E6: JohnBoy Smith, Commonwealth Gold Medal-Winning Paralympian

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Success isn’t earned by deep pockets, but by heart, determination and mindset. Such is the winning mentality of Commonwealth gold medallist, JohnBoy Smith.

Recalling his call-up for Team GB in Tokyo and some of the greatest challenges he’s overcome, JohnBoy joins us for a fascinating discussion in the latest episode of Marathon Talk.

We also take a look at the fastest ever 2nd half run in Valencia, the scintillating European Cross Country race in Turin, and how Boston is set to tee up a clash of the titans between Kipchoge and Chebet.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Adverse weather running and England’s recent world cup woes
6:00 - Rounding up Valencia’s fastest ever second half, and the exhilarating European Cross Country in Turin
20:05 - Team GB’s JohnBoy Smith on winning Commonwealth Gold, finding sources of drive & inspiration, and accessibility for budding young wheelchair athletes
53:30 - 6 Q’s with a 6 Star Finisher, and preparing to reflect on 2022

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode six of marathon talk powered by Abbott World Marathon majors.
0:07.0	On this week's show we'll be talking about Elliot Kibchobis running Boston, finally, the cross-country race that went through a carriage house.
0:17.0	The amazing times ran in Valencia, a Battle of the Sexes in Honolulu, plus an inspirational tale of wheelchair racer John Boy Smith.
0:31.2	Yes, welcome to episode six and we can't kick off the show without talking about the World Cup football and specifically the England game.
0:41.0	Come on Dina, we're actually texting each other a little bit, weren't we?
0:44.8	It was so frustrating. Just some of the calls that the referees made, France being so aggressive,
0:52.1	but what a game, you know, I actually ran on the treadmill for an hour to half.
0:56.2	That's a record for me because I was watching the game on my phone.
1:00.3	This tiny little screen as I'm bouncing up and down every once in a while when England who possessed the ball much of the game
1:08.1	Much more than France anytime they were near the goal. I'd straddle the treadmill and look closely at my phone
1:14.4	they looked like little ants scurrying around the field but I did watch it on this little
1:18.9	square but it was a frustrating game it was a little bit just a bit frustrating. I mean I'm no
1:24.5	football pundit however it was frustrating and the difficult thing was I think it was
1:29.7	you know it is obviously a physical game and from you know my very biased point of view
1:34.3	there was some decisions which didn't go in England's favors which was
1:37.7	represented by two penalties you know and a couple of free kicks just
1:42.0	outside the penalty box you know and a couple of free kicks just outside the penalty box you know and of course one of them
1:45.6	Harry Kane's called brilliantly but then the second one excruciatingly he popped it over the bar and of course that was enough to not go into extra time and saw
1:57.6	England's departure from the World Cup at quarterfinals so yeah oh well I went sobbing home to final. So yeah, oh well, I went sobbing home to bed. I bet and the final is coming up this weekend on Sunday. So if you're a football fan, make sure to tune in for the World Cup. But this is about marathon season and as
2:16.5	aside from watching football what have you been up to Martin? Well I certainly haven't been
2:21.7	shoveling five foot of snow before we started recording
2:25.1	you're like hang on let me know when you're in because I'm busy I'm
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