The Sunday Plodcast

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

For this week’s podcast, we spoke to Callum Elson (aka, The Distance Project). Since Callum returned from the US collegiate system last summer, he’s thrown himself at pretty much every domestic club race on the calendar. Now boasting PB’s of 3:40 in the 1500 and 13:52 in the 5K, as well as two senior GB vests in the mixed relay teams for the European and World Cross Country Champs, what can Elson do next? Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week’s episode, we welcomed newly signed NN running team athlete, Marc Scott, to the podcast. We spoke to Marc on the pod previously (EP 10), back in January 2021 when he was training with the Bowerman Track Club. Since then, he’s gone on to run PB’s of 12:57 and 27:10 over 5000 and 10,000m. We chatted with Marc about the improvements he’s made in the last couple of years, as well as his decision to leave Jerry Schumacher and the BTC, in favour of the NN running team and a move to the roads. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this bonus episode, we chatted through all the action from last weekend (including Birmingham Indoors & National XC) and previewed this weekend’s events (European Indoors & Breaking 10). Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week's episode, we spoke to 4:01 1500m runner, Melissa Courtney Bryant. The recently crowned British Indoor 3000m champion talked us through the ups and downs of her career so far; including an injury that saw her sidelined for the Tokyo Olympic Games, her return to form in recent months, and much more. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For our main episode this week, we reviewed all the action from the British Indoor and World Cross Country Championships. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week’s pod, we spoke to Irish distance runner, Darragh McElhinney. We caught up with the adidas athlete a few weeks ago after an altitude trip to Kenya and, since our chat, he rolled  7:45 over 3000m in Boston. Darragh spoke to us about it all; from how he first got into the sport, his transition through the age groups, to his current training setup. Enjoy!

For this week’s episode, we spoke to Breaking 2 Physiologist, Andy Jones. Andy spoke to us about some of the science behind distance running racing and training; including Nike’s Breaking 2 project itself, and much more. Enjoy!

For this bonus episode, we chatted through some of the indoor action from the past weekend; including the main meets in Boston and Manchester. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com