Episode 413: Hollie Hughes – 50 Miles with Jonah in his Team Hoyt Chair

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