

Marathon Talk
Deena Kastor & Martin Yelling
Marathon Talk has returned in 2022 as part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors family. Hosted by Martin Yelling and the great Deena Kastor, every two weeks we'll bring you news, views and some amazing guest interviews from across the world of marathons and running.
Episodes
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Apr 15, 2015 • 1h 26min
Episode 275 - Spring Marathon Frenzy
Martin is back in the studio with Tom. Spring Marathon season is in full swing with Paris, Rotterdam, Brighton and Milan. A 41 year old Kenyan runs 2:08! We annonce the winner of our competition to run the mass race at the IAAF World Half Marathon Champs 2016. How would you fancy some extra kilometers at the end of your 10k? We love the Hawaii chase race and Sir Ranulph Fiennes completes the MDS. Plus, we announce our new Marathon Talk tee shirt partner. Get your race face with Training Talk and we tried, but failed to interview 2:22 marathoner and all-around speedster, Lornah Kiplagat.

Apr 8, 2015 • 1h 57min
Episode 274 - Charles Eugster
Martin's in Finland, Tom's mate Hannah co-presents, Boy on the Run is back, you Rate Your Run, fill the launch pad, stand atop the Jabra Podium and our interview is with super speedy nonagenarian Charles Eugster.

Apr 1, 2015 • 1h 52min
Episode 273 - Adharanand Finn (Part Two)
We get ready to meet Yuki in Zurich, no one finished the Barkley, Darren Wood runs his 500th parkrun, the Olympic Marathon is changing, you guys rock your MT kit all around the world, Jantastic comes to an end, the Eugster sets another World record or two, we've got the second part of out interview with Adharanand Finn and Boy on the Run is back.

Mar 25, 2015 • 1h 24min
Episode 272 - Adharanand Finn (Part One)
There's some amazing Strava art, Martin speaks to Adharanand Finn about his new book 'The Way of the Runner', Mo breaks 60minutes (and the European Record) for 13.1 miles, Japan announce their World Championship marathoners, Tony's here with his Trials, Jantastic comes to an end (nearly) and you Tweet your taper-time woes.

Mar 18, 2015 • 1h 30min
Episode 271 - Hugh Jones
Jantastic enters the home straight, a social media storm erupts around the Spen 20 and Bekele's out of London ... but Geoffrey Mutai is in. Martin speaks with British marathoning legend Hugh Jones and Boy On The Run is back. We also have the Jabra Podium, you Rate Your Run and look cool around the World in your Marathon Talk kit.

Mar 11, 2015 • 1h 59min
Episode 270 - Rohan Kallicharan
The equality debate rages on, there is some cool Strava art, a 95-year old smashes the world 200m record, Andy Green runs a world age 52 best at Trafford 10k and there has been two 50k world records... on a treadmill. Our interview is with Rohan Kallicharan about the psych benefits of running. Training Talk takes us through the bad times. Tony is here with a Trial and we have 2nd Jabra Podium.

Mar 4, 2015 • 1h 35min
Episode 269 - Charlie Hulson
We have a video version of Tony's Trials, Tom burns his bra on Twitter, we speak to the winner of the National Cross Country Championships, 600 students break 70 minutes in the same half marathon, news of some game changing wearable technology, you Rate Your Run and it's the inaugural Jabra podium.

Feb 25, 2015 • 1h 35min
Episode 268 - Sand Balls Weekend
We're back from Sandy Balls, the World Marathon Majors kick off in Tokyo, Yuki's got a loose man suit, Jantastic rolls into March and Mo bags his first World record. Plus there's the usual Rate Your Run, Listener Podium and Facebook fun.

Feb 18, 2015 • 1h 24min
Episode 267 - Vassos Alexander
Florence is a machine in Barcelona. We announce the winner of the 'meet Yuki at Zurich Marathon' competition and Tom speaks to BBC radio's Vassos Alexander ahead of his first 100k and up and coming running book. Tony has a Trial, you Rate Your Run and step onto the Podium.

Feb 11, 2015 • 1h 52min
Episode 266 - Gemma Steel
Tom is back from California, we announce the finalists in our meet Yuki competition, Martin speaks to British speedster Gemma Steel, Tom's dad de-bunks the recent research suggesting running too much is bad for you, Boy on the Run is back, Training Talk is all about family and Jantastic approaches a quarter of a million swim, bikes and runs.


