Two Men On The Run

It's been months but the Two Men on the Run are back (and hoping to keep to some level of release schedule).

Jon-Jo has been building epic fitness, Matt's now a dad but training just as hard, and the Two Men on the Run have battled it out in fairly herculean fashion (they're not modest at all) at the Steve Prescott GPW St. Helens 10km.

This week the Two Men on the Run are joined by their good friend Hughie Killbane. After an exciting morning which nearly saw Made to Run flooded due to someone leaving a water tap running in the flats above, luckily guest Hughie Kilbane was on hand to do a bit of plumbing work and save the shop. There followed a great sit down and an interesting discussion with Hughie all about his running and how it fits into his life from a mental destresser to a training tool for his boxing and MMA fights and more.

This week only a couple hours after racing the Helena Tipping Wrexham 10km the Two Men on the Run are joined by Welsh International and the compare of the race Bernie Jones and Irish International, 1996 British Cross Country Champion and Athletics Activist John Downes.

Bernie and John highlight some of their illustrious athletic careers before diving deep into a discussion on the current shape of Athletics in the UK and the World and what, if anything can be done to try to save the sport they love.

This week the Two Men on the Run are joined by a host of Tour of Merseyside participants and Tour Organiser and BTR leader Alan Rotherwell.

After a round-up of this year's Tour from Matt, and a chance to hear from a number of the participants on their experience of the Tour was like.

The boxing gloves were then allowed off and Jon-Jo and Alan were set on each other.

An excellent discussion on running, business, prizes, and why we run followed, hope everyone enjoys it.

It's been a month since the last show and The Two Men on the Run are now well into their race seasons. We catch up with Matt's Copenhagen Marathon, and Jon-Jo discusses taking on the mountains and jumping down onto the flat and fast of the track.

This week the Two Men on the Run are joined by fell running maestro John Hunt. John tells the Men about his hopes and plans the take the Merseyside County Team, 'The Flat Landers', to conquer the fells. His journey from football to the mountains, listen to the end for a gruesome injury tale, not for the faint of heart. And how as a researcher John has helped professional footballers to athletes identify blood markers to show just how fit they are!

Yes, the Two Men on the Run are back with another episode in the same week, don't get used to it listeners. Still, hot off the press, the Two Men on the Run speak with Rachel Hodgkinson, just days after her fantastic run at the 2023 TCS London Marathon running 2:34.46, finishing second British Woman.

Rachel discusses being self-coached and training from a book, running all six Marathon Majors, doing the Tokyo and London Marathons just over a month apart with Personal Bests at both, and what's next.

The Two Men on the Run, dive into Rachel's running history, here fitness instructing which see's her lead and partake in over 20 fitness classes a week while also fitting in 75-85 mile training weeks and how she ended up with Phil Sesemann's British Championships Silver Medal and what that might mean for Mo Farah's Bronze.

If you're interested on any fitness coaching from Rachel then give her Facebook Page and Instagram a follow:

https://www.facebook.com/racheljoyfitness/?locale=en_GB

https://www.instagram.com/racheljoyfitness/?hl=en

Since the Two Men on the Run last caught up properly back in the start of January a lot has changed, Jon-Jo is, fingers crossed health scare-free, and doing less running but is back to his PB'ing ways.

While Matt has changed coaches, changed training regime and targeting a new international marathon, plus expecting a new family member later this year.

Plus the Men chat about league athletics in the UK, is it still relevant today? And take a look at Boston (post) and London (pre) Marathon.

The Two Men on the Run are joined by the on-form In Lawton as he returns to tell all.

How at 41 he is having the season of his life taking a 2-minute PB over the Half Marathon in 67:28, a 10km in 30:11 a definitive Cross Country Season and beating lots of younger athletes in the Duathlon and on the roads showing age is only a number.

It's 2023 and the Two Men on the Run are back for another show and are aiming to get back to some routine with posting in 2023, so watch this space.

This week the Two Men on the Run catch up on Matt's possibly mad attempt at the Liverbird Double Marathon over the New Year weekend, Jon-Jo has some strong words for Matt about this, and whether Matt will actually make it to the start line of this weekend's Merseyside County Cross Country Champs, plus Jon-Jo updates us on his medical findings.