The Mastermind Behind Running World Records | Chris Taylor
The Running Channel Podcast
The Running Channel
9.7 • 254 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Running Channel Meets is where we talk to real runners with incredible stories. Each episode we speak with people who inspire us to run, and give our guests an opportunity to tell their stories, often for the first time.
In this episode we chat with Taylor, the mastermind behind several remarkable World Records, including Spencer Matthews' record for the most marathon distances completed on sand in a single month, Josh Patterson's epic journey of running a marathon in every UK city back-to-back for 76 days, and Imo Boddy’s achievement as the fastest woman to climb and run between the UK's three peaks.
Taylor uncovers what it takes to meticulously plan and organise some of the most challenging and ambitious World Record running attempts while standing by the side of the runners, without seeking recognition or glory.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guest is the man in the background. He makes world records happen. |
| 0:10.7 | Yeah, and they include the most marathon distances completed in one month on sand with Spencer Matthews. |
| 0:16.7 | Josh Patterson's, a marathon in a UK city every day for 76 days where he lived in a motorhome. |
| 0:24.6 | And Imo Body becoming the fastest woman to climb and run between the UK's three peaks. |
| 0:30.6 | This is TRC Meats where we meet incredible runners with amazing stories. |
| 0:33.6 | This time with Chris Taylor. |
| 0:35.6 | So Taylor was the one of the amazing stories, this time with Chris Taylor. |
| 0:45.7 | So Taylor was the one moment at any point in a challenge where you just thought, |
| 0:47.5 | things are going wrong. |
| 0:50.0 | I have picked the wrong job here. |
| 0:52.4 | Yeah, that is straight in. |
| 0:55.4 | The first thing that came to mind is a bit like I'm kicking off with toilet humor, |
| 0:58.9 | but the amount of times I've stood on the side of an A road with a runner, |
| 1:02.0 | with their hands on the back of my ankles, |
| 1:04.5 | taking a dump on the side of the A30. |
| 1:08.3 | Because that's like they need to do their business and we're on the clock. |
| 1:10.5 | There's times where I've kind of stood there and been like, |
| 1:14.1 | how is this my job? |
| 1:16.7 | Like rush out of traffic, cars going past, |
| 1:21.4 | just being the literal support in the very definition of the word for someone taking a dump on the side of the road. |
| 1:23.3 | That happens a lot in my business. |
| 1:24.7 | And when that thought crosses your mind of like, |
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