408: John & Ginger Tollefson: Love, Grit, and Getting After It

C Tolle Run

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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C Tolle Run is back and what better way to kick things off than with the people who know Carrie Tollefson best: her parents, John and Ginger Tollefson. In this heartwarming and candid episode, they share how they met, what it was like raising three very different daughters, and the unique journey of parenting a young athlete all the way through the Olympic Games. As Carrie progressed from record setting Minnesota State Champion, to collegiate athlete, professional runner, and olympian; John and Ginger experienced it all right alongside her. Come get an inside look at the life and love that shaped Carrie through the voices of her biggest supporters.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, I'm Olympian Carrie Tullifson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast. We are so excited to have you here with us as we kick off a brand new season. Our show has been on a bit of a pause, a little longer one that I wanted, but we're back. And I am so excited
0:22.3	to tell you that we're going to bring the YouTube channel back. It's been a long time since 2016,
0:26.9	actually. So if you're new here, welcome. If you're old and you've been listening to us for years,
0:33.0	thank you for coming back. And another exciting little bit of information, Rundot is now supporting the show.
0:39.9	And I can't wait to teach you more about Rondot and just so very thankful that they gave me the
0:44.4	nudge to get it going. This episode is a special one. I have been wanting to do it for years.
0:50.6	I've been wanting to interview my parents, John and Ginger Tullifson. My dad, John Tullifson, is a retired
0:57.0	college football player and a retired attorney. And my mom is a retired musician. No, I don't know if
1:02.9	she's retired. She still tickles the ivories here and there, but she's also a retired
1:08.1	hairstylist. And they have just been such an important role in my life.
1:12.4	And I wanted to have them on the show, give you a little bit of an insight on how I grew up,
1:18.6	talk a lot about grit, love, and getting after it. So let's get after it.
1:27.1	Well, hey, mom and dad.
1:28.9	I'm so excited to have you on See Tully Run.
1:31.0	I know that we've done a video in the past, but I haven't ever done a podcast with you, people.
1:36.3	So thanks for coming on the show.
1:39.0	What's the difference?
1:41.8	Well, you know, there's no difference. Oh my gosh. Now you are really, really showing your age, dad. You've got to know the difference. But I do just want to say that we're kicking this new series off with See Talley Run and it's been going for a long time. But as a parent now of three kids and you guys come to everything, I was like,
2:02.7	I need to just dig back in. I need to figure out how you all made it work, how you all stayed sane
2:08.3	while you had three girls and, you know, we're running all over the place. So I was excited to
2:13.8	kind of kick off this new series with you too. But before we even start, Dad, you got your Lycra on.
2:19.7	You have your spandex on.
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