As the 2026 Abbott World Marathon Majors season returns after its summer break, attention turns to the TCS Sydney Marathon.

Joining us on this week's show, we welcome a legend of Australian marathon running. Lisa Weightman is an Olympian, representing Australia at the Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo Games and has also competed at multiple World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

We've also got news from the European Championships in Birmingham, and Martin & Deena share stories from their recent trip to Boulder, Colorado. All this, and more, on the latest episode of Marathon Talk.

On this week's show:

00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Martin and Deena tell us about what they have been up to while we've been off
09:48 - European Championships
13:58 - A recap of the Abbott World Marathon Majors series so far
17:33 - TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS race preview
23:00 - Marathon Talk meets Lisa Weightman
57:34 - Wrapping up

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We're getting ready to take a short break for the summer, but as is now tradition, we're joined by David Macnamara from Abbott World Marathon Majors for our mid-season quiz.

Have Martin and Deena been paying attention over the last 12 months, and can they answer David's moderately difficult questions?

Who will be this year's winner? Find out on the latest episode of Marathon Talk.

• 00:00 - Intro
• 08:48 - Round 1 | Tokyo
• 11:20 - Round 2 | Boston
• 15:31 - Round 3 | London
• 21:41 - Round 4 | Cape Town
• 24:33 - Round 5 | Sydney
• 29:34 - Round 6 | Berlin
• 34:25 - Round 7 | Chicago
• 40:05 - Round 8 | New York

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On this week's episode of Marathon Talk, we're joined by comedian Paul Tomkinson, who is here to tell us all about this new book, Running Through Sand, an ageing runner's tale of running the Marathon Des Sables, frequently described as the toughest marathon on earth.

We also have a quick roundup of everything happening in the marathon world, including big news from the TCS London Marathon.

Order Running Through Sand here.

On this episode of Marathon Talk:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 07:51 - The 2027 TCS London Marathon confirmed as a two-day event
• 15:41 - Comrades Marathon
• 18:43 - Update from the Tokyo Marathon
• 21:55 - Interview with Paul Tonkinson‍

Links & References:

Abbott World Marathon Majors

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Marathon Talk

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Martin Yelling | Instagram

Deena Kastor | Instagram

Paul Tonkinson | Instagram