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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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EP86 | How To Get Into Every Major

Mar 20, 2026

The question everyone wants to know: just how do I get a bib for any of the Majors? We’re joined by a Majors veteran, Rob Dalto, to talk us through all the ways you can earn your place at one of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Plus, we have lots of news from around the marathon world.

On this episode of Marathon Talk:

  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 00:50 - Deena tells us all about her time at the LA Marathon
  • 02:41 - News Round-Up: LA Marathon 
  • 11:57 - Jacob Kiplimo breaks the half marathon world record in Lisbon
  • 13:47 - Fotyen Tesfay of Ethiopia wins Barcelona 2:10:53, 2nd fastest marathon time
  • 18:53 - Eliud Kipchoge to run the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
  • 20:24 - Shanghai passes stage one of AWMM candidate assessment
  • 21:52 - Dave is joined by Rob Dalto to talk about how to get into every Abbott World Marathon Major
  • 46:00 - Martin and Deena wrap up the show

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Abbott World Marathon Majors

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