Episode 583 - Celebrating Ron Hill
Marathon Talk
World Marathon Majors
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2021
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Thanks to TRIBE nutrition for supporting this week's show. We remember legendary marathoner and running icon Dr Ron Hill, and revisit his 2011 interview with Tom. John Kelly recaptures his Pennine Way FKT, there's some crazy-fast 800m times at Ostrava, and a tragedy in China. As parkrun COO, Tom also shares his thoughts on parkrun's return. Plus Exhale coffee support Training Talk as we bring you three sessions to knock out before parkrun resumes.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday the 26th of May 2021. I'm Holly to do you. I'm going to So, Thank you to tribe nutrition for sporting this week's show. This week's show we shall remember |
| 0:51.6 | legendary marathon runner and icon Dr Ron Hill and revisit his interview in 2011 with Tom |
| 0:58.3 | John Kelly recaptures his penine way FKT. There are some crazy fast 800 meter times at the Strava and there's a tragedy in China. |
| 1:06.4 | We also have Tom Williams full marathon talk host and Park Run COO shares his thoughts on Park Run's return. Excel Coffee Support Training Talk, |
| 1:13.9 | and we bring you three sessions |
| 1:15.2 | to knock out before Park Run resumes. |
| 1:17.8 | Welcome, Martin. |
| 1:19.4 | All right, Holly Rush, I've been laying some decking. Have you? Yes. And an outdoor shower? Yes, well I tell you what I've been |
| 1:29.0 | laying some decking in the garden and it's not very good for your running I'll tell you that now my hamstrings have |
| 1:35.6 | shortened by about four inches oh you've been bending over yeah I've had to dig quite a lot of earth out to lay this decking and put some railway sleepers in and they're heavy old bad boys. |
| 1:48.0 | They are heavy, aren't they? |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah, so I've been relocating and laying some sleepers and I've been digging in a and then setting in a |
| 1:59.4 | Deck frame and then deck boards. So yeah, it's that was my weekend job. I spent 22 hours over the weekend in the garden in the rain trying to lay this deck and then I work up on Monday morning and I could get out of bed. |
| 2:15.6 | Do you know what though? |
| 2:16.6 | Honestly I felt I felt like I'd run an ultra. |
| 2:19.1 | Yeah I tell you what though that sort of stuff is really good for remembering. |
| 2:22.8 | To be honest I've been a little bit like that the last couple of days I've been painting |
| 2:25.9 | and doing all sorts of DIY stuff and it's really time consuming as well that's the one |
| 2:30.0 | thing. You're like look at your watch and you're like, oh my word, it's like six o'clock. |
| 2:33.5 | And I've been doing this for hours. |
| 2:35.2 | And I've realized I've, this sounds very sad. |
| 2:38.8 | I've not looked at my phone, which has been great. |
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