E69: “London Reinstalled My Faith in Humanity" - Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds on His Debut Marathon

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Swapping guitars for trainers last week, Rou Reynolds was one of a record-breaking 56,640 finishers in London - the biggest ever!

From his maiden marathon, to an exhilarating elite field, to an exciting announcement from the Cape Town Marathon, we’ve all this and more on this week’s unmissable Marathon Talk!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

4:15 - The huge news this week comes from London and Cape Town, with huge performances from Sebastian Sawe and Tigist Assefa, 5-on-the-bounce for Marcel Hug, and South Africa’s biggest marathon taking on the Age Group World Championships
18:00 - Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds talks us through his 26.2 miles, how he balances running with a rockstar lifestyle, and the magic that’s unique to marathons
43:30 - We crown a winner from our community for the closest prediction, and cover some of your greatest performances

Marathon Talk is proudly powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors, who create, build and support opportunities for all to discover the power of the marathon community. Learn more at https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/

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Deena Kastor

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Rou Reynolds

https://www.instagram.com/roureynolds/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 69 of Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon majors. On this week's show,
0:06.7	we'll look back on the TCS London Marathon. Oh yes, it was the biggest marathon in history. A glorious day
0:15.9	in the British capital, but I didn't make for an easy running experience. We also have big news for next year's Abbott World Marathon majors,
0:24.2	marathon tours and travel age group world championships
0:27.5	as they head to Cape Town for 26.
0:30.6	And our guest on this week's show is a real-life proper proper, bona fide rock star
0:38.6	who swapped guitars for trainers to take on the London heat.
0:41.6	Rao Reynolds' lead singer of the UK band,
0:44.8	Enter Shikari, joins us for a chat.
0:48.4	And to wrap up the show,
0:49.8	we hear from our listeners
0:51.2	as they tell us about their London Marathon experience. All of this and more
0:55.6	on this episode of Marathon Talk. Martin, you have had a really busy week in London. You are all
1:05.4	over the place at the running show in the media center. Are you recovered? Yeah, it's Thursday. It's Thursday.
1:12.9	Is it Friday? It's Friday today. Everybody's recovered by Friday. But it is a busy week.
1:16.9	I was at the running show all week meeting, meeting just loads of lovely runners. There's always
1:21.3	lots of nervous first time as at London, especially this year, you know, with wave starts and it being
1:26.9	the biggest official marathon in history with, you know, with wave starts and it being the biggest official
1:28.8	marathon in history with, you know, well over 56,000 finishes. So, you know, a lot of people
1:35.8	that came through the running show in the week before the marathon, but it's always full of
1:39.4	excitement, loads of fun, and then topped for me on race day by hosting the media centre. So, you know, I get to meet all loads of fun and then topped for me on race day by by hosting the media centre so you know
1:46.0	I get to meet all loads and loads of the kind of mass participation runners pre race and then on
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