This week hosts Rob and Meb are joined by Jack Fleming, president and CEO of the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) and Hugh Brasher, event director of the TCS London Marathon. Jack has served in a variety of roles with the BAA since 1992 and was COO of the BAA from 2017 through 2022, where he then took over as president and CEO. Hugh’s father, Chris Brasher, was one of the founders of the original London Marathon in 1981 and Hugh has worked at every London Marathon since. They swap stories about the history of the “grandfather” of marathons, the Boston Marathon, and the costumes that add excitement along the TCS London Marathon course. Hugh and Jack discuss the special collaboration that happens between all the Abbott World Marathon Majors and how each of them welcomes runners from across the globe in “a glorious idea of running 26.2 miles” along with the greatest athletes in the world.

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