Marathon Talk

There is a new women's half marathon World record, eight men dip under the hour over the same distance, Haile's going to pace the boys at London, we have the second half of our interview with Joyce Smith, the Commonwealth Games announce their marathon course, Tony has a Trial and Talk Training is all about the treadmill.

We're back from the very first Marathon Talk run weekend in the New Forest. We speak to two time Olympian, former British record holder and first female winner of the London Marathon, Joyce Smith. There's world running news, rate your run, the listener podium, Boy on the Run is here, Jantastic distance targets have started and we catch up with British marathon runner and Commonwealth Games hopeful, Alyson Dixon in Kenya.

Jantastic goes long. Mo and Paula hang out in Iten. A Brit runs all the way across Canada. There's some controversial comments around Galen Rupp. Is swimming the answer? Training talk takes you through the bad times. Tony is here with his trials and Martin speaks to Leanne Davies from Run Mummy Run.

Jantastic runners have run 130,000 times already! There's a young winner of the Dubai Marathon and 2nd time winner of Osaka. Tokyo release their elite fields and we find out which elite women will be in London. American Galen Rupp continues his streak of impressive form. We spreak to British marathon debutant and prospect Ben Livesey. Training Talk looks at picking a marathon warm up race, you Rate your Run and where are the women on the podium?

Tom is back from South Africa. We remember a legend of British running. Galen Rupp goes fast. Meb takes his 22nd title. The TNFUTMB fills up. Training Talk is about January marathon reflections. Jantastic is bombing! Tony shares his Trials and also news of a special event in Manchester. You Rate your Run, the podium rocks and we celebrate the global running community.

Stellar fields are announced on both sides of the Pond, Gemma Steel takes a cross country win in Edinburgh, Chris Thompson takes a pop at British Athletics, Boy on the Run is back and Training Talk looks at Alberto Salazaar’s 'Ten Golden Rules'. The podium is quiet but Jantastic is bonkers and we speak to 2013 Jantastic Champion Martin Green.

We speak to author of Running Like a Girl, Alexandra Heminsley. Bekele isn't doing London, over eighteen thousand people are doing Jantastic, Toni Reavis feels the chill and Training Talk turns up the heat. Tony is in the house, we have got Rate Your Run, the Listener Podium, Launch Pad and your Something of the Week.

Happy New Year! We look back at what we did over Christmas. Jantastic has had over 10,000 people sign up and kicks off in 4-days on Monday 6th Jan. We look at the top female performances from the London Marathon. Dave Bedford gets and OBE, we interview new member of the 100-marathon club and Marathon Talk 'ever present' Jim Murray. Training Talk is about resolutions, Boy on the Run is back and the launchpad is quiet.

Merry Christmas! A Christmas Day special with an extended interview with Pete Pfitzinger.

We talk about different types of runner, Yuki sets yet another record, it is less than 20-days until Jantastic kicks off, the Marathon Talk Spring 2014 weekend is almost full. We speak to Rebecca Tomlinson about her running, there's the podium, Rate your Run, Tony's Trials and Training Talk is all about the 12-days of running Christmas.