The Sunday Plodcast

For this week's episode, we welcomed Calli Thackery to the podcast. Fresh off a new personal best of 15:09 over 5000m, Calli talked us through the race that saw her top the UK rankings in a World Championship qualifying time. Based out in Australia with the Melbourne Track Club under coach, Nic Bideau, Calli offers quite a unique perspective for a British distance runner. We chatted about her career so far, her plans for the rest of the season, and much more. Enjoy! 

For this week's podcast, we spoke to 2016 Olympian, Ross Millington. Ross represented GB at the Rio games over 10,000m and recorded his personal best of 27:55 that season. Since then, Ross has stepped up to the Marathon distance and ran 2:11:37 to qualify for this summer's European Championships. We chatted about his career so far, his plans for the future, and much more. Enjoy!

This week, we spoke to New Balance Manchester athlete, Izzy Fry; fresh off a winter season where she finished 9th in the U23 race at the European XC Champs, won the World University XC Champs, and took bronze in the 3000m at the British Indoor Champs. Izzy reflected upon her success this winter, talked us through her career so far, her plans for the future, and much more. Enjoy!

For this week's podcast, we welcomed double Olympic Triathlon medallist, Alex Yee, to the podcast. A world class runner in his own right with PB's of 13:29 and 27:51, we spoke to Alex about his experiences in both sports. Enjoy!

For this week's episode, we spoke to this year's National cross country championships winner, Mahamed Mahamed. In recent years, Mahamed has won pretty much every domestic cross country title, including 2 at the National and 2 at the Inter Counties, as well as representing Great Britain at World and European XC Champs. We chatted to Mahamed about this year's win, his current training setup, his plans for the future, and much more. Enjoy! Use code SUNDAYPLOD10 for 10% off SportsShoes.com

For this Bonus EP, we reviewed the action from the past weekend's World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Enjoy!

This week, we welcomed European Indoor 3000m record holder, Adel Mechaal, to the podcast. The Spanish international holds PB's of 3:30 for 1500, 7:30 in the 3000 and 13:15 in the 5000. We spoke about it all, from how he got started in the sport, to his goals for the World Champs this summer, and everything in-between. Enjoy! 

With the World Indoor Championships next weekend, we welcomed Jenny Selman to the podcast for this week's episode. Jenny recently ran a PB of 2:00.70 over 800m and followed it up with a win at the British Champs to book her spot on the plane to Belgrade. We spoke to Jenny about her success this season, as well as her career to date and her plans for the future. Enjoy! Use code SUNDAYPLOD10 for 10% off SportsShoes.com

For this bonus EP, we previewed this weekend's Nike ZoomX Streakfly Podium 5K event in Barrowford. We also gave our thoughts on last weekend's 'The TEN' out in the US and touched upon this weekend's Inter Counties in Loughborough. Enjoy!  Use code SUNDAYPLOD10 for 10% off SportsShoes.com 

For this week's podcast we spoke to 3:32 1500m runner, Chris O'Hare. Chris recently announced his retirement from the sport and it was great to chat with him and reflect upon a career that saw him break 4 for the mile 25 times and make multiple GB teams. Enjoy!