E57: Wayne Larden - Sydney Marathon’s Event Director

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

One week on from the most incredible race in New York, it’s time to look back on our race in the five boroughs, and the top stories from the elite field.

In a packed show this week, we’ve also got all the numbers on this year’s Six Star Finishers, and following Sydney’s exciting news that it’ll join the Abbott World Marathon Majors in 2025, we catch up with the incredible Wayne Larden, Race Director for the newly minted Major!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Deena and Martin take another long look back at their magnificent experience in New York last week, sharing more of their favourite moments from the five boroughs
20:30 - A detailed look back on the elite results in New York, with a flying Dutchman’s first Major win, an upset in the women’s field, and our insider knowledge on Marcel Hug’s crash
28:20 - Wayne Larden, Sydney Marathon’s Event Director, joins us fresh from the news of Sydney’s newfound Major status, to share how the race has evolved and grown, and future plans for the 7th Star in the Series

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 57 of Marathon Talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:07.0	This week, more reflections on our amazing trip through the five boroughs of the TCS New York City Marathon.
0:14.0	We take a look at the elite winners of the Abbott World Marathon Major series for 2024.
0:19.0	We will dive into the numbers behind the six star finishes
0:22.5	for 20202 and following the massive news that Sydney is joining the Abbott World
0:29.1	Marathon Major's family for 2025. We speak to none other than the Sydney race director Wayne
0:36.7	Larnon. Right, let's go.
0:40.4	How you doing? I feel tentative kind of asking you that question. Yeah, my body feels great.
0:48.1	I was super sore right after our marathon, but it was only for a day, which I was so grateful for. But then came the emotional
0:56.7	pain of our U.S. elections. They were so close. It was voting an election day here in the
1:03.9	United States. And so thank goodness my body recovered because I have had to take to running,
1:10.4	lifting weights again, and getting
1:12.8	into the kitchen to cook and bake in order to just...
1:16.4	Relieve your entire stress levels?
1:18.4	Yeah.
1:18.9	Yeah.
1:19.1	Do you run like 500 miles since the New York City, Mary?
1:22.7	I have been running a lot.
1:24.1	I'm sore from lifting weights and I have just been a machine in the kitchen.
1:28.8	I'm going to share one thing. Andrew's got 500 chocolate muffins and like 17 pumpkin pies.
1:34.3	Right. I've been experimenting and having fun and one of these things that came out of the kitchen the other day,
1:40.0	I even posted online because they were so delicious. I made pistachio butter, like just in the blend, like the Quezonart blender.
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