Mara Yamauchi - Britain's second fastest female marathon runner

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Keep Running

Rachel Stringer and Armana Rai

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In 'Keep Running' : The Running Podcast TV Presenter and ex-international runner Rachel Stringer and running influencer Armana Rai share their experiences, talk to real and inspiring runners and give you that extra bit of motivation for your next run.

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Mara Yamauchi - Britain's second fastest female marathon runner

Keep Running

52 minutes 24 seconds

5 years ago

Mara Yamauchi - Britain's second fastest female marathon runner

This week Rachel and Armana chat to the former elite British marathon runner, Mara Yamauchi.

Mara still boasts the second best marathon time of 2:23:12 for a British female athlete from her second place in the London Marathon in 2009.

Mara participated in two Olympic Games during her running career and placed 6th, the joint best time for a British female marathoner, in Beijing in 2008.

Hear Mara talk about how it took her 24 years to realise her running dreams, about balancing a demanding job as a diplomat at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Tokyo, Japan with her running career and how winning the Osaka marathon in 2008 was her greatest achievement, “a win is a win” as she says.