The Sunday Plodcast

Kicking off season 2 of the pod, we spoke to Irish athletics journalist, Cathal Dennehy. Cathal recently went out to Kenya to watch Eliud Kipchoge and his training group in action and he talked us through his trip. We cover how they train, their mindset, and much more. If you haven't seen it already, make sure you check out Cathal's twitter feed, where he reports on all sorts of distance running news, including his visit to Kipchoge's camp @Cathal_Dennehy. Enjoy the podcast and make sure you listen out for a discount code for SportsShoes.com!

Season 2 of The Sunday Plodcast, presented by SportsShoes.com, will air on Sunday 21st of November. Enjoy! 

For our 50th EP, we spoke to Olympic bronze medallist in the 1500m, Josh Kerr. Josh ran a PB of 3:29 when he picked up his Olympic medal in Tokyo this year, and we talked through his career so far. We covered it all; from his NCAA achievements at New Mexico, to signing for the Brooks Beasts out of college, and then performing on the biggest stage of all this past summer. Enjoy!

For this bonus episode, we discussed some of the distance running news from the past few days. Including, the British Athletics funding announcement, the Great South Run and the Cardiff X Challenge. Enjoy!

This week, we spoke to distance coach, Andy Hobdell. Andy has coached multiple athletes to the Olympic Games; including 1500m runner, Andy Baddeley, and more recently, marathoners, Paul Pollock and Kevin Seaward. We spoke about how Andy's coaching has developed over the years, training for a marathon, Baddeley's famous Parkrun WR, and everything in between. Enjoy!

This week, we spoke to Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist, 1992 Olympian, and now head coach at the Run Yard, Matt Yates. Matt talked us through his own career as an athlete and his transition into coaching. We also spoke about some current issues in the sport; including agents, sponsorship, selection polices, shoes, and much more. Enjoy!

For this bonus episode, we reviewed Sunday's London Marathon. We cover both the men's and women's races, whilst also discussing the potential British Athletics marathon team for next year's world championships. Enjoy!

One week out from the London Marathon, we spoke to 2:10 man and Team New Balance Manchester athlete, Jonny Mellor. Jonny gave us his perspective ahead of one of the biggest races on the calendar, as well as talking through his career so far, and much more. This was a fascinating episode, as Jonny covered some of the highs and lows of competing at the elite level; including what it was like to miss out on Olympic Selection and how he's bounced back to take on new goals. There's lessons and advice in here for athletes at all levels. Enjoy! 

For this week's episode, we spoke to 1:44 800m man, Jamie Webb. Jamie's a 2-time European indoor medalist and a world championship semi-finalist in the event. We spoke to Jamie about his 2021 track season, his thoughts on the art of 800m running, his plans for the future, and much more. Enjoy!

For this week's episode we've got a two part special! In part 1, Matt and Oli review the 2021 summer track season; covering everything from time trials to the olympics, and everything in between. For part 2 (1:04:39), we were joined by EP 19 guest, James Thie, to get a coaches perspective on the season. JT went out to Tokyo as a British Athletics coach and he shared his experiences from the games, and much more. Enjoy!