About this episode
Phil Dumontet interviews Clark Gardner about the ambition to establish Africa's first marathon major.
Welcome to “The Future of Running” podcast on Head Start presented by Brooksee and hosted by Phil Dumontet. In this episode, Phil sits down with Clark Gardner, CEO of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, for a conversation about leadership, resilience, and the ambition to bring the Abbott World Marathon Majors to Africa for the very first time. With Eliud Kipchoge preparing to race his first marathon on African soil and the eyes of the running world fixed on Cape Town, the stakes for this moment c...
People in this episode
Host: Phil Dumontet
Guest: Clark Gardner
Topics covered
- marathon
- leadership
- resilience
- running events
- sports in Africa
Keywords
- marathon
- Africa
- Cape Town
- Eliud Kipchoge
- running
- leadership
- resilience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, Abbott World Marathon Majors
Places: Africa, Cape Town
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