This past weekend, the 2026 TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS took place, and we have all the news from a big weekend of racing.
There have also been some pretty seismic events in the world of long-distance running in the past fortnight, so we’ll be taking a look at them too, plus we’re joined by US TV personality Matt James, live from Sydney, to hear more about his marathon journey.
On this episode of Marathon Talk:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:51 - Martin and Deena talk about UTMB and more
- 05:52 - Yomif Kejelcha breaks the Half Marathon World Record in Buenos Aires
- 07:53 - Sabastian Sawe pulls out of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON
- 10:35 - A review of TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS with David Macnamara from Abbott World Marathon Majors in Sydney
- 25:48 - Marathon Talk meets Matt James
- 54:06 - Wrapping up
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