Big Ivan is truly an inspirational guy he had a real wake up call in 2005 when his MS was misdiagnosed, at that point he made a right turn with his health losing just over 6 stone and competing in the Berlin marathon finishing in an amazing time of 3:12 this was only the start of Ivan’s marathon journey but little did he know this was also the start of his journey with Multiple Sclerosis.

Never will you meet a nicer person that genuinely wants to do good in the world, he’s helped introduce a lot of runners into Park run through the couch to 5k and is the current race director of Bangor Parkrun which hosts 250 – 300 runners every sat morning.

In Ivan’s wise words “Improvise, Adapt and Overcome”.

A great open and honest podcast from one of the most genuine and giving people that you'll meet in the running community, I was inspired to hear how he ran his first marathon at the age of 51, ran a 3:20pb at the age of 57 and completed his 200th marathon at the age of 62.

There's a saying that if you want to run enter a 10k if you want to change your life run a marathon, its never to late to change the direction of your sails.

This is a great podcast for anyone lying up with injury and feeling a bit out of condition, nothing is impossible with the 3 Ds Desire, Discipline and Dedication.

Cathy has become a great role model for never giving up on yourself.

In the this episode we hear how Tony overcomes his disability through running couch to 5k, but he doesn't stop there moving on to running Ultra distances and several marathons in all terrains. He truly is an Inspirational person giving so much in return for so little, in his words believe in yourself and magic will happen!

He crossed the finish line in Dublin Marathon with a new pb time of 2:18:52 to become the Irish National Champion, and at the age of 43 he broke the record for the fastest marathon time recorded for an Irish runner over the age of 40. In this episode Gary relives the race and takes us through his methods of structuring a marathon training plan.

This podcast wasn't intentional or planned but it does give you an insight into goal setting at a basic level so I've decided to post it , I will look at doing something with a bit more structure in the near the future until then enjoy listening to this 20 min chat between friends and then write one thing down and just do it!