441: Eden Rainbow-Cooper - This Is My Chance

C Tolle Run

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Eden Rainbow-Cooper has built a career defined by resilience, speed, and ambition. Introduced to Wheelchair Racing in 2012, Eden quickly found her success progressing through distances before making a bold move to the marathon. The leap to the marathon distance paid off in a major way, earning her a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and launching a streak of standout performances on the global stage. Eden has established herself as one of the sport’s most dominant competitors. She is a 2x Boston Marathon winner and British Record Holder in the 5k and marathon cementing her place among the elite in Wheelchair Racing. In this episode, Eden joins Carrie to reflect on the journey that shaped her, from early challenges to international success. They dig into her current training and racing schedule, as well as the goals driving her forward, not just for herself, but for the future of the sport.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, I'm Olympian Kerry Telliston and welcome to the SeaTolly Run podcast.
0:11.0	This week, we have Eden Rainbow Cooper on the show.
0:15.0	I've had the chance to interview her many times, but short interviews.
0:18.0	And I've called tons of races.
0:20.0	But today we get to go in depth and we get to
0:23.1	hear more from Eden. Eden is our 2026 Boston Marathon champion. I have the jacket on in the wheelchair
0:29.5	division. She added that title to her 2024 title. So she's a two-time Boston Marathon winner. She's also a
0:36.4	24 Paralympian for Great Britain. She has been
0:39.4	on fire in 26. Before Boston, I saw her crush it at the NYC half, I knew she had something in
0:46.5	store for Boston. And she has been doing so well. In this episode, we dive right into that recent
0:53.2	success at the Boston Marathon.
0:55.3	We also hear about the heartbreak that she had the next week in London at the London
0:59.7	Marathon.
1:00.6	She had some mechanical issues, and even though that cost to her race, she said that
1:05.6	experience changed her life.
1:07.7	She is one heck of an athlete and super young but has such a bright future and I can't
1:12.7	wait for you to get to know her. So let's get after it.
1:18.7	Eden, I wore my jacket for you. Thank you. Two-time winner of the Boston Marathon. Oh my gosh.
1:27.2	Are you still flying high?
1:29.9	Yeah, definitely. It's, uh, I mean, I keep on thinking back to it. It feels like it was
1:34.6	ages ago, but then I keep on kind of, yeah, it's like two weeks ago. So, yeah, it's like
1:38.5	two weeks ago. So yeah, I know. We are filming this or taping this a little bit late,
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