You, Me & Sub 3

Todays guest is Lisa Thompson who is a wonderful human being, incredible ultra runner and also a member of Bournville Harriers.

In this podcast she shares some of her Ultra racing stories, tips on nutrition and also some of her future running goals.

Todays guest is Thomas Craggs who has a whole host of qualifications and coaching skills.

He is currently England Athletics Coach, Head Coach for Runners World UK. Has been coaching for over a decade working with runners from beginners to Great Britain International athletes.

He holds and MsC in Performance Coaching swell as athletics coaching and personal training qualifications.

In this episode he share his many insights into entrances running and also some of the common mistakes we do during a marathon race.

Todays guest on You, me and Sub 3 is Paul, a full time teacher and a runner for a number of years.

For 2020, he decided to take on a new challenge for himself of running 20 Marathons in one year, as you do!

In this podcast, Paul talks about his background on how he got started in running and why he decided to take on this challenge for 2020.

We often hear of people talking about training SMART, but what does it actually mean?

Today i speak with Dr Garry Palmer of Sports Test, and talks about how we can train more smartly by having professional tests to asses out current fitness and match our training plans to that level of fitness.

You can read more about Dr Garry Palmer and his company here and book a VO2 max test also https://www.sportstest.co.uk

James Eckloff has gone from running his first half marathon in a time of 2 hours 33 minutes to 1 hour 33 minutes in a space of just 12 months and now consistently runs below 3 hours and currently aiming for sub 2 hours 40 minutes.

In this podcast he shares his running journey so far, a typical fortnightly training schedule and why he loves his new Nike Vaporfly Next%.

Getting kids outside and active is obviously a good thing. We live in a society where childhood obesity is at an all-time high and studies suggest too much television time may contribute to behaviour problems, poor grades, and even depression later in life.  But are the physical and mental demands of long-distance running safe for children? 

At what age is competition appropriate, and what do parents need to keep in mind?  

Todays guest, Tom Williams COO Parkrun Global talks about how getting kids to participate in community runs, like parkrun is a great idea and has worked for many years help children and their parents to be more active.

Checkout Junior parkruns here: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/

There is so much focus and information in the sports world, including running, about what training we need to do to get our best performances and be better runner.

However, there is very little focus about Recovery.

For me, Recovery is as important, if not, more important than the training as i found out from reading the book, Good To Go by Christie Ashwanden.

In this interview, Christie talks about how her book came about and also some of the theories of recovery with Beer, Infrared pyjamas and celebrity endorsed products.

I loved the book in both the scientific content and also how it is presented in a humorous way and from her own first hand experiences and many years of research.

The book is available through all the usual outlets and details found here: https://www.goodtogobook.com

“Christie Aschwanden is simply one of the best science writers in the world. Good to Go is the definitive tour through a bewildering jungle of scientific (and pseudoscientific) claims that comprise a multibillion-dollar recovery industry.”

- David Epstein, best-selling author of The Sports Gene

Welcome to my second podcast where i interview breathing expert, Rebecca Coles.

It may sound as common sense, but the better we can breathe whilst running, the better we will perform, yes?

Rebecca Coales is a former competitive breath-hold swimmer who brings her experience in breath training to endurance sports.   

She encourages nose breathing during physical exercise for greater efficiency and oxygen. Yes, that's right - getting more oxygen by breathing less! If you've tried this, you'll know it can feel a bit uncomfortable, and this is where the training that Rebecca did as a 5x UK record holder comes into play.   

By training your tolerance to carbon dioxide you avoid getting out of breath. Those suffering from exercise-induced asthma will find nose breathing helps to reduce symptoms.   

Rebecca is an Oxygen Advantage instructor (taught by author Patrick McKeown) and yoga teacher.   

To test your breathlessness and try some restorative techniques for free go to www.bit.ly/breathecourse. 

Rebecca's website is www.sportrestoreyoga.co.uk.  

If you have any questions or queries or examples of you using the breathing technique Rebecca talks about, please do leave a question in the comments section

Welcome one and all to my first EVER Podcast, where i will be talking about one of my loves of life, RUNNING.

But don't fret, it won't be just me wittering on about running and my love for running, like in this episode, i will be having some amazing guests talking about what they love and want to share with us all.

If you have a love for running or some other related topics, then please do get in touch and you too could be a future guest on what i hope will be an  awesome podcast!