It's Wednesday the 3rd of December 2014.

I'm Martin yelling.

He's Tom Williams and this is episode 256 of marathon talk. I'm going to do.

So, yeah. So, I'm going to do. On this week's show, Jantastic 2015 is open for sign up. We've got the second half of our interview with Jeff Smith. Mark Steinly runs the Florence

marathon. There's a super speedy half in Delhi. Yuki's at it again and Ozzy Olympian

Marty Dent gets taken down by a non-aenerogen speedster. You rate your run. Post your best

running heckles. Tweet your Christmas list and climb aboard the listener podium. training talk is all about the country

Tom what you been up to what have I been up to I've been out on the country first

cross-country race of the year on Sunday.

It was all right although do you remember when we were saying last week that you know I'm

not in the run shape of my life really and but there are a lot more people competing but when I was at my

pomp I was probably finished top 20 I can't remember when I was finishing last

year maybe I can't honestly can't remember 30th or 40th maybe 50th

I think on Sunday I was 147th or something

so but it was good I really enjoyed it like I really really enjoyed it and we'll get onto that in a bit really in the in the training talk where it's as long as you the worst thing you can do if you're not in your sort of lifetime best shape is golf too hard is go off at lifetime best shape isn't it?

So I started off fairly steady and just tried to build the build and build and build and build and I had an absolute max effort

couldn't have gone one second faster and really enjoy it had a good old race so yeah

I really really enjoyed it was nice to be back outside I do love cross country for that I love

that I love just you know a bit of a tree hugger at heart and I just love being you know doing

the thing in nature one with yeah well you know when you are outside in the

elements enjoying a run particularly in the winter you know and you're getting a bit battered by the wind and it's muddy and the leaves are on the ground

It's refreshing isn't it? It kind of just resets your passion and love for running isn't it? It just resets your passion and love for running, isn't it?

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