Carrie Bradshaw (No, Not That One) Was Told She’d Never Run Again. She Just Broke a Marathon World Record (Exclusive)

Carrie Bradshaw Credit: Courtesy of Carrie Bradshaw (2) NEED TO KNOW Carrie Bradshaw, who goes by “Bionic Runner Babe” because of her titanium hips, earned the Guinness World Record for fastest marathon with bilateral hip replacements The Texas runner’s record-setting time at the Houston Marathon was 3 hours, 42 minutes and 31 seconds “I see four years of fighting to get a piece of my soul back and a doctor who believed in me before I believed in myself,” she told PEOPLE after her record was certified on March 9 Texas runner Carrie Bradshaw remembers staying up at night — while experiencing constant pain — and “desperately” searching for answers on Google to the question: “Can I run marathons after hip replacements? ” It turns out that you can, and the 44-year-old Houston native, who goes by “Bionic Runner Babe” online because of her titanium hips, is living proof. After Bradshaw was diagnosed with congenital bilateral hip dysplasia in 2021 and told by many surgeons that she’d never run again, she defied the odds thanks to her own grit and one surgeon who believed in her.

Since having her hips replaced in 2022 and 2023, the then-10-time marathoner has run two more marathons — with her latest attempt at the Houston Marathon in January breaking the Guinness World Record for fastest marathon with bilateral hip replacements completed by a female. Carrie Bradshaw with her "miracle surgeon" Dr. Gregory Stocks Credit: Courtesy of Carrie Bradshaw Two months after running the Houston Marathon in 3 hours, 42 minutes and 31 seconds, the mother of two received an email on March 9 informing her that she is an official GWR world record holder.

“When I walk past that framed Guinness World Record on the wall, I don’t really see a finish time or one defining moment. I see four years of fighting to get a piece of my soul back and a doctor who believed in me before I believed in myself,” Bradshaw exclusively told PEOPLE, praising Dr. Gregory Stocks of the Fondren Orthopedic Group at the Texas Orthopedic Hospital.

Carrie Bradshaw’s two kids with her Guinness World Record certificate in March 2026 Credit: Carrie Bradshaw/Instagram The record is the latest in a list of running accomplishments. Before her hip replacements, she ran more than 60 half marathons and 10 marathons, with her personal record (PR) time being 3 hours and 9 minutes. “I am excited to see if I can chase down that old PR with my new hips on my side — pun intended,” Bradshaw quipped.