E52: Kelly Willis - Three-Time 6 Star Finisher

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Of all the prospects from Sydney Marathon’s ram-packed weekend, perhaps the most enticing might be its future status as a seventh Major…

We’ve a huge show this week, featuring a three-time 6 Star Finisher to give us the lowdown on Sydney’s course, whether it’s likely to become that seventh star, and if not then what it could improve.

Elsewhere, the Age Group World Championships gave us some admirable performances, Jacob Ingrbritsen gave us a wild show at the Copenhagen Half Marathon, and much more!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Kicking off the show, we hear about Martin and Deena’s escapades, which include Deena’s fulfilling family time, and unfortunately we see Martin nursing a new injury
8:20 - It’s a huge news roundup off the back of Sydney, with their assessment to become a Major, the stunning performances in the Age Group World Championships, and Jacob Ingebritsen’s madcap Copenhagen half marathon attempt
27:50 - Kelly Willis joins us fresh from her front row ‘seat’ at the Sydney Marathon to share the experience, and her views on the race’s chances at becoming the coveted seventh star…

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 52 of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:07.0	In this week's episode it was the Sydney Marathon and there were records broken and the race is being assessed for the second time to see if it's going to be a world marathon major number seven.
0:21.1	That's right, the medals will get an upgrade. We're joined later in the show
0:25.8	by Abbott World Marathon Major Royalty, Kelly Willis, who will share her experience of that race.
0:32.2	We'll bring the Abbott World Marathon majors
0:34.4	tours and travel age group world championships low down and some other news from
0:40.0	World Athletics where said Coe throws his IOC hat into the ring. There's a new
0:46.0	marathon course for the world championships next year. There's happenings in
0:51.4	Boston and Tokyo and Ingebritz and runs fast in a half marathon.
0:57.0	Well, sort of.
0:58.0	All right, Martin, let's go. Dino, good to see you, good to hear you. What on intro, we've got a lot to get through this week. It's been busy weekend, isn't it?
1:10.0	It has been a really busy weekend for sure.
1:12.5	What have you been up to?
1:14.0	Well, before I get into what I've been up to,
1:16.2	we always do this little thing at the start of the show
1:18.0	where we ask each other, like, so what have you been up to
1:20.2	and what have you been up to?
1:21.6	And I don't think since we started recording the show that I've ever seen the only
1:26.8	thing you've been up to is training. Is this a 20-year rewind of the clock?
1:33.0	Yeah, maybe so.
1:37.0	It just feels good to be consistent and to like put in some harder work
1:41.0	instead of slogging through runs. So I've put in some harder work instead of slogging through runs.
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