Welcome back to episode number 173 with guests Stefan Leroy and Cedric King from the Achilles International Freedom Team.
At (7:18) Docs recaps his inaugural bird scooter experience and debates Chris on the merits of modern smartphones.
Veterans Stefan and Cedric join Chris at (16:43) during MCM weekend ahead of running the 10k.
At (22:44) our guests discuss how they met and their experiences at Walter Reed.
We get to learn more about learning to walk and run again as adaptive athletes at (29:32).
Cedric and Stefan discuss running with CEO and president of Cigna, David Cordani, at (34:58)and the Achilles Freedom Team.
The crew talks about the Boston Marathon at (35:42) and what it's like to run a marathon as an amputee runner.
At (44:38) we highlight Stefan and Cedric's feature in the book co-authored by David Cordani and Dick Traum called The Courage to go Forward, the proceeds of which go to the Achilles Freedom Team.
Our guests tell us about their training at (47:06) and share more about the Achilles Team.
We call out MCM at (53:55) for creating, quite possibly, the worst race shirt ever this year.
At (59:38) the PTN hosts recap the New York marathon, which was full of former guests
At (1:05:30) Chirs explains why everyone needs to vote for Darrell General who is in the running for the 2018 Hometown Hero award.
Thanks for joining us for another episode of Pace the Nation, we will see you next week.
