C.E.P. Cambridge Endurance-sports Podcast

We are back! A different name to reflect the broader content I hope to provide . No frills, just straight talking and a bit of humour.

Great to chat to old friend and ex training partner Sam. A truly talented athlete with bags of natural speed and a great perspective on running, having been many times a national champion as a junior. Since then he has been a PE Teacher and is now a successful osteopath. Recently he has taken up cycling and it’s no surprise that he is improving rapidly ! We chat and laugh about the good times .. p...

James Teagle has had a great season .. winning IM 70.3 Staffs and 2nd at Challenge London and is climbing up the Professional Triathlon Organisation Rankings with the World 70.3 Championships fast approaching. We have a great chat about what it takes to race at top level and how living and training in Cambridge is just the ticket James is also a coach and he gives some great training tips. You can...

Pete Thompson is the proud chairman of Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club. He is also a top runner with 30 years of racing under his belt. In the veteran ranks he has excelled and regularly achieves over 90% for his age-graded results. In this chat we talk about his journey into running and some of the old times training with coach Barry Matthews. Pete tells us about his best performances and...

Please follow / subscribe to our show on Apple or Spotify. Give us a rating or review! Mike Salt and I go back nearly 30 years when we used to train together under the coaching of Barry Matthews. Mike takes us through his running career and tells us about his current practice and vision at the ‘Histon Hub’ . Highlights include going sub-4 for 1500 , numerous County Championship wins. finishing in...

Tom Vickery has bags of natural talent and is a true lover of the social aspects of endurance sports. His sense of fun, enthusiasm and adventure come across throughout this chat about his successful athletic career.. from school cross country to Ironman triathlon and even ultra-running. We also delve into coaching tips for various events. Tom knows the sport inside out and we could have chatted fo...

Charlie is a true running geek and of course a great runner. As a veteran he is always at the sharp end of races, especially marathons! Charlie. We have a great chat and you might come across a couple of new ways to improve your running performance! Do visit his website http://www.wartnaby.org/running/ Follow us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/cambridgeendurancesports. Instagram here htt...

We’re back and I’m back chatting again with Dom Halbert, joined this time by his wife Christina. Ultra running continues to grow in popularity and I have had to concede that you don’t need to have a few screws loose to do it. Dom has been in it for a while now, doing events in the UK and the USA. Recently he ran about 125 miles at the Suffolk Backyard Ultra. We discuss Backyard racing and its ment...

It took two attempts to get this episode recorded with Tom Keen C&C middle distance star. Tom takes us briefly through his path into elite running and describes some of the training it took to achieve personal bests at the end of this season. Tom also has some great advice for all runners . You can see just how quick Tom is here https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=538179....

Mark Matthews has been at the forefront of the news in the endurance-sports world recently as the team manager for his wife Katrina at the ‘Sub 8’ Project where she completed the Ironman Triathlon distance in 7:31:54!! Mark and I discussed his role and the tactics involved in this event at some length, but before we do so we talk about Mark’s own sporting background and achievements which are cert...

It’s a slightly different episode this time, as I am joined by three guests: Michael Scott, founder, Neil Marsh, one of the organisers, and former guest Ian Williamson, one of the runners. The Hope Alive Tour is so much more than an endurance running charity event. Please listen to the whole of the interview as I think that the beauty and importance of the event comes through as the episode progre...

It was a privilege to sit down and chat with Dave Peck in his lovely house in Lode, just East of Cambridge. Aged 89 now, Dave oozes enthusiasm as he recounts the stories of the many challenges he has taken on. Visit our Facebook and Instagram pages (links below) to get an idea of the extent of his achievements in the tough sport of Duathlon (run/bike/run) at an age where most people might consider...

There are not many runners who achieve age-gradings of over 90% but Nicola is one of them. Now in the V55 category Nicola still races at under 4 minutes per kilometre! What’s more she has a wonderfully balanced and positive approach to her running which we can all learn from. Nicola trains regularly with Cambridge and Coleridge and also comes to my Wednesday Run sessions. She is an inspiration for...

There is something for everyone in this, one of my most informative and enjoyable chats. We talk in depth about Norman’s training and racing and how he has managed to reach such a high level at the same time as being a doctor and having a young family. Norman has a 2:16 PB for the marathon and hopes to go quicker still in Manchester in April. He has run a 64 for the half and has just earned his fi...

Hayley Simmonds is nothing short of a cycling superstar. She has the British record for 10, 25 and 50 Mike Time Trials. She is a Commonwealth and European Games medalist and has won the National Hill Climb Championships! Not bad fir someone who used to be a heavyweight Cambridge University rower!! I really enjoyed listening to Hayley describing her journey into cycling and through her years as a p...

It was a real pleasure to catch up with Matt Davies. We used to run together 25 years ago! In this podcast we talk a lot about running and then go into more detail on cyclocross, the discipline at which Matt has just become national champion in the United States! You can watch his race by registering with flobikes via the link below. His race starts at the 1hr 49min mark. https://www.flobikes.com/...

Will Clarke is an old friend and a former pupil. It’s hard to believe that he is now 36 and has retired from professional triathlon and is now a coach. He’s still racing though and in this chat we cover everything from his school days and his time amongst the world’s best triathletes right through to his coaching style and some tips on getting aerodynamic on the bike! Enjoy! Please follow us on In...

This episode is a tribute to all those who have made this great event possible over the last 10 years and before! We talk a little bit about the history of the event but mainly it is an attempt to give you a flavour of what goes in to an event like this behind the scenes and from the athletes themselves. Enjoy! Please like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Cambridge-Endurance-Sport-Podcas...

This episode gets into the atmosphere of this great Cambridge run festival now in its 29th year. We highlight the Giulio team which contains 3 former podcast guests.. (find out if they won during the episode! ) and chat to various others involved with the event. Enjoy! . Please like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Cambridge-Endurance-Sport-Podcast-112279984010325/ Contact us Instagram ....

This is the first venture of the podcast into the strange world of ultra running but Dom’s story is just one of an ordinary runner who quickly realised that he likes to see how far he can push himself. Dom manages to combine recreational jogging with Parkrun , the Kingston Handicap and all the way up to ‘Backyard’ Ultra which he explains all about in the interview. Follow him on Instagram https://...

If you are preparing for an autumn marathon this episode is for you! Chris is a prolific racer and the episode is full of great advice for runners of all abilities. He’s also a referee and a PE teacher! You can follow Chris on Strava and see all the extra miles he gets in while blowing a whistle or waving a flag.. He’s only 26 years old and over recent years has made great strides forward and achi...

Jonathan Escalante-Phillips, our most listened-to guest, is back to tell us all about what it takes to go under 14 minutes for 5,000m! We also talk training, future plans and about relay ambitions for Cambridge and Coleridge Please like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Cambridge-Endurance-Sport-Podcast-112279984010325/ Contact us at cambridgeendurance@yahoo.com. We are also on Twitter @C...

I have known Heather for many years and we raced and trained together back in the day! Heather had a very successful standard distance triathlon career, competing at the top international level and winning a national championship! She then went on to be Performance Director for British Triathlon through 2 Olympic cycles and then went on to work in elite development in British Canoeing and now for...

Louis Rolfe, 23, Cambridge born and bred, takes us through his short but extremely successful cycling career! Louis talks with honesty, passion and humour. He tells us about his early days as a swimmer and how he was picked up by British Cycling. From then on it was a rapid progression culminating in his Olympic and WC medals. It really was a pleasure talking to him. Please please share this episo...

This is a must-listen episode. Professor Karageorghis is not only one of the world’s top experts in the field and an acclaimed author of books on the subject, but a great speaker and he has many interesting anecdotes to accompany his insights. This episode will explore the benefits and dangers of putting exercise and performance to music and the best way to do it to achieve the best outcomes. You...