E15: Chrissie Wellington, 4-time Ironman World Champion, and Sam Perkins, Stand Against MND’s Founder

With a shocking Boston Marathon behind us and the formidable challenge of London just a few days out, it’s all go in the marathon world…

Among the jam-packed highlights and hopeful finishers are Eliud Kipchoge’s surprise loss to Evans Chebet, and this week’s guests Sam Perkins & Chrissie Wellington taking on a stunning assisted wheelchair race in London.

Join us this week as we also feature Abbott World Marathon Majors’ very own Danny Coyle LIVE from Boston to detail the aftermath of the races, including a masterclass from Susannah Scaroni in both racing, and on-track repairs…

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Kicking off with Martin & Deena’s latest runs and recovery from Paris

5:30 - A huge roundup of Boston’s standout stories, with Danny Coyle dialling in from the Boston Marathon press conference

29:00 - Sizable predictions for the London Marathon, weighing up debutants against running titans in the star-studded women’s field

36:10 - Training Talk this week touches on how to react when races go wrong, and keeping your mindset steady

42:00 - Interviewing the incredible Sam Perkins and Chrissie Wellington about their team’s run in London, Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis, and the inspiring example they’re setting

 

Sam’s staggering journey to the finish of the TCS London Marathon is in aid of Stand Against MND, which you can find here (https://standagainstmnd.com/).

You can directly support Sam’s race and the incredible cause for which he’s racing on JustGiving here (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/onemoremarathon).

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