HOLY HELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO LISTEN TO THIS ONE!
Episode 107 - Haile Gebrselassie
Released: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Haile Gebrselassie is regarded by most as the greatest endurance runner of the modern era, we also heard all about the Kenyan marathon superstars, Jantastic continued in style, we got ready for Febulous, there was a tee-total winner of the week, Tony couldn't give two hoots, and we announced three more amazing interviewees!
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Show Notes
00:00 - Intro
- Martin's been sniffing, on the mend, and speaking to Haile!
- Tom's been feeling Jantastic, Brass Monkey bus driving, and hanging with his Dad :)
- Check out the new rankings pages here
- Find our technical kit here
- Log your Jantastic runs here
- Marathon Talk 'Live from Leeds' - 22nd February at 7pm (details TBC)
- Talk Ultra podcast out this Friday (facebook) (twitter)
- Support Mark Barrow here
17:30 - News
- The Iten 'Arch of Champions' (Real Buzz)
- Elite men's field announced for Virgin London Marathon (read more)
- Great article on Mo training in Kenya (Independent.co.uk)
- False alarm for Paula (telegraph.co.uk)
- Ethiopia suspend Bekele amongst others (ESPN)
- Noguchi ready for Osaka (marathonguide.com)
- Lemoncello sets sights on 10,000 for 2012 (BBC)
35:07 - Tony's Trials
- Thank Crunchie!
39:15 - Winner of the Week
- Peter Sober (Nominated by Stephen Jones)
40:30 - Interview - Haile Gebrselassie
- Check out the great man's stats here
1:13:37 - Close
- Martin will be running, riding, and speaking to Crammy
- Tom will be running, running, and speaking to Sir Chris Chataway and Paul Evans
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Narek Petrossian
Posts: 825th January 2012 19:35:21
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Keith Kelleher
Posts: 11If this is true, I'm going to freak out.
25th January 2012 20:11:20
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Dave Johnson
Posts: 129Oh my God Oh my God Oh my God Oh my God...
Download faster, damn you!
25th January 2012 21:27:18
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Graham Mckenzie
Posts: 48Have to say i was staggered when Martin annouced it on Twitter yesterday.
What a coup for MT.
Well done guys.
25th January 2012 23:06:14
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Carl Zalek
Posts: 5I thought I heard him say that he was 11 in 1980 but on relistening I think he said 7. I guess he really was born in 1973.
It's about 1:06:30 in.
26th January 2012 08:30:09
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Joyce Adams
Posts: 28I logged on to iTunes to download my weekly dose of MT and when I saw who the interviewer was, I might have sworn a bit. What a coup! Not suprisingly, he turned out to be a great interviewee!
26th January 2012 15:50:19
Joyce Adams Says:
By which I mean "interviewee." I wasn't surprised about the interviewer, although, of course, always pleased for another brilliant podcast from Martin & Tom.
26th January 2012 15:47:29
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Craig Miller
Posts: 6Fantastic getting Haile Gebrselassie on the show. Just a shame I couldn't understand what he said :-(
26th January 2012 19:09:40
Matt East Says:
Some of it took a re-listen but it was ok for me, just don't have anything going on in the background it's all good. My Swahili is a lot worse than his English so I'm not going to comment otherwise! :)
26th January 2012 16:58:58
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Andrew Wilson
Posts: 8Enjoyed haille, but seriously worried about tony stretching and core stability, sent a shudder through the marathon talk community. Please tell me it was for comedic effect.
30th January 2012 08:06:37
Martin Yelling Says:
Of course it was ;-)
27th January 2012 09:51:54
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Anthony Ashworth
Posts: 38After all that talk about about how brilliant the runners are in E10, and how beneficial the running is there, I've booked a ticket to Leytonstone to find out for myself.
2nd February 2012 10:26:46
John Gibbard Says:
Brilliant, took a while for the penny to drop but that's quite a good gag Anthony! Perhaps Dave Bedford could move the VLM HQ to Leytonstone :)
3rd February 2012 06:41:04
Anthony Ashworth Says:
Thanks, actually I'm surprised no-one else thought of it first. Or maybe they did and decided it was too rubbish to post!!
12th February 2012 20:13:27
Robbie Cox Says:
Ha. Like it!
29th January 2012 16:14:01
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John Ford
Posts: 175Loved it when he said that you have got to respect the marathon - a bit different when it comes from the great man!!
29th January 2012 20:35:10
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Anthony Batty
Posts: 2This showaas a whole was the best there has been yet (I am a relatively recent convert). Some parts were difficult to hear, though that could have been the breeze across the fields near Selby!).
Anyway looking forward to hearing from Paul Evans - I've seen him speak, and he is an interesting guy. Brilliant getting Gebrselassie though, he is just stunning.
My favourite quote from Haile though, 'who doesn't like running?' in a perplexed way! Though good to hear it isn't just me who has the mental battle (which is harder!)
29th January 2012 22:33:38
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Raja Fitz
Posts: 1Discipline, commitment and hard work with discipline underpinning commitment and hard work...finding this inspirational as HG emphasised this applies to everything not just running
30th January 2012 08:07:37
Martin Yelling Says:
Thanks Raja. Glad you liked it.
30th January 2012 03:24:54
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Graham Mckenzie
Posts: 48Haile may have a sub 2:04 best when it comes to the Marathon but he still couldn't beat me over the same distance at the London Marathon in 2007.
Ok... he may have DNF'd, but i still beat him. :-)
30th January 2012 09:33:30
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