E12: Dr Steve Sigmund - Guinness World Record Setter and ER Hospitalist

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Tokyo was an exhilarating weekend of marathon racing, with a remarkable Guinness World Record to boot - never have more 6 Star Finishers been crowned in a single race!

Being a part of that record is a privilege that Dr Steve Sigmund experienced, and we chat to him on Marathon Talk this week to understand his heartwarming journey to that finish line.

Beyond the 3,000 new 6 Star Finishers, we cover the spectacular sprint finish, more preparation tips for your next spring marathon, national record-breaking runs, and so much more…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Deena’s preparation (or lack thereof) for Paris and Martin’s parkrun gains
9:40 - Rounding up Tokyo’s staggering runs and sprint finishes, plus a look at Eilish McColgan’s chances in the TCS London Marathon next month
24:50 - Training Talk: we’re guiding you towards a spring marathon, looking at speed sessions in your final 6 week runup
31:00 - Deena talks to the incredible Dr Stephen Sigmund, who balanced emergency work with training, and joined the world record breaking Tokyo race to achieve his 6 Star Finish

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 12 of marathon tour powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:06.3	On this week's show we'll run the rule over the first major of the year in Tokyo.
0:11.2	We break down the stats on a record-breaking day for the
0:14.4	sixth-star finisher family and Dina chats to Dr Steve Sigmund who was part of
0:20.2	that amazing day in Tokyo and the spring training gets really serious.
0:24.4	We'll be bringing you some more advice on this crucial phase of training.
0:29.7	Dina, how are you? I'm great, Martin. It has been a wild two weeks with the Abbott
0:38.8	World Marathon majors kicking off in Tokyo, some great performances on the track,
0:44.3	and my crazy travels to South Carolina.
0:48.6	It was a nut-so trip, more than,
0:51.8	more stress than any other trip I've been on in my traveling age.
0:56.6	So wild couple of weeks.
0:58.9	What have you been up to?
1:00.9	That's quite some comment to make, isn't it it like we were chatting before we started recording and you said I think my journey was probably the most horrendous I've ever had and you've done quite a lot of traveling you you know, with all your racing and training around the world, so it must have been a proper shocker.
1:17.0	Yeah, I mean, you and the listeners are probably getting sick of hearing about the amounts of snow we're
1:22.9	getting but I needed to fly out to South Carolina for the women's SEC
1:27.8	basketball tournament and the highway was closed down because of snow and lack of
1:32.3	visibility so I missed my flight, rebooked it for the next day. The highway was still closed, but I was
1:37.8	hopeful it would open, so I was waiting in this long line of cars and someone turned the corner too quickly and
1:44.0	side swiped my car there is so much damage to it.
1:47.2	Luckily it could drive with a police escort to the to the airport.
1:52.4	I got off to South Carolina fine from then on, but I got food poisoning
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