How to Get Into the World Marathon Majors (Part 1)
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Here’s your guide to getting a race bib for the Tokyo, Boston, London, and Sydney Marathons! Our next episode will focus on Berlin, Chicago, and New York.
The Abbott World Marathon Majors is the most prestigious marathon series in the world, hosting over 250,000 runners per year, and millions applying for a bib. Many runners in our audience are working toward their Six Star Medal (Angie only needs 1 more star).
There are basically 4 ways to get into each marathon as a non-elite runner.
- Enter the lottery
- Run for charity
- Qualify with a fast time
- Travel with a tour company
But as you will hear, there are many exceptions, nuances, and backdoor ways to get into the Majors. We hope you enjoy this episode!
Links Mentioned in This Episode
MetPro + MTA Coaching Deal. Special offer we’ve never done before limited to the first 30 people, signup for MetPro Nutrition coaching will also get MTA Run coaching included at no additional cost. $200 a month savings.
Lagoon Sleep -take their awesome 2 minute sleep quiz to find your match. Use the code “MTA” for 15% off your first purchase.
Sports Tours International USA -our top recommended marathon tour company for runners in the USA, UK, France, and Ireland.
AG1 -It’s the perfect time to start a new healthy habit and AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box.
Speak with a Running Coach about one-on-one coaching or join the Academy and use a MTA training plan.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey, big thanks to our friends at Lagoon Sleep. With Lagoon pillows, you fall asleep faster because you're matched with the pillow that is most comfortable for your sleep position and body type. |
| 0:08.9 | Go to lagoonsleep.com slash MTA to take their awesome two-minute sleep quiz and find out what your perfect match is. |
| 0:15.4 | And use our code MTA for 15% off your first purchase. That's lagoon sleep.com slash mTA. Thanks to AG1. It's never too late |
| 0:24.2 | to create a new healthy habit for 2025. And AG1 is offering new subscribers a free $76 gift when you |
| 0:30.9 | sign up. You'll get a welcome kit, a bottle of D3K2, and five free travel packs in your first box. |
| 0:37.4 | So make sure to check them out at drinkag1.com slash mTA. D3K2 and five free travel packs in your first box. |
| 0:41.5 | So make sure to check them out at drinkag1.com slash mTA. |
| 0:46.4 | That's drinkag1.com slash mTA to start your new year on a healthier note. Oh, oh, oh, wow. Hello, hello and welcome to the Marathon Train Academy podcast, empowering you to run a marathon and change your life. |
| 1:08.7 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:09.3 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:10.3 | In this episode, we talk about |
| 1:11.8 | how to get into the World Marathon majors. This is part one, and we will specifically talk about |
| 1:16.0 | Tokyo, London, Boston, and Sydney. Here's a deep dive look at how to get into these very |
| 1:22.5 | popular races. And just a reminder, we got what you need to train for whatever races on your calendar. |
| 1:28.4 | You can become an academy member and get access to all of our training plans over at |
| 1:32.0 | Marathon Training Academy.com. |
| 1:34.5 | All right, so speaking of World Marathon majors, at the time of this recording, the Tokyo |
| 1:38.7 | Marathon just wrapped up. |
| 1:41.2 | We were able to do it last year. |
| 1:43.5 | I had a wonderful time. But Angie, what's a quick |
| 1:46.0 | roundup of how it went? I know people are saying it was hot out there. Yes. The winners were both |
| 1:53.5 | Ethiopians this year. On the male side of things, Tadase, Takele finished in 20323. He got a personal best by one second. And the female winner was |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Angie and Trevor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Angie and Trevor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.