Let's Get Running Podcast

On this week's show we talk to Olympic Silver Medalist, Wendy Sly. We discuss her training for this years London Marathon in her 60th year, and her fundraising for the Ron Pickering Fund. We look back at her career; her success at 10k, winning the World Road Race Championship in 1983, and the incredible 1984 3000m final, where she picked up a silver medal. 

As well as discussing what it takes to run a 10k, we start our own 10k challenge and be in with a chance of winning an exclusive Let's Get Running T-Shirt. We also discuss UB40 baby dancing, Jermaine's front seat oogling and the #battleofthepodcasts.

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On this week's show we discuss our highlights of 2018 and our hopes for 2019. We speak to 3 top runners who experienced great results in 2018 - Damian Hall (5th place in the UTMB), Nick Goolab (2nd place in the British Athletics Cross Country Trial) and Hayley Carruthers (England International Marathoner). They give us some insight into their running in 2018- the good and bad, and tell us about the lessons they learnt over the last 12 months. We also discuss Shaun's experience of fatherhood, Jermaine's Bus chase and our need to get back to running....soon. 

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On this week's show- the last of 2018, we take to a key member of the Great Britain Cross Country Team, Verity Ockenden. We talk about her success this year, finishing 2nd at the British Championship in Liverpool, and making a real mark on the cross country circuit. We discuss her training regime, the coaches that have helped her on her running journey and her hopes for 2019. Shaun and Jermaine discuss flow, or finding the zone- the elusive state all runners seek. We also chat clothes lines, lack of sleep and Christmas dinner at the May's house.

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On this week's show we celebrate the arrival of Shaun's little baby, lament the disappearance of Jermaine's voice, and talk Euro Cross face plants! We also focus on Achilles tendinopathy- talking to Noel Thatcher about how we can manage the injury.

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This week we talk variety with OCR world medallist, Conor Hancock. We discuss how Conor has kept his training and racing varied and what key skills are required for the challenge of obstacle racing. We also discuss Shaun's gammy hips and Jermaine's blowing into a tube.

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On this week's show we speak to top running physio, Scott Newton. We discuss Runners Knee- what it is, how to avoid it, and what you can do to treat the problem. We also discuss road rage fights, causes of mistaken identity, and Shaun's parenting expectations.

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This week we speak to world champion ultrarunner and skimountaineer, Kilian Jornet. We discuss how and why he attempts these feats, the fastest known times for ascent and descent of of the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Denali, and Mount Everest, and what goes through his mind in times of adversity.

We discuss his attributes- how is he able to recover so quickly from challenging events and races, and how he learns about physiology of athletes in an effort to improve his performance.

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On this week's show we discuss our next challenge- what event we will aim for and how you can get involved. We want your suggestions on Twitter. We also start a new feature 'injury corner', with a fortnightly focus on a running specific injury and how we can avoid it. This week Noel Thatcher talks to us about Plantar Fasciitis...or should we say Plantar Tendinopathy.

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On this week's show we talk to Tom Fairbrother. Tom is a marathon runner, iron-distance triathlete, and former eating disorder sufferer. Tom was encouraged by a coach to lose weight in order to enhance his performances, which triggered a two-year struggle with bulimia and binge eating disorder. Alongside dietitian, Renee McGregor, he has founded campaign #trainbrave; a campaign aims to inspire more athletes to share their stories and raise awareness of the risks of eating disorders and RED-s.

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On this week's show we discuss Shaun's attempt to run the Frankfurt Marathon and break 2 hours 20mins....it didn't go to plan! We'll discuss how the race played out and what Shaun learnt from the experience. We also discuss mid race accidents, and Shaun's gag reflex.

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