This week on TRACK! We are delighted to be joined by marathon and ultra runner Dan Nash. Dan is a Cardiff AC runner who holds the British 50km record of 2.49.01 which he set in 2019 in Romania during the IAU 50km World Championships whilst winning an individual and team bronze medal. Dan also has impressive PBs across a range of distances from 1500m to marathon with a marathon best of 2.18 also from 2019 at the Brighton Marathon.

At the time of recording we were four days after the LDN marathon in which Dan took to the lapped course of St James Park amongst some of the best marathon runners in the World. In the build up to the event Dan gained some media attention in response to the way he secured his place on the start line but has also been gaining popularity through his openness regarding his training and preparations for his racing.

Dan is currently studying for a PhD in Exercise physiology at Cardiff Met University, works as a Sports physiologist for Welsh Athletics and also has a coaching role so we are delighted that Dan has taken some time out of his very busy schedule to discuss all things running with us here at TRACK!

In the pre-show Cat, Robbie and Ben discuss the latest race results across the UK and cover the latest news including an announcement from LDN Marathon regarding two training hubs for promising athletes, news that the British Indoor champs will go ahead and  more recording breaking from V60 Tommy Hughes. 

This week on TRACK! we are delighted to be joined by one of the most exciting prospects in distance running; GB and Charnwood athlete Samantha Harrison. Samantha has impressive PB’s over all distances from 1500 to the Marathon and has notched some notable performances in some high profile races.  What makes Samantha’s story even more interesting is that she has only been running competitively since 2019.  Samantha runs for Charnwood in Nottingham, is ranked as the 14th UK female and is working with the respected coach Vince Wilson to keep improving.  We were excited to talk to Samantha a week after after the announcement that she has been selected to represent GB at the World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia Poland and a week or so before the race on October 17th.

In the pre-show Cat, Robbie and Ben discuss the latest race results including the World Half Marathon Championships, a number of races on home soil including the Cheshire 10km and the Bedford Autodrome marathon and cover the latest news, including WRs in Valencia and the announcement of a Olympic Trials marathon. We hope you enjoy!

This week on TRACK! we are delighted to be joined by Aaron Scott. Aaron is an elite distance runner with impressive PBs across a full range of distances, particularly at the longer events including a 65.50 Half-marathon and a 2.16 marathon best. At the club level Aaron runs for Bedford & County, but has also been part of winning teams at the Northern road relay championships as a Lincoln Wellington athlete. Aaron has raced across the track, road and country and continues to string high mileage training weeks together throughout the year.

Aaron’s current marathon PB was set at the Frankfurt marathon in October 2018 and in Frankfurt in 2019; Aaron represented England finishing in 21st position in a time of 2.17.05, as the second Englishman to cross the line. At the time of recording Aaron was two weeks away from taking to the streets of LDN to once again race a marathon, this time the lapped LDN marathon in St James Park in a bio-secure environment amongst the likes of Eliud Kipchoge and a very strong field of fellow brits. So we were delighted that Aaron took some time out to discuss all things running with us at TRACK!

In the pre-show Cat, Robbie and Ben discuss the latest race results including a huge day at the London Marathon, and cover all of the latest news in the UK running club scene. 

This week on TRACK! we are delighted to be joined by Chris and Sonia McGeorge.  Chris and Sonia competed on the global stage multiple times between them with Sonia running in the 5,000m at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 and Chris winning a bronze medal in the 800m at the Commonwealth Games in 1982. The pair have impressive PBs across a range of distances such as 8:51.33 (3000m - 34th UK all time), 15:29.04 (5000m - 38th UK all time), and 15:47 (5K road - 23rd UK all time) for Sonia and 1:45.14 (800m - 26th UK all time, 9th best UK U23 all time), 2:17.45 (1000m, 17th UK all time), 3:39.41 (1500m), and 3:56.71 (mile) for Chris.

Chris and Sonia are currently coaches at Loughborough University, coaching some of the top British middle distance talent in the country having both studied at Loughborough themselves so we are delighted that they joined us to talk all things training, racing and coaching with us here at TRACK! 

In the pre-show George, Robbie and Ben discuss the latest race news including Antrim Coast Half-Marathon, Podium 10km and a host of track meets whilst also discussing the latest news on how the pandemic is having an impact on races. We hope you enjoy!

This week on TRACK! We are delighted to be joined by Jenny Nesbitt. Jenny is a HOKA One One sponsored athlete currently located in Cardiff. Jenny has impressive PBs from 3,000m to the half marathon and is a regular in track, road and cross country races throughout the year. Jenny began her athletics career with Worcester AC as part of  Dave Walker’s successful group and won the Worcester City 10km in 2017. More recently, Jenny competed in the Commonwealth Games in 2018 on the Gold Coast in Australia in the 10,000m and in 2019 had brilliant performances in both the Welsh National XC Champs and the Inter Counties XC Champs in which she won both races. Jenny went on to race in the European and World XC Championships that year and continues to race across the club scene and is set to continue her brilliant career in the sport. Jenny has managed to jump back in to a few races since lockdown restrictions have been eased and most notably competed at the British Championships this weekend in Manchester in the 5,000m event clocking a time of 16.10 in 9th place, so we are delighted that she has agreed to talk all things running with us here at TRACK!

In the pre-show Robbie, Cat and Ben discuss the latest race results from across the UK including the British Championships. We also discuss the Brussels Diamond League meet in which the WR for the hour run was broken in both the male and female events. The latest running news is also covered including the latest England Athletics XC announcement, a new half-marathon WR and Cheptegei's latest record attempt. We hope you enjoy it!

This week on TRACK! We are joined by M40 British Marathon record holder, welsh and GB athlete Andrew Davies. Andrew is a frequent racer across the UK club scene and has fast PBs from 3,000m to ultra-distances. In 2019 Andrew broke the m40 marathon record in Valencia with an impressive 2.14.36. Andrew is no stranger to big events having raced at the Commonwealth Games twice in 2014 and 2018, the World Marathon and half marathon Championships, as well as in the 50km World Championships in Doha where he finished in 5th position. In addition to the 50km ultra distance events, Andrew has also competed in the World Masters Mountain Running Championships and fell running races and enjoys racing across a range of distances and surfaces.  Andrew runs for Stockport Harriers AC and Mercia Fell Runners. Andrew kindly agreed to sit down with us at TRACK! To talk all things running and in particular competing on the World stage. We hope you enjoy!

This week on TRACK!  Robbie and Ben are joined by George Beardmore who leads the interview with Joe Wilkinson. Joe is a talented Hoka One One sponsored athlete who runs for Lincoln Wellington AC and has recently raced well on the road, the country and TRACK! Joe boasts impressive PB's of 3.47 for 1500m, 14.06 for 5,000m and 67.29 for the half-marathon and has recently blogged about his first attempt at the marathon distance during lockdown. George and Joe sat down to discuss all things training, race performances, shoes, plans for the future and more.  

In the pre-interview show Robbie, George and Ben discuss the latest race results, most notably, the Podium 5km event in which a new male British Record was achieved by Marc Scott and a new course record for Beth Potter in the female race. Robbie, George and Ben also discuss the latest  running news including the most recent announcement from London Marathon. We hope you enjoy. 

This week on TRACK! Robbie and Ben are joined by Stefan Sternkopf who leads the interview with Elliot Robinson, a talented athlete and artist from Aldershot Farnham & District. In the pre-interview show Robbie, Stefan and Ben discuss the latest race results and running news including the most recent announcement from London Marathon, fund raising initiatives for City of Stoke AC and the Inter-Counties XC event and look ahead to the Podium 5km Races. They also cover the latest race cancellations, drug suspensions and the most recent racing guidelines in the UK. Enjoy!

In episode 3 of TRACK! Robbie, Ben and Cat discuss the latest race results, running news and race cancellations. In particular we discuss the English Road Running 5km Championship results, the Bowerman Track Club 5,000m races and the upcoming opportunities for racing.  We interview Dr Andy Renfree, a Principal Lecturer at the University of Worcester during which we discuss Andy's impressive running career and his ideas on training. Andy, who has been an AAA finalist and twice Scottish Champion over 1500m, also speaks about how he was inspired by the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and his plans for "Running Across the Lifespan".

In part 2 of the interview with John Danahay, Robbie and John discuss John's coaching career both at club level and through his business "High Performance Runner". John gives us his opinion on the current UK running club scene, provides us with a running recommendation and we ask him the all important question; split shorts or half tights?