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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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EP96 | What Went Down Down Under

Sep 4, 2026

This past weekend, the 2026 TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS took place, and we have all the news from a big weekend of racing.

There have also been some pretty seismic events in the world of long-distance running in the past fortnight, so we’ll be taking a look at them too, plus we’re joined by US TV personality Matt James, live from Sydney, to hear more about his marathon journey.

On this episode of Marathon Talk:

  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 00:51 - Martin and Deena talk about UTMB and more
  • 05:52 - Yomif Kejelcha breaks the Half Marathon World Record in Buenos Aires
  • 07:53 - Sabastian Sawe pulls out of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON
  • 10:35 - A review of TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS with David Macnamara from Abbott World Marathon Majors in Sydney
  • 25:48 - Marathon Talk meets Matt James
  • 54:06 - Wrapping up

Links & References:

Abbott World Marathon Majors

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Matt James | Instagram