Matt Long: Surviving When There is Have No Hope to Becoming a Marathon Runner
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2016
⏱️ 56 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Matt Long is the author of The Long Run. Some of you may already know his story: In short, he was hit by a bus, spent six weeks in a medically induced coma in the ICU, and was told that he would be lucky to walk with a cane.
Matt was extremely determined and never gave up when it came to getting back on his feet and back into his regular life. [...]
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | 40,000 pound bus made a right turn from the left lane and I was going up the right side of the road on my bike at 5.30 in the morning and for whatever reason I was I didn't bounce off the bus I was kind of sucked underneath |
| 0:18.7 | and me and the bicycle became one |
| 0:21.1 | welcome to the runners can end became one. inspiring minds in the sport. So together, we can train us smarter, healthier, |
| 0:35.8 | and faster running community. |
| 0:38.0 | Now, here's your host, Tina Muir. |
| 0:41.3 | Hello. Tina Muir. Hello, this is Tina Muir. |
| 0:46.4 | Thank you so much for joining me for the latest episode, The Runs of the Top Podcast brought to |
| 0:50.4 | you by Ranners Connect. |
| 0:52.3 | So last week we talked to Scott Welly who had |
| 0:54.4 | some great advice for us all about how to handle the mental side of running, |
| 0:58.1 | how to approach our training with the right attitude, and how to achieve things |
| 1:02.0 | we never thought possible. I absolutely love |
| 1:05.2 | that chat with Scott and I know you will too. So you've probably heard about my |
| 1:10.1 | guest today. His story blew up in the media probably about 10 years ago. He |
| 1:16.4 | shared his story of overcoming all odds to survive despite being run over by a bus |
| 1:27.4 | spending six weeks in intensive care with 40 operations and being told he will be lucky to walk without a cane. |
| 1:31.2 | And he went from there to running the New York marathon and completing an Iron Man. |
| 1:36.0 | This is truly a story of determination that we as endurance athletes are always proud of. |
| 1:42.0 | So today we're going to learn his story and he's |
| 1:44.7 | honest, open and very inspiring with the way he shares how he never gave up. You'll see |
| 1:49.8 | that he believed being a runner was a huge part of the reason. Not only did he survive, but that he was able to get through those surgeries and ultimately run again. |
| 1:59.0 | So that's enough from me. Let's meet Matt. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

