Conversations About Running

In this episode, we sit down with Lloyd Kempson to talk about his recent trip to iten with Kenya Experience - diving into what it was like to train at altitude, immerse himself in Kenyan running culture, and step away from the usual routine. Lloyd shares honest reflections on his time at camp, what surprised him most, and the lessons he brought home. We also take a deep dive into the UK running sc...

In this episode of Conversations About Running, Callum and Gavin chat with Matt Seddon - Coach, Broadcaster and Podcaster. Matt is co-host of the popular Sunday Plodcast, as well as Head Coach of the Oxford University Athletics and Cross Country Team. Over recent years he has also become a familiar voice at domestic and international running events as the on course commentator. Along with co found...

In this episode of Conversations About Running, Callum & Gavin discuss all manner of topics, from parenthood, to diet and cases of mistaken identity, all through the lens of their perspective and experience as runners. At 40:30 the topic does eventually turn to a more serious running subject, with some meaningful and thought provoking discussion around the recent marathon World Record ran in C...

In this episode of Conversations About Running, Callum and Gavin speak to British marathon runner, Jake Barraclough, otherwise known as the man behind the Ran to Japan YouTube and Insta channels. In 2023, Jake packed his bags and moved to Tokyo with a single goal of seeing how far the Japanese approach to distance running could take him. So far, the results are mightily impressive with Jake having...

Welcome to another episode of Conversations About Running. In this episode Callum and Gavin catch up after the Paris Olympics, discussing their favourite events, in particular digging into the men's 1500m. We also take a close look at both marathons which leads nicely into Callum asking Gavin about his time coaching alongside Renato Canova, who coached Emile Cairess to 4th place at this summer...

Welcome to another episode of Conversations About Running. In this episode we are joined by Philipp Hagel, the Product Management Lead for Performance Running at On. Philipp is responsible for overseeing the development and launch of On's performance running shoes, from design and testing through to product rollout. We chat with Philipp about what it takes to create a competitive shoe in today...

In today's episode of Conversations About Running, Callum and Gavin catch up in another in-house episode. After being briefly side tracked by Eminem lyrics Callum and Gavin catch up on all things running, revisiting Callum's bold marathon prediction claims, discussing the selection debacle that embroiled the announcement of Team GB selections for the Paris Olympics, and the latest super sh...

In this episode of Conversations About Running Callum and Gavin are joined by British athlete, Cari Hughes. Cari is a middle and long distance runner who competes for OAC Europe, one of On's professional distance running teams 🏃 Dividing her time between Saint Moritz, Dullstroom and her native Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cari talks us through the journey of a professional athlete and gives us some fantastic i...

In this episode of Conversations About Running, we chat with Danish running coach Mads Tærsbøl. Known for his scientific and data-driven approach to coaching, Mads has been instrumental in guiding his athletes to achieve remarkable performances. Notably, he coached Victor Smångs to a stunning victory at the Trafford 10k, where Victor clocked an impressive sub-29-minute finish at the age of 38. Joi...

In this episode of Conversations About Running there is no special guest from the world of running and instead we stay in house for a chat with Callum and Gavin. We chat about various aspects of marathon prep, specifically delving into the recently published training schedule of Emile Cairess, who is coached by Gavin's former colleague, Renato Canova, asking whether this type of training is approp...

In today's episode of Conversations About Running we are joined by British elite middle distance athlete, Callum Elson. Callum is a 1500m specialist with a personal best of 3.35, who tasted his first global success at the inaugural road running world championships in 2023 where he took the silver medal behind Hobbs Kessler. Callum has enjoyed a spectacular rise up the ranks of British middle dista...

In this episode of Conversations About Running we stay 'in house' with a trio of our own Running Trips team members. Usual hosts Callum and Gavin are joined by, Tom Boardman, an experienced and highly skilled running coach who works with runners of all levels. Tom brings a wealth of experience to the team with more than 2 decades in the sport where he has excelled as both an athlete and coach. As...

In this episode of Conversations About Running we are joined by professional On Athlete, Amy-Eloise Neale. Amy is a British middle to long distance runner with an impressive track record, including a European Indoor Championship Gold medal 🥇 and multiple British track and field championship medals. Her podium finishes are backed up by some seriously fast times too, including 14.56 over 5000m and...

In this episdoe of Conversations About Running we are excited to be joined by Jordan Donnelly - Athlete Product Creation Lead at Swiss sportswear brand, On. Jordan leads the Lightening Team at Zurich based On Labs, and his remit is to help On deliver the best possible shoes, apparel and performance environment for their elite athletes. Jordan talks to us about the specifics of his role including h...

Norwegian middle distance runner, Narve Nordås, recently became part of history at the Bislet Games, running in potentially the highest caliber 1500m ever seen, with 8 men running under 3.30. In finishing 8th in 3.29, Narve became the second fastest Norwegian 1500m runner of all time behind his former training partner Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 He joins us on Conversations About Running to talk us thro...

In Episode 33 of Conversations About Running we chat with Swedish elite distance runner, Victor Urquhart Smångs. 🇸🇪 Victor started running at the beginning of 2019, and in just 4 years of training brought his 10km time down to 29.30 and his half marathon time to 66 minutes. In the podcast we talk about the Norwegian double threshold system and how Victor's quick progression can be attributed to fo...

Ben Felton (also known as Ben_in_Running on his social channels!) recently travelled to Iten, Kenya 🇰🇪 to join our team for a Kenya Experience camp. He returns to Conversations About Running Podcast for a second time to chat about his experience of high altitude training in the Home of Champions, how it compared to his expectations, and some of things he will now implement into his own program bac...

In Episode 31 of Conversations About Running we chat with international middle distance runner, Adelle Tracey, from her high altitude training camp in Iten 🇰🇪 Her current training camp and reasons for heading to Iten feature heavily in this episode and we delve into some of the do's and don'ts of altitude training. We chat about her charity work with the British Dyslexia Foundation and Dementia UK...

In episode 30 of Conversations About Running Gavin & Callum talk to professional athlete for Nike and NN Running Team, Jake Smith. Jake is the 3rd fastest British Half Marathon runner of all time with a PB of 60:31 set when finishing 18th in the world championships in 2020. He has been running at an elite level for a number of years now, but shot to mainstream recognition when he won the Cheshire...

In Episode 29 of Conversations About Running we chat with Emelia Gorecka, 2x European junior XC champion, European Junior 3000m champion, and World junior bronze medalist over 3000m. Her 5000m pb is 1507! Emelia talks to us today about her success in athletics from a young age, the realities of signing a pro athlete contract as a 16 year old, and allows us a unique insight into her retirement from...

In this Episode of Conversations About Running we are joined by professional YouTuber, content creator, and fast runner - Ben Felton, perhaps more commonly known as Ben_is_Running! We chat with Ben about his extremely quick progress from relative beginner to 67 minute half-marathon runner and discuss some of the training methods that have led to this improvement 📈 We also look ahead to Valencia M...

Simen Halle Haugen, one of the top Norwegian distance runners, joins us for part two of our discussion on the Norwegian double threshold training system. We suggest listening to part 1 before this episode if you haven't already done so. In this episode we go into more detail about how to implement double threshold work into a training program, the type of runners it might be suitable for, and wher...

In this episode of Conversations About Running, Gavin and Callum are joined by one of Norway's top distance runners, Simen Halle-Haugen. Simen has a personal best over 5000m of 13.37 and has represented Norway at numerous international competitions, both on the country and track. Included among his accolades are team gold at the European Cross Country Championships and individual gold at the Great...

We are joined again by world renowned coach and ex-pro marathon runner, Hugo van den Broek, this time to answer some questions sent in by our listeners. How should training be adjusted for master's athletes? What is the best way to approach strength and conditioning for improved running performance? What are some of the key differences in the lifestyle of top performing athletes that allow them to...

Join us for Conversations About Running with 2x Olympian, Kevin Seaward. Kevin is a full time assistant principal and a 2h10 marathon runner who represented Ireland at both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Despite competing at a world class level and running upwards of 120 miles per week, he puts his career as a full-time educator first and foremost and describes himself as an educator f...