Carrie Bradshaw, as you'll see by her Instagram, is a bionic runner. At only 43, she's had a double hip replacement and she's maybe the only person in the entire world training to run the world's most prestigious marathon, the Boston Marathon, on those two hips.

During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:

• Carrie's video that garnered 25 million views (and is how I found her)
• How she feels about her amazing name
• How she started working with Meb Keflezighi as her running coach
• How we were both at Chicago Rock N Roll in 2015
• Getting into running in the first place
• How she started a business in Australia “Sweat in the City”
• Eloping in Bora Bora
• Running her first marathon in Nike Shocks
• The full story of her double hip replacement
• Getting back into running after her surgeries
• Her family's love of Halloween

Go follow Carrie on Instagram to see some of the photos we talk about during this episode.

Random bun maker I use 🤣

Christi Dee was one of my very first guests on the podcast. Since I've been battling the flu all week I figured it was time to pull from the archives. In April 2023, Christi got her Abbott World Majors Sixth Star at the Boston Marathon.

In this episode sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, hear about her race experience and how she:

• Met Joan Benoit not once but TWICE last weekend
• Has worn her Boston jacket nearly every day since Monday
• Once missed a BQ by only 46 seconds
• Begged her mom to let her skip school on "mile day"
• Caught the running bug after succumbing to peer pressure
• Doesn't ever run with music
• Has set an even BIGGER goal she hopes to achieve by age 50

Since her episode originally aired, she also launched a run coaching business, The Blonde Runs Coaching.

Jim Patton and I didn't meet through the running community. You'll have to listen to hear the story. I like to think of Indy as a "small, big town".

During this conversation sponsored by ⁠Athlete Bouquets⁠, we talk about:

• How Jim and I know each other
• His sub-4 hour marathon in Mesa 2024
• Working on his nutrition, strength and following a running plan helped him find “edge”
• How he got into running 15 years ago
• The story of him being the first person to register for the Carmel Half Marathon (ever!) and one of the first members of the Carmel Runners Club
• Why he joins Indy Runners and Carmel Runners Club every year
• 2011 Marine Corps Marathon was his first marathon
• Getting sober 15.5 years ago and how that ties into his running journey
• Finding ways to give back - Back on My Feet (how he met Timmy Howard), Drumstick Dash, American Cancer Society (his wife, Jennifer, is a survivor), and Big Brothers Big Sisters
• The unfortunate injury he’s dealing with right now heading into the NYC Marathon in November
• How we used to suck at training for races
• Our virtual race experiences - “The Jim-athon”
• A health scare he had at the Indy Mini in 2015
• The Ragnar events he’s done - 7 of them! And his team won their age group one year after another team admitted to cheating

Donate to Jim's NYC Fundraiser