E30: Simone Carniglia

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Simone Carniglia is a remarkable runner whose records in the Abbott World Marathon Majors make him the world’s fastest 6 Star Finisher with type 1 diabetes.

The Italian marathoner is our fantastic guest on this week’s podcast, in which we also share how to rest up and hit your new year’s training right, and cover this year’s most scintillating 6 Star Stats…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We kick things off with the results of Martin’s recent race at Corfe Castle, and indulge in the muddy joys of cross country
9:50 - Rounding up the fascinating 6 Star Stats from the year, share our concerns & support for Tom Evans, and discover a unique marriage proposal method
20:35 - The return of Training Talk, as we cover how best to recover in the off-season, and the smartest way to pick your training back up in the new year
26:35 - A fascinating conversation with Simone Carniglia about his record-setting runs, how he manages his runs with Type 1 Diabetes, and what lies ahead for him

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 30 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon majors.
0:07.0	On this week's show we are in deep in end of the year statistics for our six star finishers.
0:14.0	We discover a novel way to use running for a marriage proposal.
0:18.8	We're going to talk cross country,
0:21.0	and Martin will be interviewing the world's fastest type 1 diabetic 6 star finisher.
0:28.0	Let's go.
0:31.0	Martin, it's so great to see you. I couldn't wait to hear how your run around Corfe Castle went. It just happened this weekend. I can't wait to hear about it. Tell us.
0:42.0	Well, it was great. I've had the racing shoes back on. Well, not really, but I've been quite excited about doing what's called the Maverick Dark Castle Race which was held in Dorset at a
0:56.0	thousand year old derelict castle called Corf Castle that sits beautifully
1:01.7	nestled in the valley of these two big hills
1:05.2	overlooking Pool Harbour kind of near where I live and surrounded by the steep
1:10.7	Perbet countryside. So yeah I was doing the race and it has been
1:15.2	torrential rain here in the UK like really torrential rain. Everywhere's
1:22.1	soaking wet it's been really windy and everything else, so I knew it was going to be wet, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite as wet as it was.
1:31.0	So in some places on the course, Dina, I was running through water above my middle, like, so it was a river deep.
1:41.6	So you're, like a right River two weeks ago through the torrential rains on the cliffs really set you up nicely for this race.
1:50.0	It was it was perfect preparation.
1:53.2	Look, the venue, if you don't know what Corfe Castle is, give it a little Google and
1:56.8	the organizers who do actually organize great trail events in the UK.
2:01.6	When you went in, it was in the grounds of the castle. So you
2:04.8	went in and they'd set up fire pits. You know, it was not like a kind of
2:10.3	sterile race. There was fire pits everywhere and you know. kind of
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