Marathon Talk14 Maalis 2025

E65: Adele Roberts - The Talk From Tokyo

An unseasonably hot 69 Farenheit couldn't stop over 36 thousand athletes taking on Tokyo, and this week on Marathon Talk we've all the star-studded stories from the week!

Between the elite winners half a minute ahead of their rivals, Paula Radcliffe & Harry Styles' stellar efforts, and this week's guest Adele Roberts securing another star on her Six Star Journey, you won't want to miss this jam-packed episode of Marathon Talk!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - We catch up with Martin's tempo running, a dodgy achilles, and Deena's run-in with a delighted Marathon Talk listener in Lake Tahoe
3:45 - All the big stories from Tokyo, from the elite fields beating the heat and the hometown hero in the men's wheelchair race, to Paula Radcliffe's majestic return and the >2.5k athletes receiving a Six Star Medal in Japan
10:00 - We play a game of 'Higher or Lower' with Deena, all based around one of the world's biggest stars' finishing time in Tokyo - Harry Styles' 3:24:07
14:00 - Broadcaster, Runner and Author Adele Roberts is our inspiring guest this week, talking us through her recovery from bowel cancer, the failures that've tallied up to her marathon successes, and her ambitions to set a new Guinness World Record
39:15 - A new section to the show, we share notes from the fabulous members of our community who took to the streets of Tokyo and flew their way through the finishing line

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