Running on Emotion

Maddie is one of Britain’s most celebrated Olympians. As an all-action hockey goalkeeper, her dynamic style has to some degree changed the way her position is regarded. In 2016 in Rio, she helped her GB team to a momentous Olympic Gold medal with victory over the previously all-conquering Dutch. With the help of extensive preparation and fine-tuning, the quality of her anticipation was such that she saved each of the Dutch penalty shuffles in the final “shoot out”, that ultimately led to GB’s dramatic, ground-breaking victory. Very few athletes would have experienced the pressure and the scrutiny that she was under that day. Maddie’s ability to hold her nerve and channel her skills successfully mark her out as a titan of British sport..........................................Running on Emotion hosted by Alastair Eykyn is an original podcast by Eykyn Media for Auddy#runningonemotionSpecial thanks all of our guests on the show.Host, Alastair EykynSeries Producer, Andrew SampsonSound Editor, Norman GoodmanAlbum Art, Nicole StewartTheme Music by Audio Networks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a Rugby World Cup winner with England, Lawrence is one of the sport's most decorated characters. His story is a colourful one, and his early years were shaped to a large extent by the tragic loss of his sister Francesca in the Marchioness river boat disaster on the Thames. It became his driving force, and the source of much pride to him, to honour her memory with his performances on the pitch. A fiercely proud family man and patriot who used emotion and passion to fuel his rugby like few others, Lawrence enjoyed enormous success on the field with Wasps, England and the British and Irish Lions. He also encountered the darker side of a high profile, in a newspaper sting that resulted in the loss of the England captaincy..........................................Running on Emotion hosted by Alastair Eykyn is an original podcast by Eykyn Media for Auddy#runningonemotionSpecial thanks all of our guests on the show.Host, Alastair EykynSeries Producer, Andrew SampsonSound Editor, Norman GoodmanAlbum Art, Nicole StewartTheme Music by Audio Networks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Those of us that love sport, live it and breathe it. We feel it. It reaches deep down into our body and soul, and elicits every emotion imaginable: from despair to elation, from vulnerability to anger. Whether we’re playing sport, coaching it, watching it, listening to it, or reading about it, our emotions drive our every response and relentlessly keep us coming back for more.This is a podcast by Alastair Eykyn, that explores twelve key emotions with some stellar sporting names, and uncovers just how those feelings affected their careers, both as a motivation, and as a limitation. It is a journey into the emotional psyche of some Britain’s most talented, most successful, most articulate sportsmen and women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices