Hope everyone is keeping! To help you all stay sane for at least another 2 hours as we review our choice of the best races of all time. We go from all the way back in the 1960s right the way through to the London world championships in 2017. In this first half we go through our honourable mentions and into the first 5 of our top ten. 

For a complete list of our choices with links to watch each race, head over to our youtube page where they'll be listed in the description. 

Stay safe everyone! 

Kieran & Sam 

In these strange times we all need a distraction to keep us occupied. So despite distances Kieran and Sam get together over the phone to look back on the best of the best. 

We review our favourite performances of all time, from the men's 800 to the women's marathon, these are our top 5 lists of both sides. 

Let us know what your favourites are, let us know if you think we missed anything. Interaction is the best thing to glue us all together in these challenges times so please get in touch. 

Enjoy and stay safe! 

Kieran & Sam

In these strange times we all need a distraction to keep us occupied. So despite distances Kieran and Sam get together over the phone to look back on the best of the best. 

We review our favourite performances of all time, from the men's 800 to the women's marathon, these are our top 5 lists of both sides. 

Let us know what your favourites are, let us know if you think we missed anything. Interaction is the best thing to glue us all together in these challenges times so please get in touch. 

Enjoy and stay safe! 

Kieran & Sam

Amongst everything that's going on at the moment we're forced to deal with a lot of disappointment and frustrations. now despite the infectious elephant in the room, it's possible that you'll have to bounce back from all sorts of disappointing situations in your running including; race cancelations, poor performances and injury. In this the 15th episode of the Steadcast we do our best to tackle these and give as much hope as we can. Good Luck! 

Here we go! its the one we've been teasing forever as we finally take the plunge and discuss the shoes that have divided the running world. We talk history, future and talk the pod to the public for the first time. 

What do you think about the shoes? We'd love top hear all of your thoughts.

12 weeks until the London Marathon and we're talking preparation. Grinding out the mileage, running as a group, the stress, the sleep, the lot. Enjoy an update on how Sam's training is going and hopefully find a helpful tip or three about how to make the most of our your 26.2.

Race recap on the Bentley half marathon with several Steadfast athletes and friends running some huge times! 

We also give a a huge shoutout to the listeners, the Steadfast athletes and some friends of the show who have been involved in helping this podcast grow. 

Will you be joining Sam on the London start line in April?

Ready to race? We are! This week we're talking tactics, reliving raceday and fantasising fabulous finishes as we dive into everything that makes up running the your best race. The legend that is Kenedisa Bekele has declared the first race of his season and thrown down a huge gauntlet and Kieran and Sam give their predictions for what they expect moving forward. We recap on an impressive performance from 3 Steadfast athletes at the Snetterton 10k, a race that feels like a blueprint for future events. Then a sprint to the finish line with some dos, don'ts and experiences from coach K. Enjoy!

Catching up on a rather extraordinary couple of weeks with new world records and new world stars in the 10k, discuss Sam's 10k race on the 19th and Sam French's achievement in finishing his first 5k. Also News from Kenya surrounding doping and legend of the sport Wilson Kipsang. The main bulk of this episode is made up of an interview with Mark Hookway. Mark has an enormous wealth of experience coaching juniors and organising events to name a few of his many accolades. 

We review some of our favourite moments of 2019 and look ahead to 2020. We also catch up on Sam's huge Parkrun PB that was run at the end of a short project. 

A longer but fascinating edition of the steadfast in which we hear the story of Oxford graduate Jake Shelly. A sub 14minute 5k runner who shares just a small piece of his knowledge on Anti Doping with us on the pod. Stick with us on this one!