SMD Running Podcast

Epidose 20 - Damo takes a month off running and Scott returns from Benidorm half without a hangover as we catch up on some local and international results. After the formalities we get into conversation with David Chalfen of Highgate Harriers about his time as a young runner sharing the track with David Bedford up to to his current role as Mens A Coach at Highgate Harriers and how this has inspired him to write a new anecdotal and experiential book titled "A few More Laps" - available to purchase by following this link: https://runcoach1to1.com/product/a-few-more-laps/

On Episode 19 we talked to one of the OG Running Content Creators Ben Felton aka Ben Is Running about his early days as a vlogger to current day with 114k subscribers on youtube. Ben talks about living in Sweden, traveling to Jamaica and other parts of the world and about balancing content with his desire to improve as a runner which has lead him to using a coach for the first time in his training block for Valencia Marathon on 1st December.

We catch up on the October Marathoners including a review of Damo's PB in Amsterdam before chatting to Jack Nixon of Cambridge & Coleridge AC on his remarkable journey from running a 3:40 Marathon in 2019 to 2:20 in 2024. Jack also talks about winning Lucerne Marathon just a week prior and dodgy hotel bookings!

Quick catch up with Damo a day before he runs the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 20th October.

After (another) short break, we are back with David Smale of City of Southend AC to talk about his 2:21 Marathon in Berlin.With just 2 weeks until Damo's Amsterdam marathon, how is training and taper going?

Quick catch up with Scott and Damo as Damo heads into Great North Run Weekend and tries to explain his training philosophies to 2 co-hosts!We invited Gemma to the studio but ran out of time for an complete interview so we will pick that up for Episode 16 coming shortly!

Scott and Damo chat about preparing for Damo's upcoming Amsterdam Marathon before we enjoy a lovely chat with one of Essex's finest Athletes - Hannah Irwin. We talk about her journey from schools and local athletics clubs (Braintree AC and now Cambridge and Coleridge AC) and how she has used the experience of recovering from 2 stress fractures to make a stronger and smarter athlete. Hannah also gave us an insight into her future plans for running!

After a few weeks off we're back with a conversation with Rob Wilson. We talked to Rob on his his love for the National Cross Country Champs and the club running scene and about his role as Head of Marketing for SOAR.A big thanks to Rob and SOAR again for providing us with some vouchers to give as prizes for the @atwfnr 5k event on 9th August.