Portsmouth Running Podcast

Portsmouth is fast becomming a most excellent running hub, with so many running options for people. On this episode we welcome Max Eacott who started RunSouthRun - one of the many wonderful running options we have here in Portsmouth. It was really great speaking with Max about his own running and training, starting RunSouthRun and also about his own Personal Training business too. Max is a motivated chap and a lovely human being, putting other people first as a passion. If you've not been along to RunSouthRun yet, do give it a go. They meet outside of Hunter Gatherer each Sunday morning at 08:30.

And as always, Daniel and Dave warm us up with some halloween themed running antics and chat. Thank you for listening as always x

We are delighted on this show to bring two of Portsmouths junior runners, Romilly and Oliver, to discuss their training and racing. After visiting the track a few times, we have noticed that there are some fantastic sessions being run by coaches from various clubs and it is truly a wonderfuly sight. To see so many children outside, enjoying the training together. There's always a lot of laughter and joy being had on the track, but also an incredible about of concentration and hard work too. A beautiful balance!

And as always, we bring you 20 minutes of warm up with hosts Daniel and Dave. Dave talks about his recent North Downs Way 100 finish, along with some chat about the recent Olympics. Including, the breakdancing!

As always, thank you for listening and supporting. Happy running everyone! x

On this episode of the podcast we welcome two guests, Loisa Hayward and Jen Stoneham who are both co-event directors at Eastney junior parkrun here in Portsmouth! For those who don't know the event, it is for 4 - 14 year olds and covers a 2km course each Sunday. It runs in the same format as the 5km parkruns do, but has a whole load of other special things on top, making it one of the best events ever!

A nice short introduction today, with just Daniel introducing the show, and also letting runners know about the upcoming BIG RUN in Portsmouth, happening on the 21st of July. All details inside this episode. As always, happy running everyone! x

Welcome to our latest episode of the podcast where we welcome Hoka Elite runner, Louise Small! Louise is no stranger to Portsmouth, having recently come to Portsmouth to take on the new Southsea parkrun route. She did so in style, taking overall first finisher token from the volunteers.

Louise and I had such a lovely chat about all things running, and it was great to hear her story about starting out as a runner in her teens and being scouted as a running talent. Along with that, Daniel and Louise had a great load to talk about when it comes to Hoka and we enjoyed listing some our favourite shoes to run in.

Thank you for supporting the show by listening. We hope you have a great week of running ahead x

What a treat for this weeks listeners! That's right - you get both Dave and Daniel having a run and a race catch-up, as Daniel returns back from a couple of weeks having done both Brighton to London 100k, and one of the Ultra Trail Snowdonia races in Wales.

Dave is also soon off to race along the border between Wales and England as he takes on the Bridge 200 Miler. That's right, 200 miles across a bridge. How is he feeling for that race? How are Daniel's legs feeling after a couple of weeks races? Any lessons or insightful information? All in this weeks episode.

As always, thank you for listening and happy running! x

On this episode of the podcast we welcome Dr Bart Olechowski on to speak with us about running and the heart. Dr Olechowski is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, specialising in all aspects of general cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is also a runner and keen fitness enthisast. This really was such an insightful episode to research and record and I again want to thank Dr Olechowski for agreeing to take time out of a busy schedule and answer running related questions that tied in nicely with heart health.

If you run, listen to this show. There's plenty to take away from it and so much to learn about the heart and running. And as always too, Dave and Daniel get us warmed up before hand with some running chit chat. Have you ever tried Shaki mats?

As always everyone - happy miles and stay well x

Dan and Dave were delighted to have both founders of Running Late Southsea, Alice White and Molly McMaster, on the show! Alice and Molly both agreed to come and chat all about how Running Late Southsea started, the motivation behind it, and a lot more about running in Portsmouth. With all the different run groups that have started popping up in the city, it was fabulous to get Alice and Molly on to showcase a fine example. One of many great groups and opportunities that now exist for people to start running.

Dave and Dan, your absolutely dedicated running show hosts kick start this episode with a warm up chat, all about warm ups and various running related things. And Dan discovered stretching for the first time ever!

As always, happy running everyone X

On this episode of the show we welcome back the one and only Steve Bullock, founder of Grasshopper Coaching here in Portsmouth. If you haven't yet heard about Steve and his great run, swim and S&C sessions, then where have you been? Steve has become a go to coach for a lot of new and experienced runners in Portsmouth. His 'Track Tuesdays' have become legendary with many, many people attending on even the coldest and wettest of days. Steve comes on to give us an update as to how the group has grown over the past year or so, and an insight into his newly revamped coaching model and subscription. Always a pleasure to speak with the Grasshopper himself.

Any on top of that, listeners get the lovely treat of hearing Dave and I bang on for the first twenty minutes. It's like a warm up - everyone wants to get to the juicy stuff right away, but have a listen to two of the most clueless runners ever. We just LOVE RUNNING!!!

We wish you well and as always, happy running everyone X

On the first episode of 2024 we welcome local ultra runner and writer Helen Newman to the show. Helen joins us on what has been a role of episodes showing what local women have been achieving with their running, especially with the long distance events. Helen had such a fantastic year in 2023, achieving all of her running goals, including new PB's, finishing a 100+ mile ultra run in challenging conditions, and many more. Thoroughly enjoyed recording this and having a friendly running chat with another one of our inspiring local runners.

And as always, Dave and Daniel catch up with the Portsmouth Marathon and Country to Capital chat, as they finally got to race together. Experiences all shared. As we head into the new year, we wish you all the best with your running goals. Much love x

In this episode, and on our very SMOGATHON special episode, we are joined by local running legend and ultra runner Victoria Henderson. Victoria has completed a number of very long races over the years since getting into long distance running back in 2015. Those races include UTMB CCC, Arc of Attrition and many of the Centurion races too.

Victoria took part in the 2023 SMOGATHON and comes on to chat all about the run itself and about a topic I learned a lot about preparing for this show - female participation in ultra distance running and races. An absolutely fantastic chat with Victoria about this. Some links I wanted to include in the show notes about the topic if you wanted to read more are below:

https://www.oureaevents.com/news/2023/3/6/female-participation-race-directors-blog

https://www.sheraces.com/

Enjoy the show everyone and as always, happy miles! Love Dan & Dave xxx