Marathon Talk

Tom is on holiday at his second home in the Maldives, so, Laura Fountain joins Martin this week. We have got news of coaches that cannot be serious, things to do on holiday and Jeff Eggleston's blog. The Magic Mile is underway. Training Talk is about mid-way Autumn marathon prep. Boy on the Run is in town. We speak with Aussie running legend, Ron Clarke and the podium is proper loaded!

The second week of the IAAF World Championships, we speak to Brett Larner and Tom Bedford, we hear from Mike Tomlinson with just 61 days to go until the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon, Mo does the Double Double, the men's marathon gets Kipped, plus we've got the usual Rate Your Run, Tony's Trials and an amazing Video of the Week.

It is all about Moscow and the IAAF World Athletics Championships. Mo is King, but it was close. Dibaba is Queen. The women's marathon rolled through quiet streets led by a gutsy Italian. We speak to both British representatives, Susan Partridge and Sonia Samuels. The Magic Mile kicks off in 2 weeks. There's a great food focused Rate Your Run. BoTR is back and there's a chance to run naked. With tigers.

It is injury o'clock. Get yourself into this year's Magic Mile. We take a quick look at the forthcoming IAAF World Champs womens marathon. Gemma Steel runs a fast 10k. Steve Way clocks an amazing 100km debut. There is an interview with 'lazygirlrunning', Laura Fountain. You rate your run, who is on the podium? and there is a funny something of the week.

It is an adidas Thunder Run special! We look back at a weekend of scorching sunshine, torrential rain, knee deep mud and hundreds of kilometers of happy, tough, exhilarating running. There's a little news, a special Thunder Run 'rate your run' and Tony is back with a Trial.

Sian Williams pops over from the BBC, Zoe Romano reaches Paris, Mo Farah breaks another British record and we feel the need for speed as the Magic Mile opens. There's a Streak of the Week, Boy on the Run is back, you Rate Your Run and a tumbleweed roles across the Listener Podium!

Runners are hot, definitely hot. We have an amazing interview with Zoe Romano who is running the route of the Tour de France. The Magic Mile is ready, get in! We have new feature on the show, 'Boy on the Run'. Global track and field deals with a doping shocker. There is just one woman in the British 10,000m trials and a genuine superstar Winner of the Week.

The Magic Mile is LIVE! Richard Whitehead talks running across Britain, Daz Reevell juggles work, girls, training and racing, Yuki nearly sets another record, Darth Vader runs a mile, you Rate Your Run, there's a Down Under dominated listener podium and of course, Tony brings us a Trial.

Run a single mile as fast as you can - the Magic Mile is ready to go! We speak to English football referee Graham Poll about training, running and football. We look back at a cracking Diamond League 5000m finish and a super hard Vetical Kilometer. You Rate Your Run, we have a young Winner of the Week and Tony brings us a Trial.

We catch up with the fastest masters runner in the Uk right now, Welshman, Martin Rees. We hear just how fast Usain Bolt could run a marathon. We announce the winners of the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon and get excited about the fast approaching Adidas Thunder Run. There is a date change for the Magic Mile. You Rate your Run, Tony brings us a Trial and the podium is stacked.

We speak to coach to the Brownlees, Malcolm Brown. Yuki gets stuck inside his mansuit, there are some really funny goody bag stories, we catch up with the Jane Tomlinson Appeal, you Rate Your Run, Tony brings us his Trials and there is a Something of the Week...

We have got the second part of our interview with Running with the Kenyans author Adharanand Finn, some quite stunning pacing from Rome Diamond League, even more stunning running from Tommy HUghes, you know you are a Marathon Talker when? the fastest half marathon ever in the USA, Tony's Trials, the Listener Launch Pad and Talk Training is all about PB's. 

Adharanand Finn talks about running with the Kenyans, Mo gets beaten, we reminiisce over Comrades, there is a 14 year old girl running 7 marathons on 7 continents and a 53 year old winning marathons in 2:30. Training Talk is all about the need for speed, there is a Rate Your Run and a stacked listener podium and Tony's Trials... does Martin have his next challenge?

We announce the lineup for the Marathon Talk team at the Adidas Thunder Run; MT24. Mo wins in London, Haile sets another world record, we have got a short reminder of Comrades awesomeness and we speak to Andi Jones after his 2:19 Edinburgh marathon, our interview is with Matt Briggs and we have another Tony's Trials.

We catch up with 2:34 marathoner, Amy Whitehead and Steve Cram tells us about the Kielder marathon. Find out how to bag a place in the MT24 team at the Adidas Thunder Run. Boston marathoners get a 2014 entry. Mo continues his winning streak. Hall is back on the roads. News of the smallest fun run in the world? How do you drive a pace bus and of course, Tony brings us a trial.

We have a messy race report from the Paris Marathon, we ask how you choose your next goal. WADA change doping penalties. Last year's Comrades winner keeps his medal. The not quite the Marathon of the North was on Sunday. We interview fell runner, Joe Symonds and speak to the lead author of the 'Foster Collapse' paper. Tony brings us his trials and there is a brilliant lap counting video of the week.

Tom is having coffee with Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee, we look at some sub 2hr marathon thoughts, there is a novel way to get a running date, how awkward is fancy dress? Training Talk looks at Summer strategy. Tony brings us his trials, the podium is full and we've a classic race number winner of the week.

We look back at some stats from the Virgin London Marathon and ahead to some good for age times. There is news from Manchester marathon and we speak to both the men's and women's winners. With the world IAAF championships in Moscow in August Kenya announce marathon probables, Japan announce thir team and British Athletics announce theirs. Kind of. Training Talk looks at how to respond after your marathon. You rate your run, we have another fast podium and Tony brings us another trial.

Wow, what a week! We review all the events from the Virgin London Marathon including the expo, catching up with the three fastest marathoners on the planet, plus all the spoils, speed and successes from the race itself. We look back at the biggest marathon race weekend in the world. Ther's the fastest listener podium ever, Tony does VLM and there's a runners view in our video of the week.

Wheelchair athlete Shelly Woods and runner Scott Overall both represented Team GB in the 2012 Games, Liz Yelling is a double Oympian and Commonwealth bronze medalist and Tony Audenshaw is the creative genius behind Tony's Trials. We spoke to all three of them today at the Virgin London Marathon expo.