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Pat almost needs no introduction; he is that well renowned in the local community, country and world for his contributions to the sport. Nevertheless, I’ll go ahead and list off some stats that demonstrate his amazing achievements in running. Today Pat stands as the fourth fastest Australian marathoner of all time with a time of 2:09:39 and the current record holder for the fastest ever half marathon on Australian soil at 61:11. After retiring Pat founded the Pat Carroll Running Group, commonly known as PCRG which was one of the first running groups in Brisbane. PCRG has had up to 150+ runners at sessions and is still thriving today with Pat coaching three sessions a week and hundreds of athletes online. Unfortunately in this interview the recording of the initial 5 minutes of introductions and greetings was lost. Pat and I simply spoke about his ...
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