The Sunday Plodcast

With the summer races kicking off in recent weeks, we previewed the 2023 track season, for this week’s episode. We offered up some early predictions for this year’s World Champs winners, talked through some possible world records, and much more. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

This week’s guest is Richard Blagrove, a Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University and an expert in endurance running physiology. He discusses the vital role of strength and conditioning for enhancing running performance and injury prevention. Richard highlights the importance of personalized training approaches and nutrition for runners, while sharing insights on plyometric exercises to boost explosiveness. He also delves into muscle fiber dynamics, offering advice on how different athletes can optimize their training strategies effectively.

For this week's episode, we reviewed all the action from The London Marathon. We covered Hassan's thrilling comeback, Kiptum's dominant win, as well as the British interests in Emile Cairess and Sam Harrison. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week’s episode, we spoke to one of Ireland’s top distance running prospects. At just 18 years of age, Nick Griggs is already a 3:39 1500m runner, a 3:56 Miler, and a European U20 champion. We spoke to him about it all. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this bonus episode, we previewed the upcoming marathon majors taking place in Boston and London next week. We covered the elite start lists for both the men's and women's races, as well as much more. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week’s podcast, we spoke to NCAA Indoor 800m Champ, Yusuf Bizimana (aka, Fly Bizzy). The Texas-based Brit spoke to us about life state-side, training for the 800m in a sprint-focussed group, and much more. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this bonus episode, we summarised some recent results on the British distance running scene. We covered Eilish McColgan's British Half-Marathon Record, the Area Road Relay Champs, and looked ahead to London Marathon. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week’s podcast, we spoke to Eduardo ‘Lalo’ Herrera. With a PB of 13:11 in the 5K, Lalo is shooting for a world champs qualifier this summer. He went through the NCAA as a Colorado Buffalo under Coach, Mark Wetmore, and now runs professionally for Under Armour with Mission Run Dark Sky Distance. Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week's episode, we roundup the last few races of the 'winter' season, before reflecting upon the last few months as a whole. We cover doping scandals, race results, predictions for the summer, and much more! Enjoy.  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week’s episode, we welcomed 60:31 Half-Marathon man, Jake Smith, back to the podcast. We first spoke to Jake back in March 2021 for episode 20 (https://audioboom.com/posts/7832101-ep-20-jake-smith), so it was great to get him back on. Now signed by the NN running team with PB’s of 13:38 and 28:01 over 5K and 10K, Jake is one of the UK’s biggest distance running prospects in the marathon. Unfortunately, Jake has recently had some issues with RED-S (https://red-s.com), that have negatively impacted both his running and his everyday life. We hope that this episode can help to spread some awareness around a major issue within our sport. Presented by SportsShoes.com