E11: Alfred Scaletta - The 6 Star Finisher 46 Years in the Making

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The final stretch of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships race in Bathurst was fraught with drama, and with the marathon route in Budapest revealed, it’s a big week in the running world.

We’ve got a ram-packed episode of Marathon Talk this week with a look at the all-important long run in your marathon training, and the single fall that cost the Bathurst race.

On top of all the news and training talk, we have a fantastic interview with the incredible Alfred Scaletta who’s set to finish his 72nd marathon in Tokyo as a 6 Star Finisher, 46 years after his first Chicago.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Catching up on the previous fortnight, including a heartwarming bike ride for a friend with an unfortunate, recent diagnosis
10:20 - We bring all the news from Bathurst’s dramatic World Cross Country Championships
28:45 - Training Talk: we look at the long run, and how you can experiment with it to improve your race day
37:10 - Alfred Scaletta shares his 72 marathons’ experience, 46 year journey to a 6 Star medal, and lucky escape from the tragic events of Boston 2013
1:05:30 - Wrapping up with well-wishes for those noble Tokyo marathoners in March

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 11 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon majors.
0:07.0	On this week's show, we'll be taking a look at the drama that went down
0:11.0	down under at the World Cross Country Championships.
0:14.6	We look at the upcoming World Championships Marathon course just revealed in Budapest for
0:19.2	this summer.
0:20.2	We'll be delivering some more spring marathon training wisdom.
0:23.5	It's long run focused.
0:25.4	And ahead of the Tokyo Marathon, we meet a man whose six-star medal
0:30.1	is more than 40 years in the making.
0:32.8	All right, let's go.
0:36.3	Dina, how are you?
0:37.5	It's been, well, what, 12 days since we last recorded,
0:42.4	12, 13 days since we last recorded, you've had a massive birthday it's been
0:46.4	Valentine's Day there's been so much going on like what's the last couple of
0:51.9	weeks held for you?
0:53.0	I have a big reveal for you, Martin, what I did for my birthday.
0:57.0	I had some girlfriends over.
1:00.0	To my house first...
1:01.0	I'm nervous where this is going, but come on. I know know because I told you that I wasn't going to tell you until we were recording because I like I was an English major so I really like alliteration so we did brunch and bubbles. Yes. And Botox. No. I got Botox on my birthday. It's why you can't
1:20.1	scall at you right now. Sometimes I scall at you when you when you tease me. I can't scall at you right now. Sometimes I scall at you when you tease me.
1:24.4	I can't scow.
1:25.8	And to add another bee in my midlife crisis,
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