Two Men On The Run

The Two Men on the Run are back with another episode and this week they're joined by another of Jon-Jo's training partners the youngster of the group Tom Rogerson.

Tom discusses his journey through athletics starting at the very beginning as a 9-year-old in the development group at Liverpool Harriers to his 12th place at the English School Cross Country and his tenure at Manchester Met University and his experience of coming through the various ranks of the track and field world.

The men also discuss some of the recent doping violations, the quickly upon us Olympic Games, the poor representation of athletics to the wider world and the shoe debate continues.

Plus Tom utilises his degree in ancient history to tell us more about the Origins of the Ancient Olympic Games.

This week the Two Men on the Run are joined by another special guest and this one has some might titles.

2x Boston Marathon Winner as well as a 3rd and 7th place finish.

2nd Place New York City Marathon in 2:09.08.

Competed at the 1980 Moscow and 1984 LA Olympics Games.

Winner of the Emsley Carr Mile - in 3:55.8

One of only 25 men who has run sub 4 in the mile and sub 2:10 in the marathon.

The legendary Geoff Smith!!!!

This is another really long show but totally worth listening to so subscribe, get your headphone in and get in that long run for the week feeling inspired by Merseyside's best runner of all time, and one of the world's greatest athletes.

This week the Two Men on the Run with another special guest, Liverpool Harrier and Jon-Jo's training partner Alistair Rutherford. The Men jump into Alistair's early years as a talented musician that led him to play for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and how the dedication he has for his music has made him a better runner.

They discuss his Two World Records and his learning from a host of different coaches from his early days at Moslly Hil, to being at the University of Birmingham and coached by Dave Lawrence to now being under the guidance of one of our previous guests Tony Clarke.

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The Cheshire Elite Marathon is finally here and Matt's ready to put his 12 weeks of solid training for it to the test, he tells Jon-Jo his plans for the race and going all-in on the day.

The Two Men on the Run also discuss running watches, the fantastic return of junior parkrun and what it might mean for the regular Saturday parkrun and darts what as a sport can running and athletics learn from it? Jon-Jo gives his thoughts along with one of his life lessons of putting down your phone and living in the moment!

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This week the Two Men on the Run are flying solo and are catching up on a lot of changes from lifting of some lockdown measures, meaning group training and racing are back. Matt talks us through his 14:18 PB at the Podium 5k and the men discuss Beth Potters World Best and Unofficial World Record of 14:41 at the same event.

Matt finally got a chance to talk Jon-Jo through the British Olympic Marathon trials which saw an amazing run from Chris Thompson and Steph Davies, while also sadly prevents a previous podcast guest from making the Olympic Marathon team.

And Matt has a rant about the British 'glass half empty' mentality to wrap up the show.

The Two Men on the Run are joined by the guest that Jon-Jo has been promising all you listeners since about Episode 2, as Dr Claire Blennerhassett, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Health at Edge Hill University joins them to talk all things Nutrition, Diet and Running.

She tells the men all about her study into the best fuelling for Ultra Runners, is it a High Fat/Low Carb, or High Carb/Low Fat? Just what is the 'Ultimate Diet' for the average person and the budding athlete? Is Matt's McDonald's and beer the best pre-race food? The answers yes Jon-Jo, and where she met her Viking Husband.

Eat Disorders and Restricted Eating are also discussed in the episode and if anyone listening is concerned about whether their eating patterns have become too restrictive you may wish to seek support from your GP or online https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ which is a fantastic resource.

Follow Claire on Twitter @CL_ultra and her full Bio and Research can be found here: https://research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/persons/claire-blennerhassett

The Two Men on the Run are joined by GB Athlete and one of the fastest men to ever come out of Merseyside, Liverpool Pembroke and Sefton Harrier, Marty McLoughlin as he discusses his running career from running the 2nd fastest 10 mile of 1987 which still ranks him as one of the 4th fastest Brits of all time only one second behind Mo Farah, with 46:26. To his fantastic Great North Run performance, his World Team Silver Medal at the 1987 World Cross Country Championships and his disappointment in finishing 4th at the 1988 Olympic 10,000m trials.

Marty also discusses his thoughts on the sport of athletics both in the UK and abroad and how he feels about the 'Super Shoe' debate.

This week the Two Men on the Run celebrate International Women's Day, joined by the Mother of all Mothers and Runner of all Runners, St. Helens Strider, Rachael Fairclough.

Discussions get deep, from shoe debates to the after-effects of pregnancy and lockdown athletic training to sponsorship equality and the XC distance debate continues.

Also, Happy Birthday to one of the Two Men on the Run Jon-Jo Doherty who now finds himself in the Vets category as of today so he had best get training.

The Two Men on the Run are joined by St. Helens Strider, Kelly Hamilton this week as they catch-up on training and how Kelly has dealt with the last year of lockdown, homeschooling and her new house move.

The trio discusses the lack of races for amateur and sub-elite athletes following a bold statement from international athlete Jessica Judd earlier in the week, and how they're hoping to finally have an idea of when races might just return to the calendar.

Kelly tells us what she thinks of school sport, as a mother, and how it played an important part in her development growing up.

And the Two Men on the Run hear finally a women's view on the big XC Equality debate that's been raging on in the sport recently.