Imagine your first marathon almost breaking a national record - that’s how you break onto the scene and make a statement.
Barring Paula Radcliffe’s time in London, Calli Thackery’s 2:22:11 is the UK’s best, and as she sets her sights on the Paris Olympic Games, she joins us to share the run that’s been 15 years in the making.
Elsewhere we’re gearing up for New York, as Letesenbet Geday prepares for his Majors debut, the women’s wheelchair race features four fierce frontrunners, and Marcel Hug’s lining up an unprecedented clean sweep.
In this episode of Marathon Talk:
0:00 - Martin’s dinner with the stars, Deena’s joyful exploration, and the art of leaf peeping
9:00 - A roundup of Deena’s induction to the New York Road Runners’ Hall of Fame, the stacked lineup for NYC, and Marcel Hug’s hunt for a clean sweep
20:00 - Calli Thackery takes us through her route to running the UK’s 2nd fastest women’s marathon EVER, setting her sights on Paris, and enjoying running for what it is, rather than goal-chasing
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Episode 542 - Tanya Franks
Episode 541 - Flora Beverley
Episode 540 - Dr Simon Marshall
Episode 539 - Lily Partridge and Ben Connor
Episode 538 - Gaz Banford
Episode 537 - John McAvoy
Episode 536 - Lucy Jones
Episode 535 - Giles Long
Episode 534 - Knox Robinson
Episode 533 - Elsey Davis
Episode 532 - Coronavirus and running
Episode 531 - Pat Butcher
Episode 530 - Ross Millington
Episode 529 - Run Camp 2020
Episode 528 - Sam Mollaghan
Episode 527 - Renee McGregor
Episode 526 - Sam Feltham
Episode 525 - Charlie Spedding
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