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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Episode 342 - Tim Heming (Part Two)
Episode 341 - Tim Heming (Part One)
Episode 340 - Hannah Corne
Episode 339 - Scott Westcott
Episode 338 - Damian Hall
Episode 337 - Nicky Spinks
Episode 336 - Grant Schofield (Part Two)
Episode 335 - Grant Schofield (Part One)
Episode 334 - Jenny Nesbitt
Episode 333 - Night of the 10,000m PBs
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Episode 331 - Rick Broadbent
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