E33: Richard Whitehead MBE - 2x Paralympic and 4x World Champion

Welcome back to Marathon Talk! It's 2024, and what better way to inspire the year ahead than a fascinating episode featuring a four time world champion - Richard Whitehead MBE. We learn more from him about his 10 year unbeaten streak in 200m track events, and the training plan that'll see him to his 6 Star finish in Tokyo. Also in this jam-packed show, Training Talk returns to kick off your training plans for a spring marathon, and we round up the news from record-breakers and blistering debutants galore! In this episode of Marathon Talk: •

0:00 - Martin welcomes back Danny Coyle as a guest host this week, caps off Christmas, and the duo review the start of their 2024 training plans • •

7:00 - Our roundup of the busy holiday season, from a javelin thrower-turned-debutant-winner, a new fastest women's debut ever, and a road 5k record toppled • •

17:50 - Training Talk returns with a kickstart to your running year, focusing first on laying the essential groundwork for the all-important months leading up to a spring marathon • •

31:15 - Richard Whitehead MBE joins us to detail his remarkable career, from finding his specialism and hunting his 6th star, to world-beating performances and the biomechanics of running as a double amputee • Marathon Talk is proudly powered by Abbott World Marathon Majors, who create, build and support opportunities for all to discover the power of the marathon community. Learn more at https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/