Marathon Talk

Chris Finill has run every single London Marathon there's ever been... in under three hours! He's also broken three hours across five decades, crossed the line first in the 2012 Olympic marathon test evet, and run across America in 79 days. We also bring you news from the World of running, all the usual features, and a festive Tony's Trials.

On this weeks show we have the second half of the amazing interview with British running icon and marathon legend Steve Jones. There is an update on the sassy new Marathon Talk adidas technical clothing. We talk spring mojo and jantastic. There is news of the female elite field for the 2012 Virgin London Marathon and some stellar running from the Brit pack at the European cross country championships. We have a raspberry of the week and Tony goes off on one.

Part one of the interview we've all been waiting for... Welsh running legend Steve Jones still holds the British marathon record thanks to his amazing 2:07:13 from Chicago 1985... having also crossed the finish line first in New York and London and, previous to his 2:07 in Chicago, a 2:08:05 on the same course was a World record back in 1984. Enough said for this week we think!

On this weeks show we bring you up to date with Jantastic. We have an interview with the NYC front running Italian chat room favourite Tito Tiberti. One of our listeners is going to run the Mumbai Marathon. Rate your run, winner of the week, a rave and a 'non-gender' biased rant. With winter drawing closer we talk treadmill running in training talk. Tony mounts a reindeer and we tell you how to get your hands on some technical adidas MT kit.

Running 2:36 on her marathon debut in New York last year and following up with 2:29 for 6th place in Chicago this year Claire Hallissey is a serious contender for a place in Team GB for the London Olympics. Diane Aykroyd will also be running the London Marathon next April, she quized Tom with her marathon questions. Tony piled on the pounds, Martin and Tom shared the smackdown spoils, and we celebrated V50 women everywhere.

On this weeks show we speak to former winner of the marathon world cup and 5th placer in the Atlanta Olympic games Richard Nerurkar. We catch up with BBC online editor Mark Coyle about the London 2012 Olympic Games torch relay. Some bloke looses his car at the NYC marathon. Martin gets smack talked. Paula gets her record back and the world track and field champs are in London in 2017. Tony brings us his pumpkin trials, you rant and rave and winner of the week and following on from last weeks training talk we talk tactics!

First time marathon runner (to be) and parkrun 100 Club member Diane Aykroyd popped into the studio, the Kenyan men rounded of their full house of World Marathon Major victories AND World Marathon Major course records, Tom got smaller, Martin hit the beach, and Tony got stuck in to a nice hot Lemsip!

Australian marathon legend Rob de Castella joined Martin all the way from down under to talk all about his amazing running career and the great work he's doing with his Indigenous Marathon Project. Tom enjoyed 5 by a km with his Dad, Martin raved about the Frankfurt marathon... and Tony ran 100 miles... or did he?

On this weeks show there is an inspiring runner story, listeners 'fess up' to their biggest race confessions and we bring you news about ultra queen Lizzy Hawkers latest challenge plus some amazing age related running from the Toronto marathon. There is a double helping of listeners top 5 marathons and rate your run.  Plus of course, rant and rave, a winner of the week, Tony talks about what he is up to next (NOT Chester) and there is an interview with Dr Sue Roberts all about overtraining.  

On this weeks show Tom is 'the Daddy'. We focus on a fab interview with James Adams. Incredibly James ran from LA to NYC in 70 days covering in excess of a marathon a day!  We've still got Tony's Trials and don't worry if you fessed up on facebook, were in our Marathon Talk top 5 or even if you are 80 years old and scorched to a 3hr 15 marathon or 100 years old and ran your 8th marathon. We'll cover it all next week.

On this weeks show has Tom had a baby? We talk about amazing races in the Bank of America Chicago marathon and the incredible Ironman world triathlon championships in Kona. As well as a not so amazing -run - walk - bus strategy. We review your marathons in Liverpool, Chester and Kielder and Tony is 'live' from the Chester Marathon. We interview USA based running coach Brad Hudson all about how successful first time marathon training. There's only one winner of the week but two rants and raves!

In last weekend's Berlin Marathon British athlete Scott Overall finished in 5th place in the amazing debut, and Olympic standard, time of 2 hours 10 minutes and 55 seconds. Scott talked Martin through his rather special first marathon. Tom didn't have a baby, but did get out foxed at Leeds parkrun... Kenya selected two of their three Olympic marathon men, creating perhaps the most competitive qualification process in history... and someone nicked Tony's bottle... again! 

London 2012's Director of Sport Debbie Jevans popped into the Marathon Talk studios to bring us up to speed on the latest in next year's Olympics, Tom took the rain up North with him, Martin earned a stamp in his parkrun passport, Tony jingled his way down the road, and Berlin saw a new marathon World record! 

As the only British male marathon runner to currently have the Olympic A standard Dave Webb is in pole position to qualify for London 2012, Tony dug out his video archive, Martin talked us through a session from his training archive, and Tom talked Great North running...

IAU World Trophy 50km Champion Emma Gooderham told us all about her inspirational rise throug the elite ranks of British and now World running, Chris Jones popped in to tell us everything we needed to know about iron levels and giving blood, Martin and Tom raved about the amazing motivation station and their brand spanking new podcast 'the parkrun show'.

Fresh from her great 24th place finish at the World Marathon Championships in Deagu Sue Partridge popped in to chat all about running with Martin... to ran two, yes two, parkruns... Tony read Phil Wilson's script for Tony's Trials... plus the highs and lows from Deagu and an emotional winner of the week.

Marty Dent has a 2:13 marathon PB and is working hard towards qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Marathon, Tera Moody and Susan Partridge both ran brilliantly at last weekend's World Championships, Tom knocked 20 seconds off his recent parkrun times, and Martin flew round Poole parkrun in 16:21, and to top it all off Mo Farah picked up a silver medal in the World 10,000m championships... all in all a great week of running!

As Runners World USA's Chief Running Officer, man behind the famous Yasso 800s, and author of 'My Life on the Run' Bart Yasso talked to Tom about Comrades, marathons, training, and life. Tony lost the plot... Martin went jet skiing... and just who did win between Tom and his Dad over the most famous distance of all?

The second part of our interview with the simply phenomenal Mike Wardian, Tony came back from his summer hols, Martin took his wife down over the Magic Mile, and Tom finished a close second to his Dad! 

With amazing performances all they way from a 15 minute 5k through to third place overall at the 135 mile 125 degree Badwater it's been an amazing 2011 for Mike Wardian... we just couldn't not speak to the World's on-form ultra runner! Talking of running Tom laced up his trainers for the first time in a while, Tony brought us Pascal's Trials, and Mart laid down the mile smack talk!