Why You Don’t Have to be the Best or the Fastest to be Inspiring- Julie Benson

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🗓️ 10 February 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Three years ago on April 15th, two pressure cooker bombs were exploded by terrorists during the Boston Marathon.

Today I got the chance to have a really amazing, intimate and eye opening interview with one of the survivors. She has overcome that obstacle and so many more in her life, and she’s just a brave and wonderful person.

Julie Benson’s story is truly incredible. She’s a mother of two, an elementary school guidance counselor, and was stopped at mile 25.8, just 4 minutes from the finish line. This is a unique [...]

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0:00.0	As we were walking over the bridge we heard another explosion.
0:03.3	We thought it was a third bombing explosion
0:06.5	and it ends up that the police were detonating
0:09.7	another bomb safely.
0:11.5	But we didn't know that at that point.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Runners Connect Run to the Top podcast, where it's all about learning from the best
0:20.0	and most inspiring minds in this board.
0:22.8	So together, we can train a smarter, healthier
0:26.2	and faster running community.
0:28.4	Now, here's your host, Tina Muir.
0:32.1	Hello, this is Tina Muir. Hello, this is Tina Muir.
0:35.0	Thank you so much for being with me today for the latest episode of the Runners Connect Run
0:39.9	to the Top Podcast.
0:41.9	Last week we talked to coach Jamie Dodge who is one of the Runners Connect coaches and
0:46.8	she shared her story about overcoming Hashimoto's and how having a running coach changed hers and will change every runner's life
0:55.3	it's really worth listening to so if you didn't check it out yet make sure you go
0:59.4	back after this episode and check it out so So today we have a raw and especially inspiring episode as we talk with Julie Benson.
1:08.0	So many of you may not have heard of Julie but you probably will want to keep in touch with her after this episode.
1:14.4	I think we can all remember where we were when we heard about the Boston bombings.
1:19.0	It's something that really shook the running world to the core but in the end we kind of
1:24.3	prove that it made us stronger and that's just something that I love about our
1:27.8	community. Julie was at mile 25.8 when the bomb went off, having a slower day than she hoped, and we all know just how
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