The Sunday Plodcast

On day 9 in Tokyo, we sat down with EP 3 guest, Jenny Nesbitt, to discuss the distance action. We covered the men's 1500m final, the women's 10,000m final and the women's marathon. 

On day 8 in Tokyo, we caught up with EP 17 guest, and 13:35 5000m man, Jack Rowe. We discussed the men's 5000m final and the women's 1500m final. Enjoy!

On day 7 in Tokyo, we review the men's 1500m semi-finals, where we saw three Brits make the Olympic final. Enjoy!

Joined by Tokyo Olympian and EP 6 guest, Zak Seddon, we reviewed day 6 of the athletics at the Tokyo games. We cover the women's 3000mSC final, the women's 1500m semi-finals and the men's 800m final. Enjoy!

For our day 5 recap at the Olympics, we caught up with EP 13 guest and 3:34 1500m man, James West. The three us reviewed the women's 800m final, the men's 1500m heats and the men's 5000m heats. Enjoy!

Day 4 review of the distance events at the Tokyo Olympics. We recap the women's 5000m final, the men's 3000mSC final and the women's 1500m heats. Enjoy!

In our day 3 recap, we discuss the men's 800m semi-finals and the women's 3000mSC heats at the Tokyo Olympics. Enjoy!

For this week's episode, we spoke to GB 800m runner, Adelle Tracey. Adelle has a PB of 1:59 and she's a European finalist and World Championship semi-finalist. We spoke about her career so far; including working with her coach, Craig Winrow, her 2021 season, her plans for the future, and much more. Enjoy! 

On day 2 of the Athletics at the Tokyo Olympics, we bring your reviews of the women's 800m semi-finals and the men's 800m heats. Enjoy!

For this bonus episode, we review day 1 of the distance events at the Tokyo Olympics. We cover the men's 10,000m final, the women's 5000m heats, the women's 800m heats and the men's 3000mSC heats. Enjoy!

For this week's episode, we welcomed European Indoor Bronze Medallist, Verity Ockenden, to the podcast. We spoke to the 15:03 5K, and 31:43 10K, runner about all things running. Verity talked us through her career so far; how she got into running, competing in the NCAA at Lamar University, her 2021 season, and much more. Enjoy!

Not long to go now until the Athletics kicks off at the Tokyo Olympics! We're going to bring you daily content about all the distance events throughout the Games. Keep your eyes peeled for our first episode in the series, airing on July 30th. 

This week, we welcomed the Tokyo-bound, Jake Heyward, to the podcast. Jake holds personal bests of 3:33 in the 1500 and 3:52 in the Mile and he spoke to us about life at Oregon Track Club, his preparation for the Olympic Games, and much more. Enjoy! 

For this week's episode, we spoke to the Head of Athletics at Leeds Beckett University, Andy Henderson. Andy works with a vast group of top distance runners up in Leeds (including former plodcast guests, Alex Bell and Phil Sesemann) and he told us about how he got into coaching, how his group has evolved in recent years, and much more. Enjoy! 

For this week's episode, we welcomed GB 800m runner, Lynsey Sharp, to the podcast. Lynsey's a two-time Olympian with a PB of 1:57 and we spoke to her about her career so far; that includes making multiple major championship finals and picking up Commonwealth and European medals along the way. Lynsey talked us through her experiences on the elite distance running circuit, and much more. Enjoy! 

This week, we spoke to 2016 Olympian, Andy Butchart. Andy has a PB of 13:06 in the 5000m and has just booked his spot on his 2nd GB Olympic team. We spoke to Butchy about his career so far, his goals for the rest of the season, and much more. Enjoy! 

With the British Olympic Trials coming up next weekend, we welcomed Mark Hookway and Niki Faulkner to the podcast; to discuss our picks for the top spots at the trials! After some debate, we managed to agree upon some winners for each of the distance events and, hopefully, this will help you with your own picks for our trials prediction contest. If you want to be in with a chance of winning a £100...

For this week's episode, we spoke to Kevin Ondrasek from Thunder Road Running. Kevin is a US-based distance running coach who ran a 3:41 1500 before transitioning into coaching at numerous NCAA universities. These include Florida State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Kevin talked about what life is like for collegiate athletes in the NCAA, as well as some of the unique challenges that coaches face wh...

For this bonus episode, we were joined by professional sports broadcaster, Tom Gayle. Tom was part of the commentary team for the British Athletics Olympic 10,000m Trials and the three of us discuss the trials meet. We talk through both the men's and the women's races, that saw Marc Scott, Eilish McColgan and Jess Judd book their spots on the plane to Tokyo. Enjoy! 

For our 30th episode, we welcomed Tom Mortimer to the podcast. Tom has been in fine form so far this year; winning all his races on British soil and running PB’s of 3:42 in the 1500 and 13:28 in the 5000 in the process. Currently running at Loughborough University under Chris and Sonia McGeorge, Tom told us about his current training setup, his plans for the rest of the season, and much more. Enjo...

This week, we spoke to US-based Brit, Patrick Dever. Currently studying at Tulsa university, Paddy talked us through life in the NCAA and the type of training that's led to his recent PB's of 13:28 in the 5K and 28:28 in the 10k. Enjoy! 

For this week's podcast, we welcomed Olympian and Scottish Marathon record holder, Steph Twell. We spoke to Steph about her career so far, including making the Olympic team aged just 18 in 2008, her current training setup, her plans for this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo, and much more. Enjoy!

On this week's episode, we spoke to Aldershot and St Mary's distance running coach, Mick Woods. Mick talked us through his coaching career since he started in 1986; sharing stories about some of the world class athletes he has produced over the years. We also discussed the importance of cross country training and racing for the development of distance runners, and how we see the discipline moving...

On this week's episode, we spoke to GB distance runner, Phil Sesemann. After a breakthrough start to 2021, where he made the GB team for the European Indoor Championships, Phil is looking for some fast times over the 5,000m and 10,000m this summer. We spoke about some of his upcoming races, his training setup in Leeds, and much more. Enjoy!

This week, we spoke to Olympic Marathon Trials winner, and 2012 Olympian, Chris Thompson. Chris talked us through the trials race from his perspective; reliving the calmness that he felt as he ran the race and the passion and emotion that poured out when he crossed the line. We also discussed Chris' lengthy career up to this point and what it takes to survive in the sport for so long. Enjoy!