E63: Raymond Braun - Endurance Athlete & Mental Health Correspondent

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

From mental health advocate triathletes to parkrun romantics to World Record teens, we’ve an absolutely packed episode of Marathon Talk this week!

On episode 63, Martin & Deena bring us the latest on World Indoor Records that have been shattered, a New Zealand teen taking on Jakob Ingebritsen’s milestones, and we share YOUR stories of matchmaking on the move.

Meanwhile, it’s a privilege to hear from Raymond Braun, as he opens up about his mental health struggles, the endurance feats that are helping him overcome them, and his marvellous mental health work with Olympians.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Martin & Deena catch up on birthday celebrations, seasonal training, Deena’s discipline, and how to stay motivated in your training
7:40 - The latest news this week brings us a new World Indoor Record in the 3,000m, a new World Age Group Record for Sam Ruthie, and we share YOUR stories finding love on the run
18:40 - Training Talk is back! With Tokyo round the corner, we bring you tips on how the final weeks pre-race should look, and how to taper and rest up for a perfect race day
27:35 - The incredible Raymond Braun joins us to share the role of endurance athletics in his mental health recovery journey, the remarkable 777 Triathlon Challenge, and his role as mental health correspondent at the Olympic Games

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 63 of Marathon Talk powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors on this week's
0:07.0	Valentine's Day show. P.S. It's also Dina's birthday. We hear from a few listeners about how they found love on the run. There's new world records in the books. We're only two weekends away from the start of the spring majors season.
0:22.9	Countdowns Tokyo is on.
0:29.2	So in training talk, we'll look at what the final couple of weeks should consist of if your Tokyo banned.
0:34.8	Plus, in our interview this week, we talked to six-star hopeful Raymond Braun about his inspiring journey from mental health crisis to record-breaking
0:38.8	endurance athlete and Olympic correspondent.
0:43.1	Right, let's go.
0:50.1	Dina, what you've been up to?
0:52.2	Oh my gosh, Martin.
0:53.5	I'm really looking forward to my interview with Raymond, but I've been doing a lot of working out running.
1:02.0	I feel like I've got the bug in me to like just get stronger.
1:05.8	I've been lifting weights.
1:07.1	I've been running consistently.
1:09.1	Have you?
1:09.5	Even getting in some long runs. I've been ice skating and
1:12.4	cross-country skiing. So I just feel like I'm buzzing, which is probably why I was yawning as we
1:17.9	were like catching up before hitting the record button. Like I'm exhausted from the work,
1:23.3	but it's that good exhaustion, you know? Are you still in your 100 days of discipline or are you done with that now?
1:28.8	Oh, you're still in there?
1:29.9	Yeah.
1:30.5	Okay.
1:30.7	Yeah.
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