May 11, 2026 · 54 min · 24 segments
Carly Schrom grew up in a running family and carried the sport all the way through college, where she also quietly battled years of stomach issues that nobody could explain. What eventually got…
Hello, and welcome back to the My First Marathon podcast where we interview runners in all stages of their running careers about their first marathon experiences to prove to you that anyone can run a marathon.
My name is Taylor, and today's runner is someone whose relationship with running has been tested in ways that most of us will never experience.
Carly grew up in a running family, competed through high school and college, and came out the other side still genuinely loving the sport.
But her post-college journey threw a lot at her, including a Crohn's disease diagnosis, benign liver tumors, and a major surgery that removed 60% of her liver and left her on the couch for six weeks wondering when she'd be able to run again.
It was a Friday morning in December in Wisconsin, a dark parking lot, a headlamp, and her then boyfriend running loops around a pond with her.
She scheduled it exactly one year to the day after her liver surgery, so it was very special, and what she was carrying across the finish line went far deeper than 26.2 miles.
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Hello, and welcome back to the My First Marathon podcast where we interview runners in all stages of their running careers about their first marathon experiences to prove to you that anyone can run a marathon.
My name is Taylor, and today's runner is someone whose relationship with running has been tested in ways that most of us will never experience.
Carly grew up in a running family, competed through high school and college, and came out the other side still genuinely loving the sport.
But her post-college journey threw a lot at her, including a Crohn's disease diagnosis, benign liver tumors, and a major surgery that removed 60% of her liver and left her on the couch for six weeks wondering when she'd be able to run again.
It was a Friday morning in December in Wisconsin, a dark parking lot, a headlamp, and her then boyfriend running loops around a pond with her.
She scheduled it exactly one year to the day after her liver surgery, so it was very special, and what she was carrying across the finish line went far deeper than 26.2 miles.
