EP83 | From Chelsea To Tokyo - Marathon Talk meets Spencer Matthews
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Marathon Talk is back for 2026, and what an episode we have for you to start the new season! First up, we're joined by Spencer Matthews, as he prepares to head to Japan to take on the Tokyo Marathon.
Our second guests, whom you may have seen on your social media feeds over the last few weeks, Aubrey Mvula and Liz Newcomer, were judges for the recent Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours & Travel World Tour competition.
They talk us through the process they used to find their winner, Leodhais MacPhearson, and we also have the chance to speak to the man himself as he prepares to run every Abbott World Marathon Major over the next two years.
We're so excited be back!
On this episode of Marathon Talk:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:46 - Martin & Deena catch-up
- 03:37 - Marathon Talk meets Spence Matthews
- 35:24 - We meet Aubrey Mvula, Liz Newcomer and Leodhais MacPhearson to talk about the Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours & Travel World Tour competition.
- 1:06:01 - Wrap-Up
Links & References:
Abbott World Marathon Majors
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Marathon Talk
Martin Yelling | Instagram
Deena Kastor | Instagram
Spencer Matthews | Instagram | Untapped Podcast on Spotify
Aubrey Mvula | Instagram
Liz Newcomer | Instagram
Leodhais MacPhearson | Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors. |
| 0:10.0 | On this week's show, we're delighted to welcome Spencer Matthews to the show, |
| 0:14.9 | ahead of his trip to Japan, later this month, to run the Tokyo Marathon. |
| 0:18.8 | And also joining us on the show this week, |
| 0:21.3 | you might have seen their videos in January, |
| 0:23.8 | on their quest to find one lucky runner |
| 0:26.4 | to run all seven Abbott World Marathon majors, |
| 0:29.5 | Aubrey and Liz will be with us |
| 0:32.0 | to talk more about the tear-jurking |
| 0:34.2 | and inspiring process of finding their winner. |
| 0:37.1 | That winner, also joining us today. |
| 0:39.6 | Oh, that's going to be epic. All this and more on Marathon Time. |
| 0:46.5 | Dina, it seems like ages. It's been all Christmas. You've done all your Christmasy things. |
| 0:51.2 | You've done all of that. We haven't spoken since, since 2025. So what have you |
| 0:57.7 | been up to? I can hardly believe it. Yeah, happy holidays, happy New Year. We were joking before the |
| 1:06.5 | show. I was kind of teasing you. Have you kept to your resolutions? And your answer was, |
| 1:14.0 | you didn't make any? No. Like what? No, I mean, I don't make resolutions. But was it you |
| 1:20.6 | said something about Michael Jordan, like the only shots you miss the ones you don't take? |
| 1:25.2 | You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. |
| 1:28.3 | So I want to know why you don't have a resolution on the table for 2026. |
| 1:33.3 | No. |
| 1:34.3 | Do you know what? |
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