Lisa Cross from New Zealand is a fantastic athlete who's been in the shadows a bit as we focus our attention quite a bit on Europe and the US, particularly with recent championships being held there. She is, however; an incredible athlete. She has a 2.41 marathon from her late 30s and at W40 in the last year, she's gotten a 33.47 10k, a 16.25 5k and a 1.13.37 half-marathon and holds New Zealand records. We hear about her life in running, past/ present achievements; her coaching group and busy family life with young children and the challenges many mum's face trying to train and rear children. Enjoy and please share widely.

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Strava: @lisacross

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Ellie Stevens is a pure life force. She most recently won an incredible 8 gold medals in Madeira. Bursting with positive energy, Ellie outlines her junior successes and the illness that put a stop to what would have been a flourishing senior career. Amazingly, she holds no bitterness and is relishing her current masters journey with her family and friends. We learn about her work, training; attitude to life and future hopes.

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Edel Maguire (Ireland) who runs for Clonliffe Harriers, is a W65 World indoor and European outdoor record holder in the 400m who was recently crowned Irish Masters athlete of the Year. She got gold in the 400 and high jump in the recent European Masters Champs, along with 2 silvers in the 200 and 100. She speaks of her beginnings in athletics helped so much by her dad. She outlines her return to running, her proudest achievements; her training and life outside running. We see a lady who's very humble, determined and grateful for all the help she's received from fellow athletes, her club and Irish Masters Athletics.

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M70, Paul Elliot from Northern Ireland tells his tale of years of running with ups, downs; retirements and comebacks. Most recently, a major health scare that would retire many from running, but not Paul. He's due to run the British and Irish Cross Country in Leeds next Saturday just 14 months after being in an induced coma. Enjoy his passionate stories of running, the importance of clubmates; family and community. A huge thanks to Conor Curran for co-hosting. He had some great insights and we had some good fun too. Please share as much as you can. Thanks.

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Fresh off double 800 and 1500m golds in Madeira, Paul Grange (M45) discusses his preparations, races there; training and his running past. A very proud dad, we also hear about his sons' sporting exploits and he lifts the lid on why he left the podium early in Madeira. Enjoy and please share widely.

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Sandrine Host from Belgium discusses her preparations for the W50 1500m and 5000m in The European Championships in Madeira next month. Sandrine is an incredible athlete. She's ranked number 1 going in with a 1.17 half-marathon, 9.49 3000m and 35.12 10k in the last year. We chat about her hopes, training; past and family. Thanks to her for doing this as she was nervous about her English. The episode naturally doesn't have the detail in answers and flow of a native speaker, but it's nice to hear about her hopes and open her story up to a new audience.

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Season 4, episode 4 features previous guest, Declan Toal and his elite coach, Dublin Track Club founder, Feidhlim Kelly. We have a great chat about Declan's hopes for an M50 Irish record of low 2.29 or less. He's in fantastic shape and rearing to go. Feidhlim's insights are fantastic too on how to prepare, one's approach and goal-setting. Also, tapering tips, recovery advice and the need to adopt the right pacing strategy. Finally, he discusses the new Dublin Track Club branch of coaching, Run DTC which has online plan options or group sessions.

Instagram:

@toal.declan

@dublintrackclub

@ironmanmarkf

DTC coaching:

RUN DTC COACHING

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A catch up with Denise Toner, double world Masters 800/1500m champion from Finland and recent Irish W45 mile record holder in 5.06.77. We hear about how she's training, racing and preparing for the Euros in Madeira. Mainly we discuss her involvement with Hyrox from 11.10 to 38.44 . We hear what it involves and and how she feels it's improved her as a runner as regards strength, power and general fitness. You'll love this. Please download and share.

Hyrox:

The Fitness Competition for Every Body | HYROX

Denise's Hyrox coach. David Jamison on Instagram: @smart_gym_lisnaskea

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With Dublin Marathon approaching, I decided to do an extra episode taking the best bits from marathoners I've previously interviewed. There's fantastic advice in here for any marathon. They discuss such things as their experiences of marathons, mistakes, training tips; dealing with bad days and what to do on the day itself. Contributors (with time slots if you're busy) include:

1. (1.30 -17.45) Mick Clohisey: Dublin Marathon winner and 2 time Olympian with a 2.13 pb discusses his good and bad experiences and training.
2. (17.45-29.00 )Jenny Hitchings: WR holder at W55 with a 2.45 talks about London Marathon, pacing tips and training/life balance.
3. (29.00- -37.27 ) Ann- Marie McGlynn: First Irish lady in Dublin Marathon in 2024 as a masters runner. She has a 2.29 pb and runs at top senior international level . She talks about her amazing achievements and training pace advice.
4. (37.27-50.34) Martin Kelly M60, has done all the Dublin Marathons with a sub 3 in his day. Filled with great planning and race day tips.
5. (50.34- 59.45) Colin Griffin: Olympian racewalker who has a 2.23 marathon and is an expert on injury advice particularly tendons which he discusses here.
6. (59.45- 1.04.41 ) Maria McCambridge is a Dublin Marathon winner and Olympian. She chats about the boost from a new coach who focused on easy days and variation which had been alien to her.
7. (1.04.41-1.09.55) Michael Counsel started marathons at 4.20, but within 3 years, he was down to 2.59. This is how he did it.
8. 1.09.55-1.15.25) Paul Larkin gives info on a great, club marathon group training idea.
9. (1.15.25-1.19.32) Kevin Campbell got 3rd in the Manchester Marathon this year in 2.17.38. Here he chats about his early days running over 3 hours and his errors in over training.
10. (1.19.32- end) Josh from Flycarb discusses taking Sodium Bicarb to aid marathon performance which is what he did for London Marathon this year. Available at FLYCARB | Fueling Your Dreams with High-Performance Sports Nutrition with 10% off with code MASTERS10.

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Michael Kiely from Ireland burst into worldwide attention after his incredible sprint finish wins in the M80 800m and 1500m finals in the World Masters Indoor Championships in Florida this year. We hear about those races, his long, very successful history in running and we get a great insight into his wise, dogged mindset. Additionally, we hear from his daughter Mary on her pride and what it's like to grow up with a successful masters athlete.

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