Ahead of the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon, Deena catches up with race director Ted Metellus to hear more about how they prepare for the final Major of the year.

We have an update from Cape Town after their race was cancelled on Sunday, and what that means for their bid to become an Abbott World Marathon Major.

Also, we hear the marathon story of a Team Abbott member, and finally, Dave is here with a round-up of everything happening in New York during race week.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

3:46 - Martin and Deena are joined by Abbott World Marathon Majors COO Danny Coyle for an update on the events surrounding last weekend's Sanlam Cape Town Marathon.

25:20 - Welcome to Marathon Talk, race director for the TCS New York City Marathon, Ted Metellus.

57:15 - Community Notes: We meet Treena Mitchell, from Team Abbott and hear about her run story.

1:04:51 - AbbottWMM Social Media Manager, David Macnamara is here to give us the lowdown on all the events that are taking place over the course of the next week in New York.

‍Links & references

C‍ape Town Marathon Timeline of Events

Tickets for our Six Star Finisher Medal Monday Event

First Timers: A Night Of Storytelling In Celebration Of The New York City Marathon

Strava/Runna Race Hub, 1865 Broadway, New York, NY 10023

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Welcome to the first episode of Marathon Talk Extra, your regular post-ride guide to every Abbott World Marathon Major weekend, and much more.

On this show, we'll be covering Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon, where the biggest names in marathon running will come face to face as they prepare to see who will emerge as our series champion at the end of the year.

On this week's bumper episode of Marathon Talk, we look back on a punishing day in Berlin as Sabastion Sawe and Rosemary Wanjiru won the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. We also have news of a PB time for Sted Sarandos, your new favourite celebrity marathon runner.

Our first guest on the show is Team GB athlete Phily Bowden, who is preparing for next week's Bank of America Chicago Marathon, and offered us real insight into her training plan and how she prepares for a Major event.

And to close the show, we are so pleased to be joined by Abbott Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and External Affairs Melissa Brotz to talk to us about Team Abbott, 10 years of the Abbott and World Marathon Majors partnership, and much more.

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

5:32 - Martin and Deena talk about the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON.

10:22 - Sted Sarandos is the man everyone wanted to see in Berlin. But just who is this mysterious sub-3:00 marathoner?

12:37 - We preview the Bank of America Chicago Marathon

15:23 - We meet Phily Bowden and hear about her preparation for next week's Bank of America Chicago Marathon

39:50 - Melissa Brotz, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and External Affairs at Abbott, joins us to talk all about a partnership that is now about to enter its 11th year.

‍Links & references‍

Abbott World Marathon Majors

https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/

https://www.instagram.com/wmmajors/‍

https://www.tiktok.com/@marathontalk

Martin Yelling

https://www.instagram.com/martinyelling/

Deena Kastor

https://www.instagram.com/deena8050/

Phily Bowden

https://www.instagram.com/philybowden/

https://www.youtube.com/@philybowden