T.J. Holmes Injures Achilles During Chicago Marathon, Doesn't Finish Race with Amy Robach: 'So This Happened'

Mar. 15, 2025

Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes; T.J. Holmes getting medical attention.Photo:Amy Robach/Instagram; TJ Holmes/Instagram

Amy Robach/Instagram; TJ Holmes/Instagram

T.J. HolmesandAmy Robach’s 2024 Chicago Marathon didn’t run so smoothly.

According to anInstagrampost that Holmes, 47, shared on Sunday, Oct. 13, he injured his Achilles tendon, which caused him to drop out of the remainder of the 26.2-mile race. “So this happened. Full story to come …. 😢,” he captioned the post which featured a photo of himself strapped to a gurney in the back of an ambulance.

Another slide featured a video of Holmes looking concerned while riding in the emergency vehicle.

Robach, 51, appeared to leave the marathon early as well, per her own Instagram Stories posts. “Mile 21 and the Achilles gave out,” she wrote over a picture of Holmes' legs strapped in.

The injury appeared to happen between the 15th and 21st mile on their route.

A rep for Holmes and Robach did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

T.J. Holmes in an ambulance.TJ Holmes/Instagram

TJ Holmes/Instagram

Holmes and Robach are avid runners and bond over their love of racing. In March, they ran theNew York City Half Marathon together. Holmes has a tattoo on his arm of theNew York City Marathon route, whichhe ran in November 2023and2022.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach at the 2024 Chicago Marathon.Amy Robach/Instagram

Amy Robach/Instagram

Holmes and Robach first sparked dating rumors in November 2022 after the formerGood Morning Americaco-anchorshad split from their respective spouses.

Robach was married toactor Andrew Shue, and Holmes was married to attorneyMarilee Fiebig.

They wereplaced on hiatus fromGMAin December 2022following reports of theirworkplace relationship. The following month, the pair revealed thatthey would not be returning to the talk show.

Amy Robach shares a photo of T.J. Holmes in an ambulance.Amy Robach/Instagram

Holmes and Robach addressed marriage speculationon theirAmy & T.J.podcastin December 2023, when listeners asked if a wedding was in their future together.

“It’s under consideration,” Robach said at the time. “We did not enter this relationship for fun or for ‘Let’s see what happens.’ We entered this relationship because we intended on spending our lives together. So whether or not we have some sort of legal, you know, I don’t know, button on it."

However, she noted that they don’t feel a major rush to tie the knot.

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“We both have two marriages under our belts and so it’s not something we’re racing to or rushing towards,” Robach explained, before telling Holmes, “But there is something, I get it, it’s this thing that I can’t even explain why there’s this desire, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I can say that. It’s on the table. It’s on the table.”

The couplemoved in togetherin September.

source: people.com