Episode 249 - Rob Young (Marathon Man UK)
15/10/2014
Daz Reevell gets punched by a horse, Bekele misfires in Chicago, Eliud Kipchoge doesn't, Rob Young has run 197 marathons in 180 days (OMG), Steve Moneghetti runs 69 minutes in Melbourne, we've got two stacked Listener Podiums, you Rate Your Run and we bring you the latest tweets from our interviewees.
Show Notes
00:00 - Intro
- Martin's been announcing at the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon and recovering from the BMF
- Tom's been run/walking... with an emphasis on the latter
- Thanks adidas for their continued support of the show
- Facebook Friday came from our Facebook page
11:44 - News
- Rate Your Run over on our forum
- Yorkshire Marathon
- The Yorkshire Marathon website
- Chicago Marathon
- Results
- Steve Moneghetti 4th at Melbourne Half Marathon
- The Listener Podium is taken from our online rankings
1:02:26 - Tony's Trials
1:16:38 - Interview - Rob Young
- Say hi to Rob on Twitter
- Check out Rob's website
- Like Rob's Facebook page
1:59:45 - Winner of the Week
- Rob Young, nominted by Ben Thornton...
"Marathonmanuk running the Lakes In A Day ultra marathon (48+ miles and 14,000+ft of climbing) on Saturday, finishing at 11:17pm, and still towing the line on the Isle of White on Sunday morning... his marathon on Friday will be his 200th in 187 consecutive days ... AMAZING!"
2:00:45 - Close
- Martin will be aiming for that elusive sub 16 minute 5k
- Tom will be quaffing it up at the England Athletics Hall of Fame dinner
- Check out the Woodland Challenge
- The Listener Launch Pad is taken from our events pages