Marathon Talk

We interview a legend of the golden era of British Middle distance running, Steve Cram! It’s Marathon Talk Live day – we will both be in Leeds this evening. We update on Febulous and how well Martin's Team of Teams are doing compared to Tom’s Hyde Park Harriers. Mary Keitany and Mo Farah run fast, runners go long in the Brighton half. Training Talk is all about how to work your pace out for a marathon. You rate your runs and this week there’s a Kiwi ranting.

On this weeks show... we bring you up to speed with some goings on from the world of running including the Boston marathon elite fiels. We look at who’se topping the tables in Febulous and whats happening in Marchvellous. We’ve got we’ve got an amazing interview with an inspiring woman – Karen Darke. You rate your run, there’s a super chilly winner of the week, Tony brings us his trials and we talk 20milers – to do or not to do in training talk.

On this weeks show... We've got the second half of the fascinating interview with legend Chris Chataway, it's the end of the first week of Febulous, it's Ah Vienna for Paula, there's more trouble in the Kenya selection camp, Mo takes a sub 4 tumble and 76 men run under 64 mins for a half in Japan. You rate your run, there's tripletastic fundraising rave, Tony brings us his weekly trials and snow doesn't stop play in the UK.

In 1954 Sir Chris Chataway paced Roger Banister to the first ever sub four minute mile, broke the World 5,000m record, won Commonwealth gold over three miles, and European silver over 5,000m... and became the first ever BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Haile Gebrselassie is regarded by most as the greatest endurance runner of the modern era, we also heard all about the Kenyan marathon superstars, Jantastic continued in style, we got ready for Febulous, there was a tee-total winner of the week, Tony couldn't give two hoots, and we announced three more amazing interviewees!

John Fisher's preparing for his 11th London Marathon post heart transplant, we bring you up to speed with Jantastic and intro Febulous. There’s amazing news from the USA Olympic Marathon trials in Houston as well as long awaited update on the team of ‘probables’ from Kenya. There’s news from a positive drugs test for an Irish marathoner. You tell us about your runs in rate your run and the Marathon Talk podium. There’s Tony’s trials and a legendary winner of the week!

It's our second birthday! Tom, Martin, and Tony brought us their interview highlights from 2011 including Matt Dixon, Steve Jones, Liz McColgan, Rob De Castella, Ron Hill, and Greg McMillan, listener Rob Bane created his own Marathon Talk rap, we talked training volumes, speedy Americans and Kenyans, rants, raves, and Winner of the Week.

It's been a rocky road for Liz Yelling in her quest to reach her third Olympics, Tom found out how she's pulled through some tough times and how she plans to zip up her training man-suit in preparation for this April's London Marathon. There was sad news with the passing of Frank Horwill and Zithulele Sinqe, Tony cheered us up with a video version of his Trials, and Jantastic kicked off in serious style.

Happy Christmas 2011. This weeks show is slightly different that normal. We've not got all the weekly news or regular features but instead have a wonderful interview with true old school running legend Bruce Tulloh. 1962 European 5000m champion famous for racing barefoot, set new British and European records for three miles and six miles and competed in 2 European, 2 Commonwealth and one Olympic Games. In 1969 he broke the record for running from Los Angeles to New York. Coached Mike Boit and Richard Nerurkar. Coaching Editor of Runners World for 15years and the author of many books including 'Running is Easy' and 'Running over 40'. Aged 60 he ran a 36min 10k, 57min 10miler, and a 76min half marathon!

Chris Finill has run every single London Marathon there's ever been... in under three hours! He's also broken three hours across five decades, crossed the line first in the 2012 Olympic marathon test evet, and run across America in 79 days. We also bring you news from the World of running, all the usual features, and a festive Tony's Trials.