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 461 - Sarah Dudgeon
Episode 459 - Martin's Kenya Trip
Episode 458 - Tom's Dad Qualifies for Comrades
Episode 457 - Dan Vernon
Episode 456 - Jamie Gane
Episode 455 - Derek Rae
Episode 454 - Damian Hall
Episode 453 - Rowan Preece
Episode 452 - UTMB; Holly Rush, Sophie Grant and Tom Evans.
Episode 451 - European Para Athletics and the UTMB
Episode 450 - Tony Audenshaw
Episode 449 - Dr Josie Perry
Episode 448 - Peter Thompson
Episode 447 - Brendan Rendall
Episode 446 - Hideo Takano
Episode 445 - Pete Woodward
Episode 444 - Ben Wickham
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