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If you want your review to be 31 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,200 read and you want to support the show, leave a safe review on 32 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,440 Apple Podcast or a five star rating on Spotify today. 33 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,760 My guest for today's episode is the greatest 1500m runner in 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,680 history. It is the one and only 5th Kippy 35 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,680 Aegon in Tokyo. She won her record setting 4th 36 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,040 World Championship 1500 meter title. 37 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,680 That's seven global golds in this event including her 3 38 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,560 Olympic titles. It is a reign that now stretches 39 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:55,640 over 4 years and 22 straight victories in Tokyo. 40 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,720 That 1500 meter final was also a master class performance. 41 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,000 She LED from the gun and never looked back. 42 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:08,120 She won in 352.15. That was a victory by nearly 3 43 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,320 seconds, the largest margin of any of her global titles. 44 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,240 It was Faith at her purest, precise, patient, and 45 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,800 untouchable. In this episode, we'll talk to 46 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,760 Faith about how she continues to perfect the impossible by 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,640 breaking world records three years in a row. 48 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,720 The lessons from Breaking 4 racing not for Dominus, but for 49 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,480 that legacy. She's won everything that there 50 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,680 is to win, yet somehow it still feels like she's getting better 51 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,960 and better. Faith to being on has redefined 52 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,560 what greatness on the track looks like. 53 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,680 So without further ado, here is the GOAT. 54 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,800 Faye, welcome to New York City. Thank you. 55 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,000 I visit you all the way out in Kenya. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,800 Now you get to come to to my hometown. 57 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,520 Imagine it's fun, right? Yeah. 58 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,120 What do you think of New York City? 59 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,320 It's a beautiful city. It was my first time last year 60 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,840 coming here and this is my second time. 61 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,640 So I feel home, I feel it's really amazing city. 62 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:17,440 Lots of bright lights. Oh yeah, with traffic, yeah, 63 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,920 it's crazy. And you know, people walk like 64 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:24,320 24 hours, 24/7. You just, you know, when you 65 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,280 wake up, you're still here. The whole, the, the car's going, 66 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,560 the people talks down there and I'm like, oh, people are not 67 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,840 sleeping. They're, you know, walking. 68 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,560 Yeah, it's October. It's felt like a. 69 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,040 Well, it's been. A long year, right, with racing 70 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,760 all the way since April up until now, Like what have you done to 71 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,400 keep yourself engaged and and active this whole entire time? 72 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,720 Because even after a World Championships, I feel like for a 73 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,520 lot of people it could be hard to continue training. 74 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:56,360 Yeah, I would say it's not easy, you know, to keep on training 75 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,320 until, you know, September and now we are October and we are 76 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,520 still, you know, training. I was still training for this 77 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,520 event in in New York for the at loss. 78 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,440 It's take a lot of, you know, courage. 79 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,880 It's take a lot of determination and hard work to just keep on 80 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,760 wake up early in the morning and just go for that run. 81 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:24,600 So for me, I will say it was not, it's not easy to just start 82 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,080 the season April and then end in October or November. 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,960 But I think I read Hugh Dambollicht this here. 84 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:38,480 And you know, preparing for breaking fall in in June has 85 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,360 really helped me a lot. Like, you know, I didn't have to 86 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,640 train very hard or just focus myself. 87 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,080 I knew I have few races and a world championship and then at 88 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,800 all. So I'm still, you know, strong 89 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,720 towards this coming Friday. So when you structure the season 90 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:01,320 with with coach Patrick Sang, you looked at it as OK, first 91 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,760 block was for breaking 4. Then after that, I mean, he's 92 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,000 still carried over the Prefontaine Classic week right 93 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,840 after. But then after that, was it a 94 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:13,240 little bit of just OK, we got to come down and then build for the 95 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,160 championship season because you were lucky you had your wild 96 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,240 card for the 1500 and the 5K for the World Championships. 97 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,040 So you didn't even have to, you know, exert too much energy at 98 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,360 the Kenyan trials. So for you, I mean, was this an 99 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,200 easier season to try to structure a little different? 100 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,440 Yeah, I would say it was a little bit different because, 101 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,720 you know, having training the start of the season and then 102 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:40,200 having a dream of breaking fall and then having a little bit of, 103 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,080 you know, cool down a little bit and start again for the world 104 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,000 champs. Because I had Wildcats in both 105 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,400 events, 15 and 5:00. So I had time to just, you know, 106 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:56,320 have some breath train and just, you know, be out of competition 107 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,680 a little bit to just focus myself knowing that I still have 108 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,520 long season until October 10th. So this will be my last race of 109 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:10,040 the season and I'm looking forward and I'm so excited for 110 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,040 it. We caught up at the Prefontaine 111 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,120 Classic and we spoke right after that when you reflected on on 112 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,440 breaking four. And then after that you went on 113 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,120 and you broke the 1500 meter world record again. 114 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,360 And so for, for there, what did that tell you about just sort of 115 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,240 your, your fitness, the training, the workouts that you 116 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,120 saw? OK, this we're, we're on track 117 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,800 and things are good for the, the World Championships. 118 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,040 If I could keep this. It was it was really fun, you 119 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:40,840 know, to, you know, train for something special like breaking 120 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:46,120 for So for me, I will say going to, you know, coming for prick 121 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,400 Fontaine after, you know, attempting something special, 122 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,760 really open my mind that the world record was possible. 123 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,160 So I was just like believing in myself and knowing that I did 124 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,720 all I could to, you know, do that breaking fall and I knew I 125 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,080 was in good shape. I knew I was halted. 126 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,360 So I was just like, you know, you're just you have to go for 127 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:15,760 it. So I just ran like, I even don't 128 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:22,240 know because I was like, I could still do maybe under 348 if I 129 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,960 was like really going for it. But I was really surprised to 130 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,640 just, you know, run 348 and that was really fun. 131 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,600 Then after that, you lined up the 3K world record attempt, and 132 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,880 that's a record, very controversial. 133 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,280 And then at the same time, you know, you saw Beatrice at the 134 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,800 beginning of the year, try and go for it. 135 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Then you go for it and it was close, so close. 136 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,440 I mean, why did you want that, that record so, so bad? 137 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:54,040 I was like I'm capable of and I'm I still believe that one of 138 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,920 us is capable. Maybe 8 obituaries or myself or 139 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,040 another athlete will one day break that world record. 140 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:02,800 It's possible. It's very hard. 141 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,760 It's not easy. I tried myself, I ran eight O 7 142 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,680 and I was feeling like exhausted. 143 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,840 I was, I was dead after the finish line. 144 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:17,520 And when I couldn't see the time, I was like maybe I ran 811 145 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:19,840 or 18. I was surprised at the end. 146 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,800 I was like 8 or 7. That was very close. 147 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,640 But and then I got like motivated like one day, one 148 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,120 time, I'm going to try again. Maybe, yeah, we never know. 149 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,120 Next year is another year and I hope one day, one time, I'm 150 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:38,159 going to go very close. What is it a 3K performance like 151 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:41,440 that eight O 7 tell you then for your preparations for World 152 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,400 Championships, for the 5K, if you look at the scoring tables 153 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:50,440 and all that stuff, like it was similar to what, you know, 1357, 154 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,520 what Beatrice ran. It's kind of like equal. 155 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,280 I think that's how World Athletics sees it. 156 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,800 But for you after that race, what did it tell you about the 157 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,840 5K? Because you chose not to race 158 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,760 one before world champs? Yeah, To be honest, it's really 159 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,000 motivated me. I lost, you know, doing the 160 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,960 three K before world Championship was was fun because 161 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,720 I was like this is my longest like distance of the year before 162 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:21,160 world champs. So I did like miles, like mile 163 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,480 and 1500 before world Championship and I was not like 164 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,120 confident. That's confident. 165 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:31,280 Like how will I do the 5000 in the world Championship without 166 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:37,160 any longer, longer event? So my team made a decision that 167 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,360 I tried to, you know, do a longer distance like 3000 or 168 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,280 5000. But 5000 was not possible and 169 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,000 3000 was the the, the possible 1. 170 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,160 And it was very close to world championship. 171 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,640 And I was like, yeah, it's really good to taste myself, to 172 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,080 taste the endurance and, and, and see how far I am. 173 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,080 And I was so happy to just, you know, missed that world record. 174 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,320 I was so disappointed. But I know I was. 175 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,800 I was in good shape. So as this is all happening, 176 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,280 then you know, Beatrice is running 5K's on the Diamond 177 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,560 League and she's closing those races so hard. 178 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:16,000 The final 200 is is is crazy. When I watch it, it's just she 179 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,360 looks so strong and she accelerates so fast. 180 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,720 What does that tell you then? You know, in practice of like, 181 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,760 you have to be ready to also close in in Tokyo because you're 182 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:29,800 going to meet her in the 5K. Yeah, I was, you know, I knew 183 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,000 she was very strong. Beatrice is my friend. 184 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,360 And, you know, running that 1358, I couldn't expect more 185 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,440 than, you know, beating her or this year. 186 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:45,840 Like, you know, I knew she was the strongest this year and for 187 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,520 me, for my confident, I lost. Like, you know, if you have 188 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:54,520 1358, you knew you had like nobody will piss me in the world 189 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,600 championship. You know, the confident is very 190 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,760 high. So for me I was like, let me 191 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:04,080 just pin myself, run my race and just join high in the distance 192 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,000 and just enjoy the world championship. 193 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:10,680 And you know, when it's come to different things whereby you 194 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:15,400 know, you taste pacemaker, you know, you, you, you, you get 195 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,360 help. But world championship with 196 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,680 solo, both, you know, medals and I was so grateful to come back 197 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,760 home with the silver medals in the 5000. 198 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,160 She has a lot of admiration for you. 199 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,200 You, you call her your friend. I see the Tik Toks that the two 200 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,640 of you post together. And so is that also like for 201 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:34,240 you? How do you find the balance of 202 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,360 like, yeah, I'm, I'm your friend. 203 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,920 But then at the same time on the track, it's like for 15 minutes 204 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,720 we got to be competitors. Yeah, absolutely. 205 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:47,160 You know, this is, this is all about like, you know, we need 206 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,360 each other outside that track. We need each other outside. 207 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,680 You know what we do because friendship matters a lot and for 208 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,120 us, when we are together, we are so close. 209 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,920 We walk around, we do TikTok together, we just have fun 210 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,600 outside that truck. But when it comes to 211 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:09,120 competition, the better the best athlete win and and that is what 212 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,480 we are happy of. Like we have strong women in 213 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,080 sports and that is what fans like to see. 214 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,400 You know, that patrol on the track and and see friendship 215 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,400 outside there and that's really, really motivated me. 216 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,880 And and like we give example to other other people or other 217 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:30,040 athletes to know that besides what we do, we all need, we also 218 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,120 need friendship in our lives. Did she ever ask you for advice? 219 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,000 Oh, yeah, we normally, we eat together. 220 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:41,400 I eat with her sometimes, I join her for travel sometimes. 221 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,960 And we just advise each other like, you know, we are women and 222 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,280 we need more women to just, you know, we need to motivate each 223 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,080 other. We we need to push ourselves, 224 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,440 you know, found that they have to be pushed And, and, and this 225 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,920 is the way to go. Like, you know, if we have three 226 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,560 or five women in this sports, strong, strong like us, we can, 227 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:05,120 you know, motivate many young girls around the world. 228 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,240 So then let's talk about Tokyo. When you get there in the 1500s, 229 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,000 then it's like you had a very strong Kenyan team this this 230 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,680 time around. And we almost had the the sweep. 231 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,640 But even going through the rounds, I think the moment that 232 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,840 stuck out to me was in the the semi final round when you turn 233 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,400 around and you see Dorcas right behind you, you were so happy. 234 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:31,160 Why? It was really, you know, it was 235 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,400 really fun to just have three, you know, Kenyans in the final 236 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,200 this year at the Tokyo World Championship because normally 237 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,360 I'm alone and normally I just like I'm the only Kenyan and I 238 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,400 have to to do anything I could to just bring the gold medal 239 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,240 back home. So but I was happy this year to 240 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,240 just have strong, you know, young athlete from Kenya joining 241 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,000 me in the finals. And for the same is I was with 242 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,720 Dorcas and she told me, Faith, I hope you will help me out to 243 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,240 just, you know, make it to the final. 244 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,560 And I told her, yeah, I will make it faster and just see 245 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,960 where you are and I will help you out to just make it to the 246 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,280 final. And it was really fun and happy 247 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,360 moment for me to see how qualify for the final. 248 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,160 She's still young. It was a fast world championship 249 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,600 in this in in her career. And you're not going back home 250 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,960 with a silver medal. That was really surprising. 251 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,000 Yeah, you're still going strong. You, you have the potential to 252 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,120 run, you know, 347 in the, in the 1500 or maybe even faster. 253 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,680 But down the road, I mean, like this group of, of, of the the 254 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,600 other generation of Kenyan 1500 runners. 255 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,120 Like do you see potential there that also like, hey, they could 256 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,840 get close to you know, in the in the right year and with some 257 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,160 time? Yeah, I would say that learning 258 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,520 a lot now that I'm still running with them, that learning a lot 259 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:58,880 for me and that like yeah, we are now getting, you know, 260 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:03,560 motivated to know that when you move to a longer distance, 1500 261 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:09,400 is stealing sevens for Kenya. So I hope they will do a missing 262 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:14,360 job and I will leave the button to them and move to to just 263 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,000 longer distance and I'm confident that they will do so. 264 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,720 They're very strong and coming up in a very good way. 265 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,640 Chicago, Chicago, Chicago. We are coming in hot. 266 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,760 Extra cheese and extra speed because we're taking over a 267 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:35,200 pizza shop for this one. This upcoming weekend we're 268 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,200 teaming up with Hoka at Happy Camper Chicago. 269 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,400 It's an Old Town for marathon weekend. 270 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,680 Come hang out at the Hoka Cheer Zone where we'll be hosting a 271 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,560 live alternate broadcast. Watch along of the men's and 272 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:51,480 women's elite races. It's the place where you'll be 273 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,680 able to get real time reactions, our own commentary, splits and 274 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,960 insights from Eric Jenkins, Karen Lesowitz, Paul Hoff 275 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,840 Mahoney and myself. Yes, we'll also have some 276 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,360 surprise giveaways for marathon finishers. 277 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,680 If you are in Chicago or you do not want to miss it, we'll be 278 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,320 unveiling what the commemorative item will be. 279 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:16,280 In the coming days, the. Stream will kick off Sunday at 280 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,760 7:15 AM Central Time. So TuneIn and don't miss a 281 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:25,200 chance to try the brand new Rocket X3 and the Up Tempo Mock 282 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:29,320 X3 if you're in Chicago and can attend the Hoka Hub at the 283 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,240 Marathon Expo all weekend long. 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I want to talk about the move to 338 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,680 longer distance, but before, before that the final, I think 339 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:42,240 that the 1500 meter final this year, your performance there was 340 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,960 the best executed performance for gold. 341 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,400 I mean just the way that if you look at the splits, you squeeze 342 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:50,280 the. Life out of your. 343 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,040 Competitors lap by lap, every 100 meters. 344 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,280 You were you were leading. Take me through the the sitting 345 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,440 down and devising the race plan before the race. 346 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,480 Like what were you thinking was going to be the plan? 347 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:08,120 Before the, the, the start of of 1500 or before the race day, I 348 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:12,640 was planning the race and removing the plans from, you 349 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,840 know, I was, I was everywhere. Can I go slow? 350 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:19,440 Can I go fast or can I run tactical race? 351 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:26,720 So I was thinking a lot and, you know, replaying my races from 352 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:32,400 Budapest, seeing what I did, but I was like this race I have to 353 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:38,360 just run like 355 pace to just win that gold medal because you 354 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:42,160 know, everybody was very strong. Everybody was going for that 355 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,960 gold medal. But I knew I was, you know, I 356 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,040 was just stronger then. That's why I told you if you 357 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,080 have the fastest time, the confidence is very high. 358 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:55,200 So for me, I was like I'm the fastest here this year. 359 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:00,320 I broke the world record 348. Nobody is, nobody is very close 360 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,800 to me. Maybe 351 or 352 is the closest 361 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,800 one. So I was like I will make it 362 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:13,200 hard and just go for that gold medal with time of below 355 and 363 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,480 I was surprised to run 352. Before that, you're watching the 364 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,840 other races you're seeing. Everyone's talking about it. 365 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,840 Why is everything so slow in Tokyo? 366 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,960 It's so tactical. There's a lot of surprises in 367 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,120 the men's races, like falls, all this stuff happening. 368 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:28,760 Did you start to think about that too? 369 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,200 Yeah, absolutely. Yes. 370 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,320 You know, after I saw like many people were falling in the heat, 371 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:40,400 the fastest times, people who had the fastest time, like 1500, 372 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:45,600 the guy from France fell down. I was like, Oh my goodness, he 373 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:51,000 was, he was medal contendant. Like, you know, he could have 374 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,640 won maybe in the middle. But then he on the heat, he fell 375 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,240 down and I was like, Oh my goodness, even if you have 376 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,840 fastest time, you can still fall. 377 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:04,920 So you have to be just yourself and run your race and be be 378 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,400 smart. So I was like, Oh my goodness, I 379 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,520 have to be smart from the heat to the finals and I was so glad 380 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,440 that everything went well. And The thing is when you devise 381 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,600 a plan in your head of her to run 355 at the same time, so 382 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,360 many people have raised, you know, their training, their 383 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,640 their fitness, and they believe that they're in 355 shape too. 384 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,800 Like that I think opens up the metals to 5-6 different people. 385 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,480 So the race starts and it goes 64 for the first lap, 386 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,600 everybody's still in it, 63 second lap, everybody's still in 387 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,480 it. And then you look, I mean, I 388 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,920 could tell from looking at the screens when you notice 389 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:47,040 everyone's still in it. Then the 62nd lap lap happens. 390 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:53,760 What happened there? My plan was just, you know, I 391 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,880 normally use the screen to see how many we are. 392 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,000 And for Tokyo it was very hard because, you know, when 393 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,880 everybody's in good shape, it's not easy to, you know, shake 394 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,200 people out. So I was like, I will just use 395 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,440 the screen and see how many we are. 396 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,840 But I was so happy that my body responds very well. 397 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,760 And I was like, let me just make it faster and faster and see 398 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,640 what will happen. So I didn't know like I went 60 399 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,080 to that lap. I just came and replay 400 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,440 everything and I was like, oh, so that is where I killed 401 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,280 everybody because 60 to that lap is not easy for, you know, most 402 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:35,920 of you know, athletes and that is where you need to be very 403 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,000 strong and and and keep on going knowing that they still 300 404 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,320 meters to go. So I was like surprised to, you 405 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,480 know, run 60 and then, you know, the last 300. 406 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:51,920 But I was, I was feeling good. I was in good shape and healthy, 407 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,680 so I was like, I'm capable of doing something special. 408 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,760 Jess was right behind you, I think with 200 meters to go. 409 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,520 But like you said in the final three hundreds when that 410 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,080 acceleration happened, 44 seconds final 300 and then you 411 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,080 win by just over 2 seconds. And so for you, I guess like 412 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:12,000 what what happens there when you turn on just sort of like, OK, 413 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,520 let's finish this like with 300 meters to go, how do you bring 414 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:22,120 out that acceleration? I just tried to, you know, you 415 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:25,560 know, when you are still old there, you can just hear the 416 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,120 briefing of other athletes. And I was like, you know, I 417 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:32,960 still have to go hard and hard to know, but I didn't know. 418 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:38,040 I I just left them. So like with two meters or 419 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,360 something like that. I was just like maybe it will be 420 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,280 a little bit because you know, everybody was very strong. 421 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:49,840 But for me, I normally forecast the last 300 and the last 200 to 422 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:54,880 to be a little bit faster because you know, when you run 423 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:58,960 like 60, sometimes you are killing yourself and you still 424 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,760 have 300 meters to go. But for me, I try to be just 425 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:07,960 balance my speed and balance the mind and knowing that I still 426 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,960 have 300 meters to go. So I just have to, you know, 427 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:13,520 keep going and keep the speed high. 428 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,120 So then after you cross the finish line, you celebrate, you 429 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,160 raise, you know the number 4 again because it was another 430 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,560 world championship title for you turn around. 431 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,520 You start celebrating immediately with Dorcas, but you 432 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:26,440 thought she got. Bronze. 433 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:28,560 Yeah, I, I thought she got bronze. 434 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:34,160 I was even I when I was asked by the Media Zone, I was like, 435 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:40,280 yeah, Dorcas won bronze medal and not knowing that she had the 436 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,400 gold, the silver medal on her neck. 437 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:47,560 And when I met her, I was like, why you bronze medalist? 438 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,240 And she told me no, see what I got? 439 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,320 And I was like, Oh my goodness, you have silver medal. 440 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,120 I was, I was surprised by that. I was so happy for her because, 441 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:02,480 you know, I didn't know she she finished with chess, like very 442 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,640 like just kneeling to the finish line. 443 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:10,240 I was I was so surprised to to see her with the silver medal. 444 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,120 Nellie was right there, so close to to a medal. 445 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,880 Did you say anything to her? You know, because you know, 446 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,720 she's right there, so close. And I'm I'm sure it would have 447 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,680 meant a lot to make complete the Kenyan sweep. 448 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,320 Absolutely. You know, our prayer was just, 449 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,360 you know, to to go home with, you know, clean sweep this time 450 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:30,760 around because I knew the girls was very strong. 451 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,440 The girls trained very well and we were in position of like 452 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,280 winning the three medals. But I knew chess was very 453 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,200 strong. And also Nikki, she's she's very 454 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,600 strong. And I was like, yeah, so if we 455 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,320 will do top three, it will be history for us. 456 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:52,960 So I was telling them, let's go for this, knowing that we are 457 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,000 going to do our best. And we were so happy to go back 458 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,800 home with two medals. And for Nelly, she was very 459 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,600 close. But I know one day, one time, 460 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:02,840 she will do it. She was. 461 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,120 She's still young and she's growing in a nice way. 462 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,880 Then how do you change your mindset? 463 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,360 Then from there, celebration. You get the podium, the medal 464 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,040 ceremony, everything, but you still have one more big race and 465 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,040 it's the race where you're like, it had everybody, it had 466 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:22,480 Beatrice, it had Nadia Badokledi, it had Gudaf and so 467 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,160 that. One like on paper looked. 468 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,480 Felt felt harder, right? Yeah, that was the hardest one. 469 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:35,920 But my first goal was just to defend my title in my in my 470 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,800 distance, which is 1500 meters. So I was happy for us to have my 471 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,200 gold medal in the pocket before I'm going for 5000, knowing that 472 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:51,480 there were many strong athletes and you know, has also fastest 473 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:56,600 times. Beatrice 1358 and and also Agnes 474 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:06,920 14 O1 could have 1402-O3 and then also the Italian Nadia. 475 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:11,440 I was like, Oh my goodness, I'm going there without season pass 476 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,800 this year. I have season pass of 14581458 477 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,480 something. I was like, Oh my goodness, how 478 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,640 am I going to do this? But I knew if the race was going 479 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:27,600 slow, I was I was going to do top three of course and I was 480 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,480 very lucky. The race was very slow and, you 481 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,640 know, I was like, let me be the first one to just position 482 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,600 myself to any medal and I was so happy to just, you know, finish 483 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:39,960 the race in a very good way, yeah. 484 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,480 Nobody wanted to take it. It became a 400 meter. 485 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,520 Race, yeah, it was 400 meters. Race, we ran 57 or something. 486 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,040 But I enjoyed everything. I was so grateful. 487 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,840 And yeah, that was, yeah, that was nice. 488 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,840 You completed the Tokyo to Tokyo sweep of the gold medals in the 489 00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,960 1500. Did you think that that was 490 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,840 going to be possible or is that something that you ever thought 491 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,840 about, I guess like when it when it began in in Tokyo in 2021? 492 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,320 My biggest, yeah, I was really capable, to be honest, like I 493 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:19,160 was capable and praying that to go back to Tokyo and just come 494 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,400 back home again with the with the gold medal. 495 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,960 I knew it was not easy, you know, to defend title for four 496 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:31,040 for four times. It's always not easy, but I 497 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:36,160 don't know how I do this. But every year is special with 498 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:42,120 special memories for me because going to a championship or going 499 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,360 to Olympics and going back home with a medal, it's just great 500 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:49,920 achievement and it's incredible. I think with, with the Olympic 501 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,440 medals then, then that's seven. And I think Usain Bolt, Shelley 502 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,800 and Fraser Price, Sergey Bupka, like there's a, there's a lot of 503 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,360 people you joined who have done it 7 times. 504 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,080 No one's ever done 8. And so you have an opportunity 505 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,480 to make history in Beijing in two years. 506 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,800 Like does has that, have you started to think about that? 507 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,680 Because at the same time, like you said before, you also want 508 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,800 to start exploring longer distances too. 509 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:23,200 Yeah, I feel I'm, I'm so blessed because, you know, winning world 510 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,280 championship and still dreaming of, you know, still do some 511 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,960 championship or Olympics. It's something special. 512 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:35,680 But for me, I don't know what's on the table next year, but I 513 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:40,640 just want to finish the season here in New York in a beautiful 514 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,880 way and just see next year what will come up. 515 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:49,720 So I don't know what will come up in 2027, but hopefully we 516 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:54,120 will see going forward. But 2027 is still far, we still 517 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:59,920 have next year with the Ultimate Championship but and then after 518 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:01,360 that we will see what will happen. 519 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,480 The early plan for Ultimate Championships, you have your 520 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,000 spot in the 1500, Yeah. And then your world ranking is 521 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,320 high enough in the in the 5K potential double again. 522 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:17,120 I don't know what is the program so far, but hopefully I have, 523 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:21,200 you know, I have the wild card already, the invitation I'm in 524 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,680 already in the 1500s. So we will see what will what 525 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,560 will come up next. When you said before that you 526 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,680 know your plan here in New York for Athos is to run, you know, a 527 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,120 beautiful race. I've heard that before because 528 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,560 Elliot says that all the time. You know, the two of you share 529 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,760 that in common and you share so much time together. 530 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,480 How do you define a beautiful race? 531 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,920 You know, it's all about enjoying the race. 532 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,520 This is the last race of the season and you know, it's so 533 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,400 nice to just finish the reason the season in a beautiful way 534 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:59,120 whereby you just finish winning and and go back home and have 535 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,680 the rest and enjoy the holiday with the family. 536 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,000 And that is what I'm looking for. 537 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,640 I just, you know, a beautiful race. 538 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,280 It's just to enjoy and and and run a beautiful race where 539 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:14,040 there's no drama, where there's just it's you and and and the 540 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,600 fans and and the other athletes. So it's really fun. 541 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,840 What was it like this time coming back home to Kenya and 542 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,160 bringing home two more medals to your daughter? 543 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,080 And I saw the photo that you posted on on Instagram. 544 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,320 It's just she's got so many medals to play with and at home. 545 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,120 Yeah, she, she was so happy to, to, you know, to receive the two 546 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:38,360 medals though she was waiting for the 2 gold medals that I 547 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,800 told her next time it's ATV sports. 548 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,840 And you know, every year comes with different colors of medals. 549 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:50,440 And she was very happy. I and also going back home 550 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,760 welcomed by the state was really fun. 551 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,640 So it was. It was really fun. 552 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,040 Yeah, like here's a, here's a silver. 553 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,360 We haven't seen one of these in a while. 554 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,160 You should see one what 1 looks like. 555 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,720 And also she she saw the bronze medal already. 556 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:06,000 I won bronze medal in Riga with the road running in 2023. 557 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,440 So now she knows all the colors, you know, she knows the gold and 558 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,280 silver and the bronze. So yeah, she understands sports 559 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,040 now. She's she's seven years, so 560 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,200 she's learning more and more as she grows. 561 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,440 So yeah. With two parents as runners, 562 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,520 like no pressure to start running or anything like that. 563 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:27,000 But does have you noticed she's interested or curious a little 564 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000 bit? A little bit. 565 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:34,200 She's she's very, she's a top fan of, you know, athletics. 566 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,280 She knows Elude. She knows victories. 567 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,280 She knows many elite athletes now back at home and she have 568 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,480 that motivation like one day, one time, I just want to, you 569 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,520 know, be the world champion in the future. 570 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:51,680 But she's still young. And so she's finding to to see 571 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,760 what she will do. But she have that passion of 572 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,200 running. One thing you brought up was 573 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,560 just returning home the celebration from you know, 574 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,920 athletics, Kenya and the Kenyan stages for for all of the 575 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,880 medalists that took place before when they had the send off, you 576 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,199 know, they were talking about Kenya hosting, you know, 577 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,520 potentially 20292031 World Championships. 578 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,159 Do you want to see that happen? Absolutely, yes. 579 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,560 It could be really great to, you know, if we will get that bit 580 00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,639 of, you know, hosting the 2029 World Championship. 581 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:27,440 Yeah. And it should be really fun to, 582 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,520 you know, have all those continent coming home. 583 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,840 It would be really fun. It adds a word pressure. 584 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,320 You're like, I guess I had to stay in the 1500 until 2029. 585 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,520 Yeah, that's that's another pressure because you know it 586 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:45,080 will be home if we get a bit or if we get to host the 2029 World 587 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,760 Championship. It would force me to go back to 588 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,120 to the track. Just enjoy the atmosphere and 589 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:55,239 the fans are back at home, but we hope that we will get the 590 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:59,600 beat this time bro. When you see, you know, Stephane 591 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,440 having her success on in the marathon and what Helen O'berry 592 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,320 has done in the marathon, Elliot's coming here to New York 593 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,040 in just a couple weeks to to run. 594 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,840 Like there's so much excitement around the marathon. 595 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,280 And I'm sure you get asked all the time. 596 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,160 It's like, what's your marathon personal best? 597 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,480 You're like, I haven't even run 1/2. 598 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,760 So what you know, is it starting to get louder in your head or 599 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,280 just like when, when should I start to test the the roads a 600 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,600 little bit more? I've I feel, to be honest, I 601 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:32,440 feel so motivated to see the athletes have competed with them 602 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,960 running in marathon and they're running very good Look at Stefan 603 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,760 Obiri, she she was running 1500 also Stefan running 1500. 604 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:49,720 So I, I normally really, they normally really motivate me a 605 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:53,800 lot. Like I have that input. 606 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,000 Like one day, one time, I will also run a marathon in a 607 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,280 beautiful way like them. Because when I see them crossing 608 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:06,120 that finish like in marathon, I just get like, I wish I could be 609 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,280 there one day, one time. But my time will come. 610 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,760 I will join them in the marathon and see what the road will 611 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,840 offer, like the track. When I went to Kenya and I saw 612 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,240 the long run that you did, I think you went 35 K that day and 613 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:24,640 it was on the Boston course. And I was like so impressed. 614 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,320 I was like, OK, I mean, I just got a little sneak peek of what 615 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,080 is going to happen when you hit the marathon. 616 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,520 And I think it's going to be very special. 617 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,080 But. Faith, I think we are so blessed 618 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,880 and honored to have your greatness on the track right 619 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,680 now. And this was another amazing 620 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,920 season for you. 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