EP88 | Meeting A Boston Marathon Legend | Marathon Talk Meets Bill Rodgers
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
As attention turns to Monday's Boston Marathon, we have a full preview of the race, including a look at who we think could be wearing their golden laurels on Boylston St. this Patriots' Day.
And as race weekend approaches, I had the privilege to catch up with a true Boston legend. Bill Rodgers joins us to share valuable insights into the course and discuss his highly decorated career in this sport.
And finally, for anyone in Boston this weekend, Elizabeth Pehota from Abbott World Marathon Majors will be joining us to share more about everything happening on race week in Beantown. All this, and more, on Marathon Talk.
On this episode of Marathon Talk:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:57 - We preview the 2026 Boston Marathon
- 13:40- Deena meets a Boston legend, Bill Rodgers joins us on Marathon Talk
- 40:42 - We meet Elizabeth Pehota who will be fronting the Inside The Majors series in Boston
- 52:45 - Martin and Deena wrap up the show
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Elizabeth Pehota | Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Marathon Talk, powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors. |
| 0:09.3 | Welcome to episode 88 of Marathon Talk, brought to you by Abbott World Marathon Majors. |
| 0:15.7 | On this week's show, our attention turns to Monday's Boston Marathon. |
| 0:21.0 | We have a full preview of the race, including a look at who we think could be wearing their golden laurels on Boylson Street on Patriots Day. |
| 0:32.0 | And as race weekend approaches, I had the privilege to catch up with a true Boston legend. |
| 0:39.7 | Bill Rogers joins us to give you valuable insight on the course and talk to us about his highly decorated career in the sport. |
| 0:46.2 | All this and more on Marathon Talk. |
| 0:52.4 | Dina, good to see you. You're in Carlsblad. |
| 0:55.8 | You've been there for, is it, the 40th anniversary of the race? |
| 0:58.3 | 40th anniversary of the world's fastest 5K. |
| 1:02.4 | It was so fun from 7 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. |
| 1:07.6 | It's 5K races galore. |
| 1:10.0 | My husband, Andrew, raced the master's race earlier in the morning. |
| 1:14.4 | And then Piper and I ran the people's race later in the day. So it was really a fun weekend to return. |
| 1:21.9 | I broke the world record there in 2002. So to be able to return after all these years and be able to see that this race is |
| 1:30.1 | still just a family, friendly, fitness festival was so fun. You know, it's Carlsbad, by the sea, |
| 1:37.5 | the sun is shining, there's food vendors and sponsors everywhere and hundreds of people of all ages and abilities taking the streets to run. |
| 1:47.4 | And when they're done racing, they just go on the sidelines and cheer on the next race. |
| 1:51.3 | So it was really a fun party by the seat. |
| 1:53.6 | It is the annual Boston Marathon coming up this weekend. |
| 1:58.3 | It marks the second stop of the World Marathon Majors series in |
| 2:03.6 | 2026. It's going to be an epic race. Boston's always really exciting because it's sort of unique |
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