Hugh Brasher

So it was a very it was a very interesting way to do it.

I did interview the London Marathon CEO Hugh Brasher a couple of weeks before this all happened.

And he I tried to, you know, get out.

So like which days? And he, of course, wouldn't tell me.

I think what you have to do is focus on what your goal is, is be really clear, set yourself a goal, and our goal is to make sure this is the most incredible weekend of marathon running that the world has ever seen.

Hi, my name's Jesse from The Running Story, and I got to talk to Hugh Brasher, who is the CEO of the London Marathon, which is the race his father, Chris, co-founded in 1981, and it's one that has only gotten bigger under his watch.

We got to sit down to talk with him about his very first London Marathon, what he was doing, his father's involvement in running and the sub four-minute mile, and of course, the 2027 double London Marathon, and what happens after that.

He was far more open than we expected.

This was a really interesting and insightful conversation to host, and I hope you enjoy listening just as much as I enjoyed sitting down with him to talk.

All right, I'm joined by Hugh Brasher, the CEO of the London Marathon.

So we're gonna start in 1981.

As much as people are interested and keen about the 2027 double, I wanna walk back in the past first.

And that would be natural.

But then Hugh Brasher, the race director of London Marathon said, no, no, no, no, no. Let's recognize all the past finishes.

And all the historical races that anyone has ever run in London, Copenhagen, Vienna, etc.

And of course, most of the people said, come on, how come? I mean, we want people to run our races.

If we recognize past finishes, these people are not going to run our race anymore.

What's the point? But, I mean, Hugh Brasher is a visionary.

I mean, he's a kind of love him, hate him guy.

Sometimes he can really get on your nerves, but I mean, he's a visionary.