Marathon Talk

On this weeks show... We've got the second half of the fascinating interview with legend Chris Chataway, it's the end of the first week of Febulous, it's Ah Vienna for Paula, there's more trouble in the Kenya selection camp, Mo takes a sub 4 tumble...

In 1954 Sir Chris Chataway paced Roger Banister to the first ever sub four minute mile, broke the World 5,000m record, won Commonwealth gold over three miles, and European silver over 5,000m... and became the first ever BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Haile Gebrselassie is regarded by most as the greatest endurance runner of the modern era, we also heard all about the Kenyan marathon superstars, Jantastic continued in style, we got ready for Febulous, there was a tee-total winner of the week, Tony...

John Fisher's preparing for his 11th London Marathon post heart transplant, we bring you up to speed with Jantastic and intro Febulous. There’s amazing news from the USA Olympic Marathon trials in Houston as well as long awaited update on the...

It's our second birthday! Tom, Martin, and Tony brought us their interview highlights from 2011 including Matt Dixon, Steve Jones, Liz McColgan, Rob De Castella, Ron Hill, and Greg McMillan, listener Rob Bane created his own Marathon Talk rap, we...

It's been a rocky road for Liz Yelling in her quest to reach her third Olympics, Tom found out how she's pulled through some tough times and how she plans to zip up her training man-suit in preparation for this April's London Marathon. There was sad...

Happy Christmas 2011. This weeks show is slightly different that normal. We've not got all the weekly news or regular features but instead have a wonderful interview with true old school running legend Bruce Tulloh.  1962 European 5000m champion...

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...

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....

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,...