Episode 578 - Tom Bedford
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Martin speaks to Team GB Olympic Marathon trials Race Director, Tom Bedford, the Boston Marathon goes virtual, we catch up on the first of the outdoor track action in Wales, Mo's back on the roads, and after the female V60 marathon WR was broken last weekend in Japan, Training Talk is all about running as a veteran.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday the 17th of March. I'm Holly to do. I'm going to be here. Oh, On this week's show Martin speaks to team G.B Olympic Marathon Trials |
| 0:48.6 | race director Tom Bedford. Boston Marathon goes virtual. We catch up on the first of the outdoor track |
| 0:54.1 | action in Wales. Mo is back on the roads and after the female Vet 60 Marathon |
| 0:58.7 | World Record is broken last weekend of Japan, training talk is all about running as a veteran. |
| 1:04.3 | Hello Martin, how you doing? |
| 1:06.3 | I'm all right. |
| 1:07.3 | I know loads about running as a veteran, as I have been one for the last nine years. |
| 1:13.6 | Is that all? |
| 1:14.2 | Check me out. |
| 1:15.2 | How many years have you been a vet? |
| 1:16.5 | Because of course, a veteran for men is 40 and women is 35. |
| 1:20.1 | I'm not certain why that's the case. |
| 1:22.2 | Yeah, actually that's almost, I would have thought that's actually the wrong way around |
| 1:25.3 | Actually thinking about it. I've never actually thought about it. Well, we'll talk about later I am |
| 1:28.8 | I am five eight years a veteran |
| 1:33.1 | Yeah, eight years a veteran. Yeah, eight years of veteran. |
| 1:34.7 | I'm sure we're going, I'm looking forward to talking about that later on |
| 1:37.5 | in the show, of course. |
| 1:39.1 | In training, we'll talk all about running as a veteran. I have been back running though. Just a little bit, it's been a bit up and down. |
| 1:47.2 | Been a bit up and down for me in my veteran running. Yes, yeah, it's been a bit up and down. However, I am now back on it. I did a series of easy runs last week and I've done a few easy runs this week so are you do when you say easy runs though |
| 2:08.3 | It's not one of these like progressive 10 milas that you're just gonna have we look up on strava and that's what you've done |
| 2:12.4 | I mean you can six by three minutes soft 90 that you're just going to be a look up on strava and that's what you've done. |
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