It is the very last day of 2014. I'm Tom Williams.

Martins prancing up and down the Bournemouth Beach Front in is Rudolph the

reindeer Budge smugglers and this is episode 260 of marathon talk. I'm going to On this week's show I chat with New Zealand running legend Rod Dixon and remind you to sign up for Jantastic

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then you'd arrive in the spring in fantastic shape. I'm in the marathon talk team it's completely free to

enter and the best runners in the world.

He's an Olympic medalist, a two-time world cross-country championship medalist.

He has a 1500 meter P.B. of 333, a mile P.B. of 353, a 3,000 meter P.B. of 743, 5,000 meters of 1317,

10,000 meters, 1317, 10,000 meters 2811, half marathon of 6212, and a marathon best of

2008-59 set in 1983 when he won the New York Marathon in Dramatic Style from British Marathon

and Recent Marathon Talked interviewee Jeff Smith now residing in in LA he is a passionate

advocate of children's health and fitness and through his kids marathon program

aims to bring the value and fun of exercise and

nutrition to children all around the world. Welcome to the show Rod Dixon.

Good morning Tom.

Hey Rod I'll tell you you sound remarkable, you sound cheerful. morning this life in LA in the sun and we've just been kind of comparing weather of me in Yorkshire

and you on a beautiful sunny day in LA and actually you sound as cheerful as you look.

Well it's yeah every day it's a great day every day.

As my grandfather used to say, Tom, every day above ground is a good one.

So it's, you take out of it what you want and need and today is particularly nice and sunny but you know one thing

for me is the weather is the most consistent thing in my life. It is the weather and

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