The Endurance Podcast

Interview with Dan Nash

This week we interview Dan Nash, and international distance runner and ultra champion, who took part in the London Marathon elite race this year. Dan is also a sports physiologist supporting Welsh Athletics and Welsh Triathlon. Of course, there's also the usual 'tweets of the week' nonsense. 

Alex Staniforth runs the 3 peaks ... and the bits inbetween

This week we have the usual failings in 'tweets of the week' but the episode is saved by an inspiring interview with Alex Staniforth who completed the 3 peaks, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, and ran the entire distance between them. This 452 mile journey took 9 days 12 hours 51 mins, missing the current record by just over an hour. Alex completed the challenge to raise funds and awareness for mental health charity Mind Over Mountains. 

Craig Burrows South to North Wales Cycling Record

In this week's podcast, aside from the legendary 'tweets of the week' we interview Craig Burrows and chat about his South to North Wales cycling record in what has become the year of the 'personal challenge'

Get ready to race!! It's slowly getting back to normal...

In episode 14, we discuss what's been an odd year.. But racing is about to resume! We also discuss virtual events, what 'regular' events will look like in the near future and why you should be careful jumping straight back in!! 

The Coronavirus Catch Up

In this week's episode, we have a general catch up regarding work, training and the impact of the current situation. We also discuss motivation, goal setting and what events might look like if they take place at all this year. 

Coronavirus, Vaporfly and staying at home...

In this week's show, unsurprisingly Coronavirus is a topic of conversation and we discuss exercise routines in uncertain times. Whilst Coronavirus is stealing most of the attention, we decided to go back to the subject of Vaporflys for some status quo. We interview Dr Phil Hurst, a senior sports psychology lecturer at Christchurch, a specialist in the placebo effect, who asks whether the Vaporfly improvement are all just in our mind?

Interview with ultra runner Anna Troup

In this week's episode, tweets of the week are way off target, Mike stays calm whilst talking about passive stretching and we discuss running shoes, gait analysis and whether support and neutral shoes are really necessary. Our special guest is Anna Troup who shows that you really do get better with age, following her Montane Lakeland 100 win and other ultra successes in the last 12 months. We listen to her fascinating views on training, racing, family, removing pressure and replacing it with enjoyment. 

Sports science and technology, adding value or just adding data?

This week we have a general discussion about whether sports science and data is adding value to coaching methods or whether it's actually distracting from the basic, underpinning principles of performance. If you're not using gadgets, power meters, data, strava and similar tech, you may be labelled as 'old fashioned' but just how much extra value does it provide? Endurance sports can be very simple, maybe we're making them too complicated?

Winter training to get faster... even if you're getting older

In this week's podcast we discuss winter training, assessing strengths and weaknesses, the things we avoid as we get older and the things we need to do more of as we age. We discuss the physiological changes and also how our psychological / mindset changes as we age. We also discuss how strength training can be beneficial for endurance athletes. If I'm honest, we could re-title this podcast "Me, Mike and Ian are getting older and trying to stop getting slower". 

Interview with Brad Culp

In this week's podcast we interview Chicago based journalist Brad Culp. His career includes being editor for triathlete magazine and former editor in chief for Lava magazine. He was also the media manager for the ITU triathlon series, so it's fair to say he's familiar with the triathlon scene. Brad is best known for his straight talking on issues relating to doping, ethics and politics in sport.