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

Kaity Wachtel and I met when she became a customer of Athlete Bouquets and gifted bouquets to her amazing friends. This was the first time we really got to sit down and have a conversation and we talked about:

• Almost a decade of OrangeTheory Fitness - 8,500+ classes
• The fact that she didn’t play a sport in school but was in show choir (we both choose Dixie Chicks for karaoke)
• How her fitness journey started in college with a boot camp that completely changed her life
• Comparison is the thief of joy and how social media can be a dangerous comparison game (Katie’s book recommendation: Worthy by Jamie Kern)
• How she chooses to surround herself with people who make her better
• How meaningful and how simple it is to use people’s names
• Her first race and other races she's done - Indy Mini, Carmel, Monumental, Yosemite, Nashville, Philly, Moab Ultra
• How we train with the same running coach, Rachel Sinders, and that the best coaches have their own coaches
• Becoming 2021 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year!!
• Her dogs AJ & Roo and their back to school photos
• Living with Hashimoto’s disease and going gluten free to improve her health
• Her fear of distracted drivers and a confession I make about my distracted driving
• Running twelve half marathons in twelve months - why she set this goal and which races she did to complete the year
• Her bike accident during a triathlon season she attempted

Chris Galloway and I met through his wife, Julie. Chris has an incredible story about becoming the person he needed to be to strengthen himself as a runner (and as a human). During this episode sponsored by ⁠Athlete Bouquets⁠, we talk about:

• Being a part of the Fishers, Indiana running community
• His upbringing in Bedford, Indiana, and how he ended up going to Purdue University
• The businesses he’s built - a chiropractic practice and Prime Car Wash
• Using running in college to change how his body looked
• How he grew up with his wife, Julie, and they’ve been together off and on since high school
• His dad’s running accolades and how he began chasing them in 2007 - 4:58 mile, sub-17 minute 5K, 1:18 half marathon and a 2:46 marathon
• Getting sober after drinking since he was 15 years old and battling issues with food
• Faith and his relationship with Christ - how he chose Christ after reading a book he discovered while in jail
• The 10-12 marathons he’s done in the past few years
• Covering his watch during marathons
• Using Strava to “Educate, Empower and Entertain”
• Life Coaching with Vince Auten (EP 56)
• Finally getting his dad's marathon PR
• Heading to Hood to Coast with Mark Guyer (EP 59)

TJ Dailey is the Founder of the Meshingomesia (Mesh-In-Go-Mish-Uh) Track Club. During this episode, we covered as much of TJ's story as we could in 90 minutes. There's so much that he and the members of MTC have accomplished - and they aren't slowing down.

Some topics we cover in this episode sponsored by ⁠Athlete Bouquets⁠ are:

• TJ's love of running shoes - how he hasn’t worn the same pair of shoes back to back for ten years
• The correct pronunciation of Meshingomesia Track Club
• All about MTC - how it came to be, events they host - The FULL MO the weekend after Memorial Day Weekend and Prairie on Fire the weekend after Labor Day Weekend
• How TJ got into the sport of running when he was young
• His first marathon in Seattle in 2007 and how he ended up working towards enjoying everything running has to offer
• Problems with food and eating like an addict
• How TJ (unexpectedly) loves the treadmill
• Running with his brothers, Todd and Trent
• The journey from marathon to ultramarathon
• MTC Member, Cameron Balser’s, run around the perimeter of the United States - how he met Cameron and how this crazy run came to fruition
• ULTRA: A Team Sport documentary - premiere is 8/23 get tickets here
• How running fits into his life with a career, wife and three kids
• His 10-year-old daughter, Kaelynn’s, 700+ day running streak
• Cheering for Indy native, and now 1500 meter Olympic World Champion, Cole Hocker
• Running a Ragnar relay - TJ’s experience and advice
• His mom and her battle with MSA (Multiple system atrophy)
• Running every street in Carmel and Westfield

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Nathan Lam and I met through Instagram when he found Athlete Bouquets and asked me to help him celebrate his first marathon with a custom sticker. During this episode sponsored by ⁠Athlete Bouquets⁠, we talk about:

• Where Nathan is from and his heritage 🇺🇸🇲🇴🇮🇩🇵🇹

• How he got the nickname, Cheezy

• Moving back to the United States when he was 14

• How he ended up back in Macau 🇲🇴

• The story of his testicular cancer diagnosis while he was overseas

• Why he didn’t celebrate any milestones leading up to the five year mark of being cancer free

• How he grew up hating running and thinking it was torture

• How cancer led him to finding the sport of running

• That Tulsa, OK has one of the top 10 parks in the United States, Gathering Place

• Finding his running community

• Running his first marathon in Vancouver, Canada with his friend

• How first time was a charm for him getting into the Chicago Marathon via lottery

• How he started his running Instagram, @cheezy_run to help inspire others

• His 2023 Chicago Marathon experience

• The local Tulsa races he’s done - the Tulsa Run 15K and the Route 66 Half Marathon

• The Fleet Feet Run Club he helps lead

• What he thinks about his running future and how speed is not a short term goal

• Brands he’s an ambassador for and why

Anna Rohrer and I were introduced by Nate Spangle, Episode 47. You read the title right, she WON the Indy Mini in May of this year at 23 weeks pregnant with her first child. Anna ran for Notre Dame and is an 8 time All American. 🤯 Can't wait to see what the future holds for her.

During this episode sponsored by ⁠Athlete Bouquets⁠ we talk about:

• Baby status and running status - 33 weeks at the time this podcast was recorded

• How she ended up running at the University of Notre Dame

• That her middle school gym teacher is the reason she got into running

• Dealing with injuries during her high school career

• Becoming an 8 time All American at Notre Dame, but not without its ups and downs

• Moving to Boston and running with the BAA with qualifying for the Olympics as the main goal, but then dealt with a return injury

• Her back injury and moving past it through rest and coming back to racing on her own terms

• Choosing to run her first marathon in Green Bay Wisconsin

• Her approach to keeping herself healthy and injury free

• Why she didn’t compete in the 2024 Olympic Trials (and it wasn’t just because she’s pregnant)

• Dreamfuel, the company she Co-Founded

• Mindset examples - visualization, reframing

• Her coaching business for runners, Next Level Racing

• Traveling with her husband, Nick. Experiencing a country’s culture by going to one big city and then a smaller city

• The fun fact that she’s a 4-H Fair cake decorator 🎂