E20: Nora Nishi

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

At the start of every marathoner’s journey is a spark, and Nora Nishi’s shines so brightly that it gives life to those around.

Nora has a wise head on young shoulders, learning from the best as she recounts the joys of her first marathon, and plans for many to come…

Join us on Marathon Talk as we share her story, cover the changing Kenyan World Championship lineup, a new world-best Parkrun, and much more!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Kicking off with Martin’s heartwarming ride up Mount Ventoux & our genius idea to spice up Short Track events
9:00 - Rounding up the stunning Chicago lineup announcements, a new world-best Parkrun record, and a shoutout to fellow marathon podcaster and all around inspiration, Ali Feller
22:45 - Nora Nishi on taking advice from a phonebook of professional runners, her first marathon run in Houston, and her incredibly multi-talented aspirations

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 20 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Major's.
0:06.0	On this week's show we take a quick back pedal on the Kenyan World Champs team.
0:11.0	There's a massive women's field announcement from Chicago who run the
0:15.1	rule over the grueling Western States 100 Ultra and we hear from our youngest guest to
0:21.2	date, Norranishi, who's made preparing for and running a marathon at school
0:26.7	project.
0:27.7	Right, let's go.
0:29.7	Dina, what have you been up to since the last episode?
0:35.0	Yeah, I think that youth is our theme this time around because not only is Nora Nishi, she was only 17 years old when she ran her first marathon and
0:45.0	presented it for her school project, but I am in the middle of Youth Camp Week.
0:50.3	And so I, for two hours, I'm running around on the track entertaining and getting kids fired up to have fun running.
0:57.0	So I'm exhausted. I'm absolutely knackered.
1:00.0	Do they obviously have loads of loads of fun but what is the most and this is the
1:07.7	kids words right the most funnest thing right the most funnest thing on the camp. Our listeners couldn't see me
1:16.4	cringe because I was an English major so I would have corrected that kid on the spot.
1:21.6	What is the most fun activity? Funest. Yes, most funest. So the kids would say
1:28.7	capture the flag. They love playing capture the flag which we didn't do today because I want them to be
1:35.0	excited to come back tomorrow so I let them know tomorrow's capture the flag day
1:39.5	and and also water balloon relay day and also popsicle day for our snack.
1:44.5	So it's a fun, tomorrow's going to be a fun day.
1:47.2	I like the sound of water balloon relay.
1:49.6	Yeah.
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