Welcome back to Marathon Talk! It’s 2024, and what better way to inspire the year ahead than a fascinating episode featuring a four time world champion - Richard Whitehead MBE.
We learn more from him about his 10 year unbeaten streak in 200m track events, and the training plan that’ll see him to his 6 Star finish in Tokyo.
Also in this jam-packed show, Training Talk returns to kick off your training plans for a spring marathon, and we round up the news from record-breakers and blistering debutants galore!
In this episode of Marathon Talk:
0:00 - Martin welcomes back Danny Coyle as a guest host this week, caps off Christmas, and the duo review the start of their 2024 training plans
7:00 - Our roundup of the busy holiday season, from a javelin thrower-turned-debutant-winner, a new fastest women’s debut ever, and a road 5k record toppled
17:50 - Training Talk returns with a kickstart to your running year, focusing first on laying the essential groundwork for the all-important months leading up to a spring marathon
31:15 - Richard Whitehead MBE joins us to detail his remarkable career, from finding his specialism and hunting his 6th star, to world-beating performances and the biomechanics of running as a double amputee
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E51: Cole Hocker - Olympic 1500m Champion
E50: Ray Flynn - Irish Mile Record Holder, Olympian and Agent
E49: Summer Olympic Games - Paris 2024
E48: Chris & Nik Nikic - The World’s First 6 Star Finisher with Down’s Syndrome
E47: Marcus Brown - Co-Founder of One Percent Running Club
E46: Chris Slater - Finisher at 2024’s Marathon Des Sables
E45: The Pub Quiz - with AbbottWMM Chief Content Officer, Danny Coyle
E44: Joan Benoit Samuelson - The First Ever Women’s Olympic Champion
E43: Mallory Creveling - Runner’s World Deputy Editor, Health & Fitness
E42: Anya Culling - Lockdown Runner-Turned-Elite International Athlete
E41: Cedric King - Award-Winning T64 Marathoner
E40: Helen Thorn - Comedian, Author and Back-to-Back Marathon Runner
E39: Andrew Kastor - Deena’s Coach & Husband
E38: Visually-Impaired Six Star Hopeful Mark Rogerson & his guide Katie Garrity
E37: Becs Gentry: Tokyo Marathon Preview
E36: Celebrating Kelvin Kiptum’s Remarkable Legacy
E35: Dan & Becky Sharp - London Marathon Fundraising Family
E34: Ed Eyestone - NCAA Coach & Double Olympian
E32: Top 10 Marathon Moments of 2023
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