The Back Straight Podcast

It's marathon season! Michael and Dan get chatting with the legendary Jimmy Ashworth and in-form Dearbhla Cox. Jimmy has a marathon PB of 2:11:43 and has won several major marathons such as Berlin! He tells us about how it was living and training in a 'golden era' of British distance running and how to get through a 150 mile week with no carbon-plated trainers. We then switch it up and chat with the always impressive Dearbhla Cox fresh off a marathon PB in Amsterdam. You'll hear all of the usual results from the big local races and a bit of chit-chat in-between. Thanks for joining us for another week and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Jimmy Ashworth Profile World Athletics:

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jimmy-ashworth-14348844

Dearbhla Cox Power of 10:

https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=1022718

Intro/outro music - Railroad King by Junk Drawer:

https://open.spotify.com/album/0nfYsVa1HCMrdiQh7JQ7uo?si=ZYizABMGT9u5NiIjxp7KiQ

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North Belfast Harrier Conor Curran joins us this week to chat about some big race results and the Chicago Marathon. We get updated on the newly crowned NI & Ulster 10km Champions, how our Masters athletes went in sunny Pescara, and hear from the winners of the Armagh 10 Mile Road Race. We then catch-up with Great Britain and Northern Irish athlete Hannah Irwin about her NI running records, history in the sport, Commonwealth Games experience, injury troubles and the big things to come. Thanks for joining us for another episode!

Hannah's Blog: https://www.hannahroserunning.com

"Is Honesty The Best Policy?" Podcast: https://spotify.link/fRpZBzY6MDb

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ANI Endurance Coordinator, Mark Kirk, joins us on the Back Straight to give us the inside line on altitude training camps, the future of distance running in Northern Ireland and his training philosophy. We share some local race results from the Belfast City Half Marathon, the NI & Ulster Road Relays and the first XC event of the season in Armagh. Our minds boggle at the new women's Marathon World Record in Berlin and the direction of shoe technology. As always, thank you for listening and we look forward to catching up with you all again in a couple of weeks time. Hooroo!

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The 'Back Straight' is back, baby! Michael McKnight and Daniel Squires talk results, upcoming races and hairstyles for the fashionable runner. Big thank you to Malcolm McCausland for joining us for a review of the 2023 track season, what a season it was! As always, thank you for listening and we look forward to catching up with you all again in a couple of weeks time. Hooroo!

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Welcome to the 'Back Straight'! Daniel Squires and Michael McKnight get together to introduce the podcast and talk plans for the future. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoy it and join us for our first full-length episode landing mid-September!

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