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 286 - Michael Westphal
Episode 285 - Sean Ingle and Michelle Hardwick
Episode 284 - Sonia O'Sullivan (Part Two)
Episode 283 - Sonia O'Sullivan (Part One)
Episode 282 - Comrades Special
Episode 281 - Jim Alder (Part Two)
Episode 280 - Jim Alder (Part One)
Episode 279 - Jim Barahal
Episode 278 - James Cracknell (Part Two)
Episode 277 - James Cracknell (Part One)
Episode 276 - Yuki Kawauchi
Episode 275 - Spring Marathon Frenzy
Episode 274 - Charles Eugster
Episode 273 - Adharanand Finn (Part Two)
Episode 272 - Adharanand Finn (Part One)
Episode 271 - Hugh Jones
Episode 270 - Rohan Kallicharan
Episode 269 - Charlie Hulson
Episode 268 - Sand Balls Weekend
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