TJ Holmes reveals how his long-awaited moment with Amy Robach ended in disaster

Running is more than a shared hobby for Amy Robach and TJ Holmes, it’s basically a lifestyle for the couple. They were brought together by their shared love of the sport, and now participate in competitive marathons quite often.

Amy, 51, and TJ, 47, left for Chicago this weekend to participate in the Chicago Marathonhaving trained for months for the race. This year’s race started bright and early on the morning of Sunday 13 October and finished early today with Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich breaking the world record by nearly two minutes.

However, while the career started in earnest for the TV couple, it ended in an unfortunate way for TJwho documented his career from start to finish on his Instagram stories.

He began by sharing a photo of the massive crowd that had gathered not just to participatebut also check out the marathon, which is 26.2 miles long and takes runners through some of the most picturesque neighborhoods and attractions the Windy City has to offer.

TJ started the race by cutely leaning on his girlfriend and then taking off, snapping photos along the way of the many encouraging signs people held up, some of which read “Smile! You paid to do it!” and “May the course be with you!”

As he was captured passing the 15 mile mark, He then stopped posting for a couple of hours, before returning with a photo of himself strapped to a stretcher in an ambulance.

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It’s unclear exactly what happened, which could range from a foot injury to exhaustion. “This happened,” she simply captioned the photo with a crying face emoji.

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However, TJ previously documented on social media that he was facing a handicap to begin with, having injured his Achilles tendon earlier this week while training for the marathon.

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“Still trying to get this Achilles in time for the Chicago Marathon on SUNDAY!” he wrote alongside a photo of himself trying to ease the pain by putting his foot in an ice bath.

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TJ and Amy have been training and running marathons for quite some time, many of them together, and it was actually their many running exploits that brought them together as their respective marriages ended.

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After their relationship went public in November 2022 and their eventual termination from ABC and Good morning America the following month, they went radio silent before returning to social media months later with a photo of them training for an upcoming NYC marathon.

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Earlier this year, TJ asked Amy about her goals for the year on his podcast Amy and TJand mentioned that running another marathon was definitely one of them. “I mean there’s definitely a marathon in mine,” he replied.

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“Probably New York. We were talking, yesterday we were shooting for Chicago as a possibility and one of these days, I do want to do London, but I’ve missed the boat this year because it’s in April. That’s in my vision board.”