It's Wednesday the 2nd of May 2012. I'm Martin yelling. He's Tom Williams and this is

episode 121 of Marathon Talk. I'm going to do.

So, now. So, I'm going to do. On this week's show it feels kind of quiet. The stormy weather

livened up marathons in the UK this past weekend. Ethiopians rule in Germany.

Marion gets the London 2012 call-up.

Five Brits run fast in Stamford.

The Virgin London Marathon ballot opens and closes.

We've got a great interview with Celebrity 254

marathon runner Nell McAndrew. There's fast and full podiums. Tony brings his

trials, you rant and the launch pad rumbles on.

Tom, what have you been doing?

Well, I guess I should probably kick things off with the amazing news that I've actually finally started my mile training.

Oh, man, that's going to be wicked.

It's great. I'm really looking forward to it.

I've put it off and procrastinated and been busy and then I was going to start the week before London,

then I thought it was the week before London, so it's silly doing doing that and then we got to London and of course I never found time to run in London and then I went on and last week I ran twice once on Monday and once on Sunday I think and that was it of about 12 miles in total and I was just

genuinely down in the dumps about my running but I've committed to it I've

shortened it to 20 weeks from 24 otherwise I'd have been doing my mile on some cold blustery night in

October which probably isn't suitable for mile training. So I think the

weekend of the 15th and 16th of September which is 20 weeks from now is going to

be the magic mile time more on that later

well my own personal magic mile time but people will be welcome to come and join me

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