E16: Anthony Butler & Jessie Rix

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The TCS London Marathon had it all - world records, a new course record, a sprint finish, and a remarkable new 6 Star Finisher in Anthony Butler.

The visually-impaired runner completed the race alongside Jessie Rix, his partner in both running and wedlock, a story which we hear more of as they join us for this week’s Marathon Talk!

Tune in to hear all about last week’s guests’ emotional race, Sifan Hassan’s wacky route to winning one of the best ever women’s fields, Marcel Hug’s wheelchair domination, and much more…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - An introduction where we catch up on the emotional London story of last week’s guests, Sam & Chrissie
7:35 - Covering the immensely eventful London Marathon with a look at Sifan Hassan’s bizarre winning performance, Kelvin Kiptum’s course record and 45 World Records
35:00 - A heartwarming conversation of romance and racing with visually-impaired 6-Star Finisher Anthony Butler and his wife & guide, Jessie Rix

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 16 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors on this
0:06.4	week's show. Dina's pick for the men's race at the TCS London
0:10.1	Marathon proves to be spot on. My pick for the women's race does not. the there was a famous face in amongst a six star finishers newcomers in London and we talked
0:26.1	to another new six star finisher who's beaten some pretty long odds to make it all the
0:31.6	way into the Six Star Hall of Fame. Right, let's go.
0:37.0	Dina, nice to see you again back on the show. It's been a very busy couple of weeks.
0:48.0	What have you been up to?
0:49.0	Well, you have been way busier than I have. I sat in the comforts of my home watching the London Marathon but I feel like we have so much to talk about in this show because that was such an exciting day on the streets of London. I've been nursing my daughter back to
1:04.6	health from her broken arm and she's doing a lot better. Is she good? Is she
1:10.1	back like moving comfortably and things like that.
1:13.1	I guess she's not back on the slopes or anything like that yet.
1:16.9	No, far from.
1:18.2	She's still, her range of motion isn't great.
1:20.2	She's still in a sling and, but I do notice her using her arm a little more like grabbing things despite. So she's on the men. Kids heel so quickly. We were able to go on a family hike yesterday up in the snow and we went to a
1:35.1	campsite that will be staying at in about five weeks I think it's going to
1:39.3	get canceled it's still under 10 feet of snow so So it has been a crazy winter. The sun's been shining, the snow's been melting,
1:46.5	but there is still a lot left in the in the backcountry. So it looks as though our yearly annual camping trip will not happen this year.
1:56.7	No so when you know the snow is that deep and then you think okay we've got a camping trip
2:01.6	planned how long does typically 10 feet of snow take to melt?
2:05.8	Yeah I think it's going to have to depend on the weather. I mean it's sunny and gorgeous out now but
2:10.1	there's snow on the forecast on my phone set for later this week which is I think
2:16.9	no one in town is ready for that so you know it but it'll happen we have another
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