EP 58 | At 20K They Tried to End His Marathon... He'd Survived Worse.
40 min
Eight months of training. Six and a half hours of running. Three seconds to spare. After 14 years battling ulcerative colitis, repeated hospitalisations and debilitating illness, Jordan had finally found something that made him feel good in his own body again: running. But his first marathon was anything but straightforward. Cramping from kilometre three, aid stations closing around him and officials directing him off the road at 20km left Jordan fighting just to reach the finish line. He'd faced worse battles before. But this one would come down to the final seconds. In this episode, Jordan challenges assumptions about back-of-the-pack runners, shares how running helped rebuild his confidence and reveals why a finishing time never tells the whole story. In this episode: Fourteen years battling chronic illness and finding runningCramping from kilometre three and being directed off the courseEight months of training for his first marathonWhy slower runners may be working harder than we thinkInspiring people who don't see themselves as runners🌏 Episodes, community, and all things Runbelievable: http://runbelievable.au 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday; hit follow so you don't miss a lap! ☕ Enjoying Runbelievable? If the show has kept you company on a run, you can help keep the stories coming: https://buymeacoffee.com/runbelievable About Runbelievable Runbelievable is the podcast for every runner. From your first parkrun to your 100th marathon, from walk-run intervals to dabbling in trail running, every runner has a story worth telling. Through honest conversations with runners from all walks of life, Runbelievable explores the challenges, achievements, setbacks, and experiences that connect us through running and shape who we become.
