E4: Ben Wickham, Sky Sports’ Director of Creative Output

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The TCS New York City Marathon is not an easy run at the best of times, but this year’s race gave us some outstanding performances amid the gruelling, humid conditions.

One man who’ll attest to the difficulty is this week’s podcast guest, the fantastic Ben Wickham - Director of Creative Output at Sky Sports! We hear from him about his running journey, the holistic pleasures of marathoning, and how we can tell better stories within the sport.

Elsewhere, we round up the best performances from that race, a cracking fundraising debut for Ashton Kutcher, and the curious cheating tale of a tram-travelling policeman…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Breaking down Deena’s commentating experience in NYC, and top performances from that humid race
25:30 - The most bizarre marathon cheating stories
30:15 - Ben Wickham on the holistic pleasures of marathoning, what makes NYC a gruelling route, and how we can better tell the compelling stories of marathon runners
58:00 - This week’s 6 questions for a 6 Star Finisher

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode four of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:07.0	In this week's show, we'll talk about that hot, humid, high octane TS New York City marathon.
0:14.3	We'll also speak about the champions of Series 14
0:17.9	of the Abbott World Marathon Major Series.
0:20.8	The curious case of the Tram Traveling Polic policeman? Yes, you heard me right.
0:25.0	And then we'll catch up with six-star owner and New York City marathon finisher Ben Wickham.
0:39.0	Dina, it's been lovely to hear you do that intro. Last time we spoke, you were sitting in the back of a bouter, sit in the back of a car and go around the
0:46.2	New York City marathon course commentating.
0:48.9	I'm excited to hear how it went.
0:50.5	Oh yeah, you know, whenever you take that job, you cross your fingers for good weather, just as much as the
0:56.9	runners are because you're sitting in the back of an open air vehicle.
1:00.7	It was such an amazing experience being a gorgeously warm day for spectators a little warm for the runners themselves but it was so great to to see how many champions were in front of me.
1:15.6	Like you could just, you could picture the race
1:17.9	going a million different directions.
1:19.8	Des Linden, the 2018 Boston Marathon Champion, was out in front for a while.
1:25.0	She had a great buildup.
1:26.2	She told us that.
1:27.4	She told the press that before the race.
1:29.6	So she could have run away with it, but everybody kept their eyes on her they reeled her back in and
1:34.4	and it was just it was a great great day and the the series championships
1:41.0	were on the line as well for Abbott.
1:43.4	So there was a lot at stake for on that day.
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