EP79 | Has Eliud Kipchoge Completed Running?
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
One of the major talking points to emerge from last weekend's TCS New York City Marathon was Eliud Kipchoge. Following the completion of his Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star journey, it felt like the end of an era for the 11-time Majors winner, 2-time Olympic Champion and former World Record holder. On this episode of Marathon Talk, we look back on Kipchoge's career—the highs and lows—and what we will do next.
And one of the things he's suggested he'll be doing next is running a marathon on Antartica, so we're very fortunate to be also joined by a man who knows a thing or two about South Pole running, President of Marathon Tours & Travel, Jeff Adams joins us to tell us more about how the running tourism industry is booming now, and where he'll be taking runners to next.
On this episode of Marathon Talk:
- 1:49 - Martin and Deena discuss all that went down at the TCS New York City Marathon
- 13:04 - We look back on the career of AbbottWMM Six Star finisher, Eliud Kipchoge
- 30:14 - We're joined by Jeff Adams, president and owner of Marathon Tours & Travel.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 79 of Marathon Talk brought to you by Abbott World Marathon Majors. |
| 0:06.0 | On this week's show, we take some time to talk about Elliot Kipchoway, the Goat, an 11-time major winner, two-time Olympic champion, former Marathon World Record holder, and as of Sunday's TCS, New York City Mar Marathon, an Aber World Marathon Major six-star |
| 0:23.6 | finisher. We'll take a look back on his career, the highs, a few lows and everything in |
| 0:30.3 | between whilst discussing his future plans, which he shared with the world's media on Sunday |
| 0:35.9 | in New York City. Yeah, we're also joined by Jeff Adams. |
| 0:39.0 | He's the president of Marathon Tours and Travel. |
| 0:42.1 | They're the organization who sponsored the Abbott World Marathon Majors and Travel Age Group World Championships. |
| 0:49.8 | Jeff's the man to speak to about the current boom in sports tourism, |
| 0:53.3 | and he has the inside track on how |
| 0:55.9 | the industry is evolving to meet demands of its audiences. And before we get to that, our show this |
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| 1:48.0 | It's been a whole 48 hours since I saw your face. |
| 1:54.5 | We last recorded the Marathon Talk Extra, the TCS New York City Marathon special show. We've started to talk a little |
| 2:02.9 | bit about the World Marathon majors and release Marathon Talk Extra after each of the big majors. So, |
| 2:12.6 | enjoy seeing that. But you're no longer in New York. I'm thinking you're back home. I am back home. It was great |
| 2:20.2 | to put out the extra if you haven't heard it and want to get caught up on everything TCS New York |
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