Peak Performance Unplugged

Achieving Peak Performance: Insights from Scottish Athletics’ Head of Performance, Mark Pollard. Discover how elite sporting environments foster resilience, progression, and leadership. Whether you're an athlete, coach, or leader in any field, learn lessons on navigating pressure, building strong relationships, and supporting talent development. In this episode: The true essence of high performanc...

Episode 6: Barbara Jones: Head Teacher, marathon runner, community leader, a career built on developing people, creating opportunities, helping others achieve their potential. Barbara opens up about: ⭐️ How sport shaped her life, providing identity, confidence, belonging and purpose, why helping young people find something they love remains a big passion ⭐️ Realities of leading a school for sixt...

Introducing Colin Hutchison - CEO of Scottish Athletics, whose role requires balancing performance, people, difficult decisions and competing priorities. In this conversation, Colin opens up about: ⭐️ Why sustainable high performance starts with strong foundations, and how clubs, coaches, volunteers, parents and support systems create the conditions for success long before results appear. ⭐️ Nav...

Episode 4 of Peak Performance: Unplugged 🎙️ Introducing Kris Urquhart - a father of two, business owner and athlete who last year, at the age of 33, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Following chemotherapy, he recently returned to racing and won the Run Garioch 10K. In this conversation, Kris opens up about: ⭐️ Navigating the psychological impact of diagnosis, treatment and uncertainty w...

Unlocking Resilience and Performance: Insights from Endurance Athlete Sean Chalmers Discover how Sean Chalmers, a prolific Scottish endurance runner and inspiring mental resilience expert, navigates injury setbacks, goal-setting, and maintaining motivation. In this episode, he shares practical strategies rooted in psychology and experience to push through challenges both on and off the track. In t...

In Episode 2, we sit down with Scottish endurance athlete Kev Campbell, a runner whose rise over the last few years has been built not on shortcuts, hype or overnight success, but on relentless consistency, discipline and the ability to stay on track when life becomes difficult. In this conversation, recently crowned Scottish 5K Road Champion Kev opens up about balancing elite performance with wor...

Here we set the scene, explore why we've set this podcast up, and speak through the importance of staying on track during challenges Check out Peak Performance Psychology for Endurance Athletes https://www.routledge.com/Peak-Performance-Psychology-for-Endurance-Athletes/Walker/p/book/9781041103646