E5: Gina Little, The World’s Oldest Female 6 Star Finisher

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Gina Little is a true inspiration, and a lesson in longevity, having achieved her 6 Star Finisher’s medal at 77 years young! She carries with her the true spirit of the sport, and stories of such a strong running community.

We hear from Gina having completed her 602nd marathon, plus a roundup of stories including the life-saving marathoner, an intriguing sub-3:30 time set while chain smoking, and how to use cross country in your spring marathon build up.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Deena’s recent Mammoth Turkey Trot, and the World Cup rivalry across the pond
7:30 - A roundup of a remarkable chain smoking marathoner, real life superhero saving two lives in the Monterey Half Marathon, a huge incident in Troy, and how to use cross country in your marathon prep
21:20 - The oldest 6 Star Finisher, Gina Little, on her 600+ marathons, affinity to London’s race, and the secrets to her longevity
51:10 - 6 questions for a 6 Star Finisher, and looking forward to the holidays with the 12-day Christmas Tree running challenge

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 5 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:06.0	On this week's show we'll be talking about the chain smoking Chinese marathon runner,
0:11.0	the man who helped save lives at the Monterrey Half Marathon, the European
0:16.2	Cross Country Championships and how to use cross country in your spring marathon builder and
0:22.3	we'll be chatting to the incredible Gina Little who's racked up
0:25.4	six hundred and two marathons and in Chicago in October became the oldest woman to bag and
0:30.9	Abbott World Marathon Major's six-star finishes medal.
0:34.4	Hi Martin, how are you today?
0:41.2	I'm all right, I'm good. I've been actually dying to ask you this since
0:46.1	we last recorded the show. How was the pumpkin cheesecake? Oh, it was delicious and the turkey trot was a success. I passed out four pumpkin cheesecake, two to the
0:57.6	winners and two raffled off, and eight pumpkin breads. It was quite a feast for those at the finish line.
1:05.8	So do the people doing the turkey trot, do they know that they're going to get this home-baked
1:10.8	pumpkin cheesecake made by you at the start? They do in fact the guy that was second
1:16.7	last year in our turkey trot was so determined to win a cheesecake and bring it to his
1:21.2	Thanksgiving feast.
1:22.8	And he ran second.
1:24.7	And all year, he said he couldn't wait
1:27.1	to redeem himself and win this year.
1:29.3	And on the bike path, he was behind a gentleman and his dog and apparently this
1:34.2	why Mariner was pulling this guy to the finish and he finally found his way
1:39.5	around and was able to pass and and eventually redeemed himself and got his pumpkin cheesecake.
1:45.0	So I was glad he fought for it.
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