E44: Joan Benoit Samuelson - The First Ever Women’s Olympic Champion

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

When LA saw the first ever Olympic women’s marathon champion, it was none other than this week’s Marathon Talk guest who crossed the line first - Joan Benoit Samuelson.

An icon in the sport and Deena’s greatest mentor, she joins us on the podcast this week to share her remarkable relationship with the sport, and the power of storytelling within it.

Elsewhere in the show, the Diamond League gives us record-breaking runs and a tantalising preview of Paris, while Training Talk is all about refinding your speed this summer!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Martin & Deena return to share their holiday weekend escapades, riding adventures, and how Martin is ‘irritating George Clooney’
5:15 - In the news this week, we recap the Diamond League’s biggest stories, from the new Women’s 10,000m record to the Kerr vs Ingebrigtsen tussle, and how it all points towards an unmissable Paris 2024
20:45 - Training Talk is timely as ever this week, with a look over how to redefine your legs over the summer break, and refinding your pace as a way to prepare for the marathon season ahead
27:35 - The indomitable Joan Benoit Samuelson is our very special guest as we chat to her about the camaraderie en route to becoming 1984’s Olympic Champion, Joan’s love for storytelling in the sport, and her journey to achieving her 6th Star - plus so much more!

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 44 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Major's this week.
0:07.0	Marathon season winds down but track season is lighting up.
0:12.0	We look at the highlights from a great weekend in Oregon. We also
0:17.0	hear from the great Joan Benoit Samuelson, Dina interviews her and we've got a training talk which is all about
0:26.7	refinding your fast legs. Right, let's go.
0:38.0	Dina, what have you been up to? Oh boy, um, hosting a lot of family over the holiday weekend.
0:42.0	We had such a good time, dozens of kids
0:44.9	running around, we went hiking, spent a lot of time outdoors, so this time of
0:49.8	year is always fun for that, just getting outside and letting nature entertain us.
0:54.9	It's summer, right? So coming into summer now. So that means you're able to get out a lot
1:00.9	more into the mountains and get walking,
1:03.0	walking, right?
1:03.6	Yeah, we were circumnavigating lakes,
1:06.0	and the girls were collecting wildflowers
1:09.0	to put together a bouquet,
1:10.5	and the boys were finding the epic walking sticks and jumping on the trampoline but
1:16.7	but still snowball fights like it's it's really kind of like that that overlap of
1:21.4	seasons which was really fun and it's always fun to share the
1:25.2	outdoors with city kids you know they just feel like they just unleash and get to
1:30.6	explore and there's no rules for them and they get to kind of be savage like so they
1:36.7	had a they had a really good time and it's always a joy to see see kids kind of
1:40.7	finds themselves in the mountains.
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