Paul Martelletti - Great Britain - a podcast by IAU Athlete Interviews & News

Paul Martelletti is a New Zealand marathoner and ultra-marathoner. His notable victories in 2015 included the Greater Manchester Marathon,Bath Half Marathon, Wokingham Half Marathon and Watford Half Marathon.In 2014 Martelletti won the Chelmsford Park Marathon and the Windsor Half Marathon.   He also represented Great Britain at the 2014 IAU 100 km World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
In 2016, Martelletti claimed victory at the Brighton Half Marathon for the fourth successive year.
Other Victories
In April 2015, Paul Martelletti ran the quickest ever marathon by someone dressed as a superhero at Sunday’s Virgin Money London Marathon.
Initially clocking 2:30:12, Martelletti’s time was later adjusted from gun to chip time meaning he managed his target of breaking 2:30 with 2:29:57.
In 2014 he won the UK leg of the inaugural Red Bull Wings for Life race, where he outran a chaser car for 69.37km to place 5th in the global rankings.  In this episode Jo Zakrzewski chats to Paul about his running journey, training and the strategy he applied during the IAU 50Km World Championships 2019 in Brasov, Romania.  Paul was part of the Team that finished in 3rd place to secure a Team Bronze.
This podcast includes some unavoidable background noise because of the location used.

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