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Marathon Talk

Presented by Martin Yelling and Tom Williams and latterly Holly Rush. Marathon Talk was the UK’s number one running podcast. Released for free every week for over 10 years. The show had over 5 million downloads with listeners across the world. The show is available on iTunes and Spotify. Marathon Talk established a trusted, credible and respected voice within the running community and was shortlisted as one of the Mixcloud 2016 industry Online Radio Awards.  Show retired January 2022 with Episode 600.  

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EP84 | Hall In For Tokyo! - Marathon Talk meets Sara Hall as we preview the Tokyo Marathon

Feb 20, 2026

As we look ahead to the first Marathon of the new season in Tokyo, we catch up with US long-distance great Sara Hall as she prepares to return to the Japanese capital for the 3rd time.

And we’ll hear from Abbott World Marathon Majors’ David Macnamara with a round-up of things happening during race week.

On this episode of Marathon Talk:

  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 01:00 - Happy Birthday, Deena!
  • 05:40 - Tokyo Marathon Preview
  • 16:00 - Sara Hall joins us to talk about her prep for Tokyo, her career and more.
  • 39:11 - David Macnamara is here to tell us all about what is happening in Tokyo on race week.

Links & References:

Abbott World Marathon Majors

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Marathon Talk

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Martin Yelling | Instagram

Deena Kastor | Instagram

Sara Hall | Instagram