Episode 14 - Richard Whitehead
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2010
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
This week we review some superfast spring marathons in Rotterdam and Paris. Catch up with new world record holder and double legged amputee Richard Whitehead and tell you everything you need to know about your final 24hours on race day. Hallelujah for Tony's Trials and we teach you how to spit on the run!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Martin yelling, he's Tom Williams, and this of Marathon talk. It's the 14th of April on this week's show |
| 0:27.1 | we've got news about races in Paris and Rotterdam and elsewhere. We've got a |
| 0:32.0 | mantra, some race day training talk. Richard White Ted tells |
| 0:35.9 | us about his New World Record, Tony's trials, Sir Rantin' Arrave, your questions and a winner |
| 0:42.3 | of the week. |
| 0:43.4 | Tom, what have you been up to? |
| 0:45.1 | Well, it was my final long run before the London Marathon on Thursday, last week, so |
| 0:51.8 | six days ago now time listening. listening case anyone thinks I'm doing |
| 0:54.0 | it super last minute that was last Thursday and it was good it was it was a 22 mile |
| 1:00.0 | I've done it for the last five years and I peed it by a couple of minutes. It wasn't it |
| 1:03.7 | wasn't flat out but it was hard. I think before I'd run it in 230-255 or something I ran it |
| 1:08.8 | to 30-25 so it was good two and a half minutes ahead. So that was great and you know, |
| 1:14.3 | it helps me to know what I am from Arifend day |
| 1:17.1 | and feel I'm confident on, |
| 1:19.0 | confident on target for where I need to be. |
| 1:20.8 | I've been that been riding my bike quite a lot and I did a time trial in |
| 1:24.3 | the Dales on Sunday called the Circuit of the Dales and bagged another PB there actually by |
| 1:29.6 | 11 whopping minutes. It's been a week of personal best for you. |
| 1:33.2 | Yeah, a week, a personal best in chocolate in the beginning of the week at Easter. |
| 1:38.1 | So three, I bag myself a trick. How about you, mate? I've been back doing some regular running it's been really good I've enjoyed |
| 1:46.1 | four-hour runs and another one of 90 minutes you've had four hour runs how |
| 1:50.8 | large you have not a four hour run, four one hour runs. I'm tempted |
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