It's 13th of March 2019. I'm Martin yelling. He's Tom Williams and this is episode

479 of Marathon Talk. I'm going to do.

So, I'm going to do. Thanks to our friends at Soil running for supporting the show this week.

We speak to recent European indoor 3,000 meter bronze medalist Melissa Courtney.

Listen up if you want to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

It was the British World Cross Country team trials this past weekend.

Mo Farah and Charlotte Purdue win the big half in London.

Tony's here with an injured trials. Tim Sore talks about improving your running kit.

You rate your run. Look simply belting in your kit around the world and stand proudly on the podium.

Tom Williams, what you've been up to?

Oh, I tell you what, I'm knackered. I've just, oh, I've got to start my comrades training sooner or later, haven't I?

Well, I thought. Didn't you do 30 kilometers? You've not gone into full procrastination

mode again, have you? Well, yeah, I did do 30k with my dad which is a lot easier isn't

it than doing 30 k on your own. Yeah you know it's I'm really looking forward

to Comrade it's just an incredible event the only reason I'm doing it is because my dad's doing it and I want to do it together is an amazing experience.

If I could take a pill, which meant I didn't have to do any of the training, and I could just rock up on the start line in shape. That would be me.

Why do you want to rock up in the start line in shape?

What are you just going to do with your dad for a hell of it, like as you are?

Well, as I was chatting earlier to someone they were saying what what you're doing what's going

on with your training I'm like well I'm going to have to start because I don't mind you know me I don't mind rock up on a start line totally

under prepared and weying on the day and blowing up doesn't bother me detonating

whatsoever except for the fact when you do it when I'm doing it with my old man and he might have to wait for me or

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