4.7 • 994 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2011
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Three time Olympian Jo Pavey is a great of British running, having set the English schools 1,500m record 23 years ago she is still going strong and earlier this year completed her debut marathon in 2:28, stepping straight to the front of the London 2012 qualification queue. Tony suffered a few technical glitches but still delivered his usual hilarity and with both Martin and Tom abroad this week we achieved only our second ever sub 60 minute show.
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0:00.0 | I'm Martin yelling, he's Tom, 2011 and this is episode 77 of Marathon Talk. |
0:25.5 | Now some of you will already be surprised you've heard my voice and not Martin's first. |
0:29.7 | It's the first time in 77 episodes that I'm starting the show. |
0:35.0 | Martin's halfway up a mountain in the French Alps in a little hut and his sound |
0:39.6 | qualities not fantastic so I'm going to do the bulk of the talking today. This week's show is a little different as well because we've actually recorded it last week. |
0:47.0 | If you're listening to this on the Wednesday it came out, Martin is still in the Alps and I'm 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean on my way back from the West Indies. |
0:55.2 | We therefore don't have the usual news, rate your run and winner of the week, but don't worry, we've still got an amazing show lined up. |
1:01.6 | We've got details of the Magic Mile International |
1:03.6 | Challenge, news of a listener's book, Tony's Trials, and a super brilliant interview |
1:08.2 | with a one and only 228 debut running Joe Pavey but Mark are you there? |
1:14.0 | Yeah I am here yet before you go getting all above your station and taking over for the whole |
1:19.6 | show I am here it's going to be really good got a great camp in the Alps lined up for the next seven days |
1:24.3 | I'm really excited about it so yet I am here all guns blazing we have been up to some |
1:30.1 | amazing amazing things we actually only recorded last week's show two days ago and it seems like an age |
1:36.5 | way doesn't it? It's been a busy two days though isn't it? It's been a super busy two days we've done |
1:40.2 | rather a lot. Yeah having worked for for a really, really long time on sourcing some marathon talk |
1:46.2 | technical gear and we really have worked. |
1:48.4 | It's been a lot harder than we thought it was going to be. |
1:50.9 | We've pretty much finalized a deal with not one but two world-class and I mean |
1:56.1 | world-class brands to bring you some rather special stuff. As soon as we've |
2:01.1 | crossed the T's and dotted the I's will announce it here on the show and via the website. |
2:05.5 | But watch this rather exciting space because we are just about there with the technical clothing. |
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