EP80 | The 100 Marathon Man - Marathon Talk catches up with Richard Whitehead MBE
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Marathon Talk, we're joined by British Paralympian and world record holder Richard Whitehead, following his incredible achievement of running his 100th marathon of his career at the TCS New York City Marathon.
Before we speak to Richard, Martin and Deena discuss what to do now that, for most, the marathon season has come to an end. How do we keep the fitness levels where they need to be, without overdoing it? How do we stay focused, and what do we plan for to keep us excited?
Finally, Deena had the chance to speak to Rob Dalto, who was representing Team Abbott in New York, and told us about this running story.
On this episode of Marathon Talk:
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:24 - Deena is at the finish of the Everywoman Marathon in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- 7:04 - Now that the season is over, what do we do?
- 18:09 - Richard Whitehead MBE joins us to tell us about his recent achievement of completing his 100th marathon.
- 46:13 - Deena and Rob Dalto go for a short trot around Central Park, talking about the race, the city and the communities that help make the race a highlight of the sporting calendar.
- 57:12 - Wrap-up
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 80 of Marathon Talk brought to you by Abbott World Marathon Majors. |
| 0:06.1 | On this week's show featuring the 100th marathon of his career earlier this month in New York, |
| 0:12.2 | we delighted to welcome back to Marathon Talk, Richard Whitehead MBE, to hear more about his incredible achievements. |
| 0:19.0 | And speaking of New York, I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon in Central Park with |
| 0:23.8 | Rob Dalto, a New York resident, multiple six-star medalist, and who for the past year has been running |
| 0:31.1 | under the Team Abbott Banner. And I learned so much from him about how that community has grown |
| 0:36.9 | from race to race. |
| 0:38.3 | Right, before we get into the rest of that, our show this week, is brought to you by the Wahoo Kicker Run Smart Treadmill. |
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| 1:22.9 | Dina, you are not in Mammoth. Where are you? I am, I snuck in from the finish line of the Every |
| 1:31.8 | Woman's Marathon in Scottsdale, Arizona. I've been cheering on women all morning long and snuck in |
| 1:38.0 | to talk to you, Martin. It has been such an inspiring day, just seeing so many different ages and ethnicity and races and |
| 1:49.9 | motivation levels. Over 5,300 people, 43% of them are first-time marathoners, so maybe a gateway |
| 1:58.5 | into the Abbott World Marathon Majors ecosystem. |
| 2:02.5 | It's been really inspiring to see the energy and enthusiasm of these women. |
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