Episode 28 - Barefoot Ted McDonald

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2010

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

At the forefront of barefoot running Ted McDonald talks us through the history and evolution of the barefoot movement. We hear from Liz Yelling on her build up to Chicago and recent race in Sunderland. Marathon Talk smashes through 2,000 Facebook fans and approaches 100,000 downloads from 56 countries. Martin promises to get back running and Tom promises to stop training so hard... soon ;)

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0:00.0	I'm Martin yelling, he's Tom marathon talk and we're getting naked.
0:25.0	Not all our clothes, just our feet as we talk to Barefoot Running Pioneer Barefoot Ted
0:30.2	McDonald. We've got running news, Liz's progress towards the Chicago Marathon,
0:35.7	training talks all about using competition in your training, we rant, we rave and
0:41.0	we winner of the week. But first Tom, what have you been up to this week?
0:46.3	Well I was really looking forward to my final ever official time trial event and I've never done 100 I'd always wanted to do 100 mile time trial
0:55.5	on my bike I'd entered one I think last year and it got cancelled because of
0:58.8	roadworks just before it and I was gutted and this was it this was my last chance and I clean my bike and I serviced my bike and it was in great condition and I was feeling good and went to bed really early got up at four, had my porridge, left the house at 5, got left for 6, race started at 7,
1:15.1	actually flying, off I went and 3.5 miles in, going down the A1.68, my chain snapped,
1:20.7	couldn't believe it, D&F, that's it, as I watched my chain disappear off Couldn't believe it. D&F that's it as I watched my chain disappear
1:23.7	into the off to the horizon behind me.
1:25.2	No, what a disaster.
1:27.7	I know, can you believe it? There's been a few, uh, a few suggestions just to why it
1:32.0	happened. Someone said too much power.
1:34.0	Well, I doubt that.
1:35.4	I'm not the most powerful one.
1:37.2	From those chicken legs?
1:39.4	Power to weight is my thing, not power.
1:42.2	Someone said, I've been neglecting my bike.
1:44.0	No, it was spotlessly clean, new chain, new block.
1:46.5	It was just one of those frustrating things.
1:50.0	Had a long walk back down the A168 on my Todd, no pavement, wrong way against the traffic on the
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