Legends of Spartathlon

Legends of Spartathlon

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Legends of Spartathlon episodes

  • Legends of Spartathlon - Episode 9 - Ian Thomas and James Ellis
    With the global pandemic causing major running race cancellations on every continent it looked like 2020 would be the year that no-one would be up-holding the annual pilgrimage or running from the Acropolis to Sparta - just like the Spartathlon (but not the Spartathlon)
    Ian and James have run every Spartathlon since 2015 and with their version of SpartathlOFF they did created something wonderfully unique - whilst keeping the original dreams of John Foden alive.
    True LEGENDS x
    1 hr 6 min
  • Legends of Spartathlon - Episode 8 - Eleanor Robinson

    Eleanor Robinson is without doubt one of the greatest runners and especially ultra-marathon runners of all-time. We were proud as punch to get an opportunity to hear Eleanor share her inspirational stories from being the first female competitor of Spartathlon, to winning World Championships and her constant “will try” approach to anything new in the long-distance mileage world.

    Whilst there are many great things in the current running world - like mass participation and female athletes winning major races - it is fascinating listening to Eleanor share how her level of training (3 times a day) and especially the “competing versus completing” mentally gives us some idea as to how a majority of the worlds best ultra-marathon times still come from athletes (like Eleanor) who progressed our sport in 1980s.

    1 hr 14 min
  • Legends of Spartathlon - Episode 6 - Mimi Anderson
    Mimi Anderson has broken countless World Records, global ultra-marathon firsts and holds a special place in the Spartathlon pantheon being the first ever runner "in competition" to complete the extraordinary Spartathlon Double
    Here Mimi shares her long-lasting love of Spartathlon and tales from her incredible and trailblazing 20+ year ultramarathon career.
    Mimi has done every big race in the book and often done it twice....in one outing - just Marvellous
    1 hr 13 min

About Legends of Spartathlon

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A podcast about the legendary Greek ultramarathon Spartathlon, featuring interviews with current and past runners, from the elite end of the field and from further back. Also includes training,…