E61: Paula Radcliffe MBE - Former Women’s World Record Holder

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

All-time best lineups, exclusive news, and Paula Radcliffe herself on Marathon Talk? We couldn’t start 2025 any better, could we…

Paula Radcliffe MBE is our very first guest on the show, talking to us ahead of her majestic marathon return! She’s taking on Tokyo and Boston, the latter of which has a stacked elite field… or so we thought, til London unveiled their roster.

Get the jump on two of the most anticipated races in a generation, with one of the most iconic runners of a generation, on episode 61 of Marathon Talk.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We kick off the first show of the year checking in on Deena’s discipline, and set our goals for the year ahead
12:45 - Boston and London have released their incredibly competitive elite fields, so we sift through the contenders who might take victory in these stellar fields
33:50 - Marathon icon and former World Record Holder Paula Radcliffe MBE is our very special guest, sharing the first steps on her marathon return, Six Star ambitions, and what she’s looking forward to most about taking on Boston & Tokyo

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 61 of Marathon Talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:06.5	This is our first show of 2025 and we've got plenty to dig into Boston and London.
0:15.0	Have both revealed their elite fields for their 2025 races and they include a galaxy of marathon running stars across both
0:25.3	races not to be outdone though we'll hear how Dina has been getting on in her
0:30.0	hundred days of discipline challenge and unbelievably kicking off 2025
0:36.3	we interview former women's world record holder and now six-star
0:42.6	hopeful Paula Radcliffe on her marathon comeback.
0:46.5	Right, let's go.
0:50.5	Dina, how you doing?
0:52.4	Well, gosh, I got like nervous with that intro, Martin,
0:55.6	because I was hoping you wouldn't check in on me
0:58.3	with my 100 Days of Discipline Challenge.
1:01.1	I'm going to.
1:01.8	Because I will explain how it's not going so great.
1:04.1	And I chuckled when you said,
1:06.0	former world record holder in the marathon
1:08.2	and six star hopeful.
1:10.7	Like a lot of people that listen to this show
1:12.6	have already completed their six stars or they're going for round two or three of their six star journey.
1:18.6	And here we're going to talk to Paula, who is still going for hers. But it's great to see,
1:23.5	yeah, it's great to see she's lacing her shoes back up, so I can't wait to hear from her.
1:27.9	Do you know, it's not every year that you're, it's not like, what is it, 22 years?
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