E55: Ron Romano - 12-time NYC Marathon Legend

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

New York is calling… The TCS New York City Marathon is this weekend, but are Martin, Deena, and the elite field ready?

One man who is, and our special guest on Marathon Talk this week, is NYC legend, 12x New York finisher and 3x Six Star Finisher, Ron Romano - he gives us the lowdown on how to nail New York!

Elsewhere, Martin & Deena cover yet another World Record, the shoe technology that might be behind the recent upsurge in women’s record-setters, and we look at how the elite field shapes up for the end of the Abbott World Marathon Majors Series.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We catch up with Martin and Deena from their spooky Halloween seasons, and touch on Martin’s… unscheduled taper
11:25 - New York race week brings us big names and even bigger stories to be written, Yomif Kejelcha takes down the half marathon record, and we dive deeper into Ruth Chepng’etich and how she tore the women’s record to shreds
25:50 - Ron Romano’s 12 New York finishes make him an authority on the 5 boroughs, so he talks us through race day tips, how to conquer the course, and his love for the TCS New York City Marathon

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 55 of Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors. This show,
0:08.3	we're into our final preparations for our adventure around TCS New York City Marathon this weekend.
0:17.0	We'll take a look at the elite fields and what it could all mean for the end of the Abbott World Marathon Major series.
0:24.6	I also speak to New York City Marathon local legend Ron Romano.
0:30.0	In case you missed it, there was a new half marathon men's world record,
0:33.6	a really impressive performance all around in Valencia over the weekend and we'll do a little deeper
0:40.0	into a great conversation that's continued to bubble away after that world record in Chicago
0:44.9	by Ruth Chappengettich. Right, let's go. Dina, what have you been up to? Oh my gosh. So as we are talking, Martin, it is spitting snow outside, which is a little crazy.
0:59.1	We've had the longest summer, and right up till last night it felt like summer, and a cold wind blew in, and it is spitting snow.
1:07.3	So time to wear sweaters. I'm in my cozy sweater, but even more exciting. And the reason
1:14.6	that I have lost my voice is because I went down to Los Angeles this weekend to take my daughter
1:22.4	and three friends to Nott's scary farm. And this is what happens when you scream for four hours because you are being terrorized
1:33.8	through the fog and the waiting in lines to go on rides.
1:39.9	It was a horror show.
1:42.0	It was like living in a scary movie where you're like, don't go down that
1:45.8	dark alley that steam is coming out of. It's a really bad idea. And yet that's where you want to
1:51.8	go because there's a ride on the other side that you want to check off your bucket list. It was
1:57.4	horrifying. Absolutely horrifying. Well, I'm just reading on the Wikipedia page
2:02.8	because, of course, I'm not a California resident, but it's been going a while, isn't it?
2:09.9	September 1973. It was first introduced at the Nottsbury Farm where they would do 160 hours of horror-themed
2:23.3	fun or something like that.
2:24.9	Horror-themed fun is what we have.
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