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227: Marla Runyan - It's the Athlete First

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C Tolle Run

Running, Health & Fitness, Sports, Fitness

4.7556 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Carrie chats with Olympian and Paralympian Marla Runyan! They chat about their time racing against each other, growing up with Stargardt's Disease (a disease that causes vision loss), being the only visually impaired athlete in the world to compete at both the Olympics and Paralympics, being an advocate for equity in sport, and so much more!

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1:08.4

Hi, I'm Olympian, Carrie Tellowson, and welcome to the C-Tali Run podcast.

1:12.8

Today I catch up with two-time Olympian and two-time Paralympian, Marla Runyon.

1:17.9

Marla has an incredible story of resilience and perseverance.

1:21.6

She tells us all about growing up with Stargarts disease, a disease that causes vision loss,

1:26.9

being the only legally blind athlete in the

1:28.9

world to compete at both the Olympics and the Paralympics, how her husband Matt and others help

1:33.8

coach her to set an American record and win multiple U.S. titles, how she competed at everything

1:39.0

from the heptathlon up to the marathon, and how she's being an advocate for equity in sport to tell the stories of

1:46.0

the athletes that inspire us, but also of those that we aspire to be like. We dig into a lot on

1:52.7

this one. So let's get after it. All right, Marla, I am so excited. I can't remember the last time I saw you. It had to be at least two, three years ago at one of the races. But I just love your story. And I've been wanting to have you on. So thank you for coming on C-Tali Rod. Well, thank you, Carrie, for having me. It's awesome to be here. I know, you know, you and I race each other a lot. And it's funny

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