431: Julia Paternain - Putting Uruguay on the Map
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Born in Mexico to Uruguayan parents and raised in the UK, Julia Paternain’s journey to the international stage is anything but ordinary. With deep family roots in Uruguay, she chose to represent the country and made history doing so. Julia captured Uruguay’s first-ever medal in distance running, earning bronze at the World Championships in Tokyo, and set a national record in her marathon debut at the McKirdy Micro Marathon with an impressive 2:27:09. Now based in Flagstaff, she’s competing professionally and gearing up for the NYC Half and the London Marathon this spring. Carrie sits down with Julia to talk about her global upbringing (growing up with three passports and a green card), her breakthrough performance in Tokyo, life as an elite athlete, and what she’s like beyond the race course. Julia also shares her ambitious goals for the future and what it will take to reach them. Tune in for an inspiring conversation about identity, resilience, and chasing big dreams on the world stage.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Olympian Kerry Tullifson and welcome to the C-Taly Run podcast. |
| 0:10.9 | This week on C-Taly Run, I have Julia Patronine. |
| 0:14.2 | She won the bronze medal at the World Championships this past fall for Uruguay. |
| 0:19.2 | And get this, it was only her second marathon. She became the first person |
| 0:23.5 | from her country to win a world championship medal. She also holds the national record of |
| 0:27.7 | 2.27.09 from her debut marathon last spring in the state of New York. Julia is a professional |
| 0:33.9 | runner for Sokhani and McCurdy trained. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, and she's |
| 0:39.1 | getting ready for the NYC half and her third marathon, the London Marathon, in April. In this episode, |
| 0:45.1 | we hear all about that epic day in Tokyo. We hear how it changed her life, what her goals are now. |
| 0:51.8 | We talk about her up-and- coming races this spring and what she does |
| 0:56.5 | outside of running. So let's get after it. Like, can you even just like imagine what has gone on |
| 1:07.9 | in your last like, I don't know, year? |
| 1:13.2 | Yeah, it's been insane. |
| 1:16.7 | I feel like my whole life kind of changed a lot. |
| 1:18.6 | Also, it didn't. |
| 1:22.2 | It's a very strange kind of dynamic where I feel like a lot of things change, but at the same time, like, I'm still just me, just, you know, running. |
| 1:27.0 | So, yeah, it's been crazy, but all good things. |
| 1:32.4 | And I still, the whole thing still feels like a fever dream. |
| 1:36.5 | I see videos of me from Japan. |
| 1:38.2 | And I'm like, that still doesn't feel real. |
| 1:41.1 | But, yeah. |
| 1:42.6 | I mean, I love that, though. You know, there are very few times in life where we |
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