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289: Tad Weiss and Maggie Swanson - 25 Meters to God

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C Tolle Run

Sports, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Running

4.7556 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Carrie chats with father/daughter duo Tad Weiss and Maggie Swanson! The inspiring team discusses their new book “25 Meters to God”, which details the journey and recovery after Maggie was hit by a bus and thrown 25 meters during a study abroad trip in Spain. They also discuss their upcoming Ironman in Wisconsin this fall and so much more!

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1:02.9

Hi I'm Olympian Carrie Telovson and welcome to the C-Tolley Run podcast. Today on the, I have father and daughter duo, Tad Weiss and Maggie Swanson.

1:15.3

The Weiss family is a family that Charlie and I have looked up to for years.

1:19.8

They not only have an inspiring family, but they have an inspiring story.

1:25.7

Get this, they're preparing for the Ironman, Wisconsin, together this

1:29.7

next fall for the first time. Maggie and Tad are this endurance father and daughter duo,

1:37.3

but their entire family has been through a lot in life. Tad and Maggie have been active

1:43.2

throughout their entire lives, individually and as a father in life. Tad and Maggie have been active throughout their entire lives, individually and

1:47.0

as a father and daughter. They even ran the Twin Cities Marathon together before Maggie went to

1:52.6

college. She competed at St. Olaf College here in Minnesota, but eventually went over to Spain

1:58.4

to study abroad. Ten days after she arrived there, Maggie was unfortunately hit by a bus and was thrown 25 meters.

2:06.6

She was severely injured.

2:08.7

We hear about the call that Tad and Maggie's mom Wendy got about the accident.

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