To this day, Pat remains in the top 10 fastest marathon runners Australia has ever produced. His 2:09 in Beppu (1995) is a testament to the single minded focus of an elite athlete on a mission.  Pat represented Australia a staggering 18 times throughout his career and competed in 3 Commonwealth Games during the 90's. He's a 4 time winner of the Gold Coast Marathon and held the Australian All-Comers record for the half marathon (61:11) for 31 years.  He was recently bestowed the honour of “Medal of the order of Australia” (OAM) for services to community health and athletics. Pat is a laid-back bloke to chat with yet fiercely passionate about his sport and fitness in general. His depth of knowledge is immense yet his coaching philosophy is to keeps things simple. We have a lot to learn from Pat Carroll. We also get to hear about a fantastic challenge set out by 'friends of the show' at Bloody Mission. The Vertical 5km Challenge is set to raise valuable funds for the Leukemia Foundation who are aiming to stamp out blood cancer. To get involved jump on Vertical 5km Challenge | Bloody Mission | Leukaemia Foundation Enjoy! Special thanks to our partners GU Energy, Fractel and Runnulla. Please subscribe or follow Running Matters to be notified when each episode is released. Feel free to use the online discount codes below: GU Energy Australia (15%): RUNNINGMATTERS Fractel Performance Running Caps (15%): runningmatters Runnulla (10%): Mention Running Matters in store.