E13: Regina Fleming - Marathon Queen and 6 Star Finisher in Tokyo

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Everything that Regina Fleming does in running, she had lying within from the start. So ask yourself: What do you have inside of you that’s yet to be discovered?

Regina dubs herself an ‘accidental runner’ - an accident which very recently became a stunning 6 Star Finisher’s medal…

Deena chats to Regina in an inspiring interview this week on Marathon Talk, where we also talk about trusting the taper in Training Talk, final figures on the record-breaking Tokyo race, and much more!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Opening up with Deena’s successful ‘panic training’ for Paris, and inspiring stories from the LA marathon, where she commentated
11:25 - The biggest stories we’ve yet to hear from Tokyo, including the final tally of record-breaking 6 Star Finishers, plus a scintillatingly close NYC half marathon in the wheelchair division, and possibly the most bizarre race ever devised…
21:40 - Training Talk: The Taper, how to trust in the preparations you’ve made and taper successfully to recharge ahead of the Spring marathon season
29:45 - An uplifting interview with marathon royalty, recent 6 Star Finisher Regina Fleming, who shares some of her most remarkable stories, gruelling finishes, work for representation, and more
1:05:35 - Closing out with a look ahead to Deena’s upcoming Paris marathon, plus her preparations and targets for the race

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 13 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors on this
0:06.6	week's show.
0:07.6	We've got some more nuggets from the record-breaking Tokyo marathon.
0:12.1	We look back at one of the hardest and oddest races on the
0:16.6	planet. Dina interviews the six-star finisher who lives up to her name Queen Regina and it's that time of spring training when you're about to hit the
0:27.0	taper so we'll talk about how to get it right and possibly wrong.
0:31.0	Right, let's go.
0:33.0	Dina, what have you been up to since we last recorded?
0:39.0	Oh, I've missed you these last two weeks but I am thankful in our last podcast. I really
0:46.4	felt like we're talking about training and it held me accountable so in the
0:50.6	last two weeks I have gotten in two long runs. One was in a snowstorm, not outside.
0:56.2	I did two hours on the treadmill. Can you believe it?
1:00.3	I broke my treadmill record by logging that amount of time and I also got in a
1:06.4	400 meter speed session because in our discussion last episode it was about
1:11.2	applying speed work to marathon training and how it helps with efficiency and
1:15.6	mental strength and so I added a 400 meter speed session that week and so I just want to thank you for holding me accountable when we meet up every couple of weeks.
1:25.3	And so that's all. I just want to thank you for that. It was really rewarding to get that in.
1:32.0	Yeah, there's a name for what you've what you've just done.
1:35.0	Do you want to know what it is?
1:37.0	Procrastination?
1:39.0	Yeah, I don't know.
1:40.0	It's called it's called a panic train. Yeah, okay, that's what I'm doing.
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