Patti Catalano Dillon: Mind Over Matter, But the Matter Matters - R4R 292

The Running for Real Podcast

Tina Muir

Sports, Running, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Patti Castalano Dillon was the greatest female distance runner in the United States in the late 1970s - early 1980s. She won her first race, the 1976 Ocean State Marathon, only six months after she started running, earning a BQ. She set world records in the 5 mile, 20k, 30k, and half marathon; American records in the 10k and 15k; and was the first American woman to break 2:30 in the marathon. As one of the first female runners to sign a professional contract with a sponsor, she was a pioneer in women’s distance running. Her successes came at a cost, however, which she talks about frankly in this episode. She’s risen above the obstacles that she’s faced over the years, and her story can serve as an inspiration to us all.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Running for Real, a global community with a shared love and curiosity for running.
0:14.1	Together, we reconnect with the reasons why we love to run and discover ways it helps
0:21.6	us become better people, whether it's the quiet moments of a morning run while the
0:26.1	rest of the world still sleeps or befriending the strangers next to you at the start line of a race.
0:31.4	We are here to connect with others who see running as the common thread that we use our
0:35.7	lives together. Come join me, Tina Muir, as I talk with people from all walks of life,
0:41.1	united by a love of running.
0:47.4	Hello my friends, welcome to episode 292 of the Running for Real podcast. Thank you for joining me
0:54.0	today. I am excited that you are here. As you can probably hear in my voice, it's a little bit
0:59.2	husky. I am just coming over a cold that was pretty nasty and has led me with this pretty nasty
1:06.9	chesty cough. So I've put off recording for as much as I can, but you will hear over a few episodes,
1:14.8	especially running reunion episodes, as my cold was progressing that, yeah, it was a bit of a
1:21.3	rough time for my body, so I'm thankful for my body for healing right now. Okay, today I am
1:26.8	excited to welcome someone on the show who has actually only been on one podcast, which is
1:32.4	absolutely mind blowing. Considering she was inducted into the national distance running
1:38.7	Hall of Fame in 2006, she was a three, or is a three time second place finisher in the Boston
1:45.4	Marathon. The first American woman to break 230, she has been recognized by the International
1:51.2	Association of Athletics Federation as having set world best in multiple distances,
1:58.0	and she is widely considered one of the most dominating American female road runners of the
2:03.1	1970s, and also was called the Queen of US Women's Distance Runners. I don't know how she hasn't been
2:11.0	on more shows, but I'm very excited that we will be having Patty Ketalano Dylan on the show today.
2:17.1	She is a bubbly, fun, upbeat, a force to be reckoned with, and I am excited that we have her on
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