E2: Chicago’s Blistering Races, Marcel Hug’s Domination, and Chicago Winner Susannah Scaroni on the Evolution of Wheelchair Racing

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We’ve seen the back of a triple header that’s one of the busiest marathon seasons for a mighty long time, and there’s plenty of superlative performances to pick out.

Ruth Chepng’etich ran the 2nd fastest time in women’s marathon history and Marcel Hug’s emphatic racing continues, but it’s the ultimate pleasure to speak with Susannah Scaroni after her first Chicago Women’s Wheelchair Race win!

Join Martin & Deena on Marathon Talk for all this, and much more on the busy past and exciting future of the sport.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Wrapping up the busiest triple weekend of remarkable racing with last week’s Chicago Marathon
19:00 - Alex Williams shares the heartwarming stories from recent races that exemplify the best of our running community
31:00 - Deena interviews Chicago winner Susannah Scaroni on her optimism, motivations, and how the wheelchair sport could continue evolving
1:14:00 - Spotlight on a 6 Star Finisher, and peering into the crystal ball for November’s NYC Marathon

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode two of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:05.0	On this week's show we'll be talking about that fast women's race in Chicago,
0:10.0	the latest six-star finisher stats including a new oldest female six-star
0:14.3	looking ahead to the finale of the Abbott World Marathon Major's series 14 in New York City
0:19.7	and we'll be talking to Susanna Skironi.
0:24.0	Martin, how are you?
0:30.0	I'm all right, Dina. I've definitely probably had a quieter
0:37.6	few weeks than you though. Last time, before we started recording, you said, you know what,
0:42.2	it's nice to be home. So true but I
0:45.5	thought I had the weekend off and I opened my phone Sunday morning to see that
0:51.1	blazing performance in Amsterdam by alma Zayana, a course record, a debut record in
0:57.7	2017, this is where we are.
0:59.5	We're in marathon season.
1:00.7	It is just nuts that every weekend gives us a mind-blowing experience.
1:04.4	It's pretty busy at the moment isn't it? It is pretty busy. Your legs are all alright
1:10.0	after Berlin and all you're traveling around all good?
1:13.0	Yeah, I think you know we go to these races you sit there on the stage and inspire everybody and
1:18.9	and I'm whether I'm doing commentary or just there as a race ambassador or running. We're meant to inspire people and every
1:26.0	time I get on that airplane to go to the next place or this time come home, I am just so inspired
1:32.3	by everything that I see on the roads from the first finisher to that last finisher coming down the straight away to cross that finish line.
1:40.0	There are so many amazing stories, which is why I love what we're doing right now to be able to share some of those great takeaways
1:46.4	We we spoke a little bit on the show last time about your trip to Chicago and you were doing the 5k before how did that feel it was great I ran with
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