US Olympian Matt Wilkinson Shares His Remarkable Story & Raw Emotion The Day After Making The Olympics In The Steeplechase
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.8 ⢠686 Ratings
đď¸ 26 June 2024
âąď¸ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast is newly minted Olympian Matt Wilkinson!Â
Matt crossed the line in second, finishing in 8:23.00, securing his Olympic spot for Team USA.Â
Matt was the race leader through six laps before Kenneth Rooks made his move to the front with 800 meters remaining. Those two pulled away from the rest of the pack over the final lap, with Wilkinson turning in the fastest final 400-meters(59.87) in the field.
Matt was a 2xDIII Champion while at Carleton College before ultimately finishing out his college career at the University of Minnesota, where he had a successful career.
Matt runs for Under Armour Mission Run Dark Sky.Â
In today's conversation, Matt takes me through the emotion of making the Olympics, what it's taken to get to this point in his career, his time in DIII, his hopes for the future, and so much more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Matt Wilkinson, welcome to the Reni Effect Podcast. How are you doing this afternoon? |
| 0:03.5 | I'm doing absolutely excellent, as good as I've ever been doing my entire life. |
| 0:07.5 | Thank you for having me, Dominic. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm about to crack open this, LaCroix, for the good people of YouTube. |
| 0:12.2 | What's the go-to drink that's not water? |
| 0:16.4 | Chocolate milk is a good one. |
| 0:19.9 | Regular milk is a good one. Regular milk is a good one. |
| 0:21.4 | Some people call it vanilla milk. |
| 0:24.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.6 | Love Oliopop, okay? |
| 0:28.1 | Yeah, maybe they'll sponsor me now that I said that. |
| 0:30.4 | Okay. |
| 0:30.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:31.3 | Let's make it happen. |
| 0:32.2 | The executives of Oli Pop listening. |
| 0:34.0 | So, chocolate milk, I know the people that like chocolate milk are like very brand specific. Some |
| 0:39.7 | people like specific brands. Like there's TrueMoo, there's like Kroger brand. You probably don't |
| 0:45.2 | have Kroger, but maybe in Minnesota days. What's the go-to chocolate milk brand? |
| 0:49.4 | Yeah, you know. Let's just get you all the sponsorships on the pod. Yeah. Colona is a really good one. |
| 0:55.0 | I don't know if you've heard of that. |
| 0:55.2 | No. |
| 0:56.2 | Colona with a K. |
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