Miscellaneous
Much like the story of many of the guests on this podcast, Amy Claire Patterson did not grow up as a runner or endurance athlete. It wasn’t until just a couple of years ago that she completed her first race. Amy Claire now serves as Team World Vision Indy Area Director at World Vision USA, an organization that is near and dear to our hearts. My husband and I have both raised funds for World Vision through training for 2 separate Chicago Marathons, and we’ve sponsored 2 boys in Africa for 6 years. During this episode, Amy Claire shares about the mission of World Vision as well as how she’s gone from not being athletic to running marathons and even climbing Mount Kilimanjaro where she successfully summited this past summer just a few months after breaking her foot. Amy Claire and I have a lot of fun in this episode as she shares her journey. And after we stopped recording, we bonded over the fact that both of us are from tiny towns in Northwest Iowa, neither of us were athletic in our high school days, and we both have a heart for Team World Vision. Whether you have heard of World Vision, have completed a race with Team World Vision, or simply like hearing stories of endurance, this episode is a fun one.