Anton Kruppitschka is back on the podcast. There is perhaps no other athlete in the sport that people

wait on the edge of their figurative seats for quite like Anton. In addition to being a great athlete

and someone who had a lot to do with driving ultra-running culture back in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

He's also a very generous conversationalist, and he gave us all of that and more

in this episode. We've had him on twice before. I encourage you to check out both episodes linked

in the show notes. We had him on once back in early 2022 when I was a very green podcaster,

and then again late in 2022 right before his race at Ultratrale Cape Town.

So in my mind, this one was way overdue.

It's been almost two years.

He recently set a fastest known time on the vaunted LA freeway route.

And this past weekend took second place at the Grindstone 100.

We cover both in this conversation in the first half,

but they were really, in my mind, just excuses to reach out. We get into a lot more ultra-running

memories, philosophy, current events, and life status stuff too in the second half that

might make this episode more evergreen. Before we get started, though, got to acknowledge the

modern malaise of multitasking. If you have been enjoying these conversations as of late, do us a small

favor, pause the episode, and leave a rating of the show on Apple or Spotify, and make sure to hit

that follow button as well. It helps us a ton. With that, let's get into this chat with Anton Krupichka. Anton Krupichka,

it is great to have you back on the show. How are you doing this morning?

I'm doing pretty well. Thanks for having me on. I'm, let's see, I guess 36 hours or so

removed from having finished grindstone and starting to be able to walk

again a little bit.

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