ellie Greenwood,

0:29.3

one of the all-time champions and legends in the history of ultra running. We found ourselves

0:35.3

in Seattle last week. We were giving a presentation at the University

0:39.3

of Washington in collaboration with our friends, Ethan Newberry and Gary Robbins, and it gave

0:46.2

Ellie and I a chance to sit down and talk about her career, which was really fun for me. We talk

0:52.3

about the highs and lows of, you know, being an athlete and

0:56.6

particularly a world beating athlete, somebody at Ellie's level who's achieved things that

1:01.1

many of us can only dream of. And it's no secret. Ellie's also dealt with her fair share of

1:07.2

setbacks and injuries, particularly in the last few years where her relationship

1:11.5

with running has changed a lot. And we talk about sort of like her psychology, what it takes to be

1:19.4

great, compare and contrast her with the great champions of other sports. And it was just a really

1:26.7

interesting and candid conversation. I really appreciated

1:30.3

Ellie taking the time to sit with us and I think you guys will really like this one. So without

1:36.6

wasting any more time, let's get to it. The great Ellie Greenwood. Okay, Ellie Greenwood.

1:46.6

Okay, Ellie Greenwood.

1:49.0

Welcome to Seattle.

1:49.8

Here we are.

1:50.5

Yeah.

1:56.6

It's a fun little couple days away on a gray, but pretty nice morning here.

2:04.3

It's an honor to sit with you as one of the all-time great legends of our sport, somebody who I've always admired and looked up to you.

2:08.3

So why don't you first sort of like tell us what we're doing in Seattle, tell the listeners

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