T.J. Holmes Shares 'Concerning' Details About Mid-Marathon Emergency

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are looking back on their Chicago Marathon experience, which took an unexpected turn when it ended with Holmes being rushed to the hospital. The duo, who have become known for their love of running, had been pushing through the race when Holmes suffered a mid-race injury, cutting their marathon journey short.

The ex-"GMA3" star is speaking out about the frightening injury that sidelined him during the Chicago Marathon. Holmes, who was rushed to a medical tent mid-race, faced a serious health scare after being taken away by ambulance following the incident.

T.J. Holmes was spotted getting medical attention before being whisked off to a nearby medical tent for further evaluation.

One day after the incident, Robach and Holmes addressed the injury on the Monday, October 14, episode of the “Amy & T.J.” podcast.

“We are not having the morning after that we were expecting to have after a marathon,” Robach said. “Usually it’s celebratory, it is filled with relief and exuberance and gratitude. We have some of those things going on but we have a lot of disappointment as well but a lot of gratitude.”

Robach recounted that Sunday, October 13, didn't start as planned for the pair, as they struggled to find their tent and ended up without water, food, or bathroom breaks before the race. Despite this rocky start, they managed to hold up well in the early stages of the marathon.

However, as the race progressed, things took a dramatic turn for Holmes.

At the halfway mark of the race, Holmes recounted a near miss when he almost collided with a man who was walking on the course. “I catch myself with my right leg going down and, when I do it, I immediately feel the tweak in my right hip and kind of my right butt cheek,” he said.

He shared that he had previously dealt with an issue related to his IT band, which may have contributed to the incident.

Although Robach witnessed the incident, she wasn't aware that something had gone awry with Holmes until several miles later when he fell behind her during the race. “You were literally grunting in pain,” she recalled. “That was something completely new to me. I thought, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe he’s in that much pain.’”

The duo ultimately decided to withdraw from the race around mile 21 when Holmes noticed swelling in his knee. He was also grappling with an injury to his left Achilles, which had been bothering him for several months. After stopping, surrounded by a police officer and marathon volunteer, Holmes began vomiting on the street, prompting paramedics to call for an ambulance.

“You looked awful. You were so pale. You were shivering and shaking because you’ve got this wet, sweaty clothing on, and now the wind is whipping,” Robach recalled, thinking back to when Holmes was in the ambulance. “Then you started vomiting again. They wanted to take you to the hospital at that point.”

When the ambulance flipped on the sirens, Holmes recalled one of the paramedics being “quite concerned” about his health. They transported him to a medical tent, where Robach, along with the two paramedics, provided assistance, knowing he would refuse to use a stretcher.

While they waited for their Uber to return to their hotel, one last mishap occurred. “All of a sudden, T.J. looks at me and he says, ‘Robes, you gotta help me.’ I was like ‘What?’ He was like, ‘A bird just sh-t on my head.'"

“Sure enough, you were wrapped around in this hospital blanket, I look and you just have bird crap on your forehead going down," Robach added, calling the moment the “cherry on top of a rough day.”

Holmes became emotional as he expressed his gratitude to Robach for being by his side throughout the ordeal.

“You performed in a way yesterday that was — I can’t think of anyone besides my mom who has taken that kind of care for me when I was desperate,” he said, adding that Robach “not just helped,” but “sacrificed something that was very important” to her by dropping out of the race to be with her boyfriend.

“I was begging you to keep running, keep running when I knew I couldn’t keep running,” he said. “You stuck with me and you were fully trained for a marathon and you could’ve finished. You did not finish because of my bum ass yesterday. I loved you before we started, I didn’t know how possible it was to love and adore you possibly more.”

Robach, for her part, said it “wasn’t even an option” to not stay by his side. “That is what love is. And if you didn’t know or you didn’t fully trust how much I love you, if anything, if yesterday proved that to you, then it was worth it,” she said.