E64: Russell Winwood - The COPD Athlete

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

COPD is the third leading cause of death worldwide, but that’s not stopped Russell Winwood from a stellar journey to his Six Star Medal.

He’s our inspirational guest on this week’s Marathon Talk, taking us through his battle with the relatively unknown lung disease.

Join us for this episode, as we also round up all the latest in the running world - from Jacob Kiplimo’s blistering half-marathon WR, to a milestone moment for our Six Star Finishers this weekend in Tokyo!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We kick off this week with a catch up that takes us through cross country comps, birthdays, and Martin’s map-mishaps
7:40 - The London elite field is looking racier off the back of Jacob Kiplimo’s new half-marathon WR, so we look ahead to weigh up his chances, set our sights on Tokyo’s race this weekend, and share the huge milestone for AWMM’s Six Star Finishers
22:30 - Russell Winwood talks us through his battles with COPD, the third leading cause of death in the world, and how he’s overcome the odds to become a Six Star Finisher

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Martin Yelling

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Deena Kastor

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Russell Winwood

https://copdathlete.com/

Russell’s Six Star Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSDX_4UUBZY

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 64 of Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors.
0:07.0	On this week's show, we'll discuss whether Jacob Kaplimo can break the London Marathon course record in his marathon debut.
0:16.0	We'll take a look at the elite races about to go down in Tokyo.
0:20.0	We'll highlight some notable striving for that
0:22.2	coveted six-star medal in Japan. And we'll hear from the star of our latest documentary,
0:28.5	Russell Winwood, about his incredible six-star journey. All right, let's go. Martin, good to see you
0:37.0	again. What have you been up to? Good to see you too, Dean. I must
0:40.3	admit, in your intro, mentioning Russ, I spoke to Russ today. I really enjoyed his interview.
0:48.8	I really enjoyed speaking to him. I'm going to be honest, I wasn't sure. Like like hearing his story, I'd read a little bit about
0:55.9	him, and I wasn't sure. And then I watched the Abbott World Marathon Major's story about
1:04.0	Russ, and I was blown away. Right. Right. I watched it and I thought, I love it. I just love it. The main thing, well, I'm going to hold it. I'm not going to tell you what I thought the main thing is. Because it comes later in the show. Because of course, I interviewed Russ and I really loved it and, you know, such a humble, passionate, compassionate guy whose running is serving him beautifully and those
1:31.4	around him.
1:32.1	So, yeah, I hope you enjoy that when it comes up.
1:35.7	Me, however, I'm going to have to let you in on a bit of a rather embarrassing secret, Dina.
1:42.0	Uh-oh.
1:43.2	Well, don't worry.
1:45.9	I don't have anything like that.
1:48.1	I know, but I feel like you don't get embarrassed easily, so tell.
1:51.0	Do you know what?
1:51.5	I really feel like I let someone down over the weekend.
1:54.0	So it was, we had a funeral to go to.
1:57.1	And my wife and I were in separate vehicles for complex logistical reasons.
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