#112 - Abdi Abdirahman - How to overcome adversity, lessons from a five-time Olympian
In episode 112, I spoke with elite runner Abdihakim “Abdi” Abdirahman.
With a Olympic trials marathon time of 2:10:03, Abdirahman earned his place on the US Olympic team for the fifth time. He was 43 then, which not only made him the elder statesman on the 2020 US Olympic marathon team, but the oldest American runner ever to qualify for an Olympic marathon. Aged 44, Abdirahman is also the oldest American runner to make an Olympic team.
In this conversation we spoke about:
You can follow him on Instagram @abdiruns
Photo by Kevin C. Cod
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