About this episode
Today on the podcast my guest is Hollie Hughes. She is the mother of four and she pushes her son Jonah, who has Cerebral Palsy, in a Team Hoyt chair. He is 12 now and she has been pushing him since he was a baby. Jonah and Holly run so many miles and races together. Jonah is her biggest cheerleader. She has run a sub-3 hour marathon while pushing Jonah. Most recently, Jonah and Hollie ran a 50 mile race and ran it in 7 hours and 53 minutes. We cover a wide range of topics in this episode. Trigger warning: at the beginning of the episode, we do discuss some pretty severe mental health struggles and the topic of suicide attempts does come up in this episode. What we talked about: 5:00- Breaking the Guiness Book of World Records for the half marathon while pushing a chair 6:45- Who Jonah is and what Hollie and Jonah do together 8:35- What the Hoyt chair means to Hollie and Jonah 12:55- Hollie’s diagnosis with Addison’s disease 20:45- Being present with all of her kids 26:10- Sending her daughter off to college 31:05- Walking through a divorce 39:40- Hollie’s career 40:40- Advocating for Jonah 46:15- Her strength training routine 55:30- Hollie’s training and the recent 50 miler 1:12:35- End of podcast questions Show notes: Do Hard Things Hollie on Instagram Hollie on Episode 181 The Strong MFer Playlist Subscribe to Relay on Patreon I’ll Have Another Training Plans Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Goodr Use code “another15” for 15% off your order