E15: Chrissie Wellington, 4-time Ironman World Champion, and Sam Perkins, Stand Against MND’s Founder

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

With a shocking Boston Marathon behind us and the formidable challenge of London just a few days out, it’s all go in the marathon world…

Among the jam-packed highlights and hopeful finishers are Eliud Kipchoge’s surprise loss to Evans Chebet, and this week’s guests Sam Perkins & Chrissie Wellington taking on a stunning assisted wheelchair race in London.

Join us this week as we also feature Abbott World Marathon Majors’ very own Danny Coyle LIVE from Boston to detail the aftermath of the races, including a masterclass from Susannah Scaroni in both racing, and on-track repairs…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Kicking off with Martin & Deena’s latest runs and recovery from Paris
5:30 - A huge roundup of Boston’s standout stories, with Danny Coyle dialling in from the Boston Marathon press conference
29:00 - Sizable predictions for the London Marathon, weighing up debutants against running titans in the star-studded women’s field
36:10 - Training Talk this week touches on how to react when races go wrong, and keeping your mindset steady
42:00 - Interviewing the incredible Sam Perkins and Chrissie Wellington about their team’s run in London, Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis, and the inspiring example they’re setting

Sam’s staggering journey to the finish of the TCS London Marathon is in aid of Stand Against MND, which you can find here (https://standagainstmnd.com/).

You can directly support Sam’s race and the incredible cause for which he’s racing on JustGiving here (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/onemoremarathon).

Marathon Talk is proudly powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors, who create, build and support opportunities for all to discover the power of the marathon community. Learn more at https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 15 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon majors on this
0:06.7	week's show a surprising result for the great Elliot Kipchogi at the Boston
0:12.0	Marathon a superb win for Helen O'Bere. Two dominant
0:16.9	performances from the wheelchair series champions, we look ahead to the
0:21.4	TCS London Marathon,
0:23.7	plus Martin talks to the incredible Chrissy Wellington
0:27.3	about her very special job at the forthcoming
0:30.6	TCS London Marathon.
0:32.8	All right, let's go.
0:35.1	Dina, how lovely to hear you and see you again.
0:41.4	How are things? What have you been up to?
0:43.9	Well I'm still buzzing from this Boston marathon recording just hours after the
0:49.6	champions have been crowned but my daughter I'm finally home after a month of traveling
0:55.2	extensively and I was home dropped my daughter off to ski and got a call a couple
1:00.0	of hours later to pick her up she She broke her arm falling. She was doing a jump in this
1:06.0	terrain park and fell on her pole on the basket of her pole and broke her
1:11.0	humorous really high up so she's not in a cast she's in a
1:13.8	sling and so I'm here taking care of her I feel so bad but I'm
1:17.8	spoiling her the best way mommy's know-how and how long does that mean she's
1:21.6	out of skiing action for?
1:24.0	Yeah, she's six to eight weeks out, so she's missing her last competition.
1:28.3	But she's in really good spirits, as long as she's not in pain,
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