Easy Double podcast

From Yorkshire to Tokyo – Jake Barraclough (@RanToJapan) This week, Ryan sits down with Jake Barraclough—better known online as RanToJapan —to unpack one of the most fascinating journeys in the distance running world. From a junior talent in the UK, to US college athlete, to Japan-based marathoner with a 2:14 PB, Jake’s story is anything but ordinary. We cover it all—how MMA shaped his early minds...

These episodes are not getting any smaller. Probably our biggest ever. In depth discussions about the weeks results in Paris Diamond League, BMC Record Breaker meet in UK, Paavo Nurmi Games, Gjert Ingebrigstens court case, the future of Grand Slam Track after their new media partnership + so much more :)

Raf is a man who’s fingertips are allover high performance in Australia's Endurance Scene. A former world #3 ranked ITU Duathlete, bringing a mix of experience as an elite athlete himself, a physiotherapist for some of Australias most recognisable sports teams and greatest ever runners, he is a high level performance coach who specialises in physiological, biomechanical and physiological upski...

Eoin plays host this week as Ryan is away on a stag (Bucks) party. The lads cover off running news from absolutely everywhere including: doping Bans, Grand Slam Track being cancelled? On Track nights: Vienna, Oslo Diamond League, UK Athletics 10,000m Champs, The Ingebrigsten Running Club, NCAA's YouTube diaries stops in Ireland this week and the lads cover off another training week.

The lads resume recording from three different countries. Rome Diamond League takes up the bulk of running news and action where there was a womens 1500 & 5000m as well as a mens 1500m. We talked about Breaking4 and the two part documentary that has been confirmed, Mantz & Clayton Young have gone their separate ways, a pending 5000m world record attempt and NCAA DI athletes finally getting...

The lads return for a full episode with plenty going on. Ryan dials in from Marseille (France) after attending a wedding party in Mallorca this past week so is feeling a little sorry for himself. Dean is back in the motherland holding the fort as per and continuing to stack training blocks in the double threshold manner on his rebuild post Ballarat and eyes up a 50k training run next week. Eoin is...

The boys record together with both Ryan and Eoin now in the UK & Ireland, Dean holds the fort in Perth. In depth results from HBF run for a reason and the Sound Running Festival. Ryan tells a story (that he's been itching to) of when he ran with Jake Wightman. Listener question regarding nutrition around nutrition choices. YouTube diaries touches on the Makou boys and a podcast feature.

Ryan and Dean and joined by Eoin who is finally able to provide a positive update on his injury status! The lads unpack recent goings on in the professional running scene in Doha and Tokyo as well as previewing Sundays Great Manchester 10k (which we were proudly able to provide a livestream to BBC2 via our instagram story). Training week sees Dean return to business as usual with a slight differen...

Dean and Ryan jump on with seemingly not too much running news to talk about from the elite calendar the past week but still have no difficult in filling over an hour with good chat. Dean resumes a somewhat normal training week 2 weeks on from the marathon, Ryan attempts to and finally properly addresses one of the injury niggles that has been holding him back. Ryan spends the weekend 'down south'...

The guys are reunited as a trio as Eoin dials in from his motherland, Ireland, to join Dean and Ryan, who have (just about?) recovered from Ballarat last week. We record an all time low, cumulative mileage total as Easy Double pod and agree that if we ever go lower than this, it's time to hang the mics up. Very heavy on the results, news and discussions this week as the lads talked through Lon...

Episode 10 is live. An in-depth breakdown into Ballarat marathon from Dean and Ryan. The taper week - how we primed for the race and reflections of whether we got it right or not The carb load - what we ate and when, reasoning for making certain decisions Pre race goals and strategy - what did we want to get out of the race, time based goals, how did we define success when we were stood on the sta...

Episode 9 was a fun one. Thankfully the duo reunited as a trio as Eoin returned from his travels up North and down South. It's race week for Dean and Ryan, Ballarat marathon which has been the main focus for the boys over the past couple of months since Marugame. So we switched things up a little to focus on their plans for the race and dive into how they will prepare from a taper/fuelling/carb lo...

Episode 8 is liveeeeeee. So much to get into as we unpack this weekends National Athletics Championships from on the ground in Perth: Abbey Caldwell and Pete Bol 800m Jess Hull and Cam Myers 1500m Jess hull and Seth O’Donnell 5000m Gout 19.84 Thanks to Seth for sharing a bit of wisdom on how he got the job done and what was going through his head The Training Week was rounded off with our final ma...

Episode 7!! Huge episode as Dean gives us a great break down as to what it looks like to run 30:03 off 135km training week at the WA state road running champs over 10k, both mentally and physically. We are a man down this week as Eoin gets his annual leave approved for the EDP board although he does have a 10min cameo providing an update on his fitness and travels. Dean and Ryan offer their opinio...

Back on track with the usual Monday night recording, episode 6 is live! Huge episode this week!! Deep dive into some of the big results at Australias “biggest one day track meet since 2001”  Quick injury updates for Eoin and more recently Ryan.  Dean as the last man standing takes us through another big training week as we breach 4 weeks out to Ballarat. Ky Robinson successful return to home soil...

Episode 5 is live. After the hick up on Monday nights attempt at recording (see 'FAILED episode 5' we bounced back on Tuesday and got it done. Thanks for your patience, promise it’s still worth tuning in! We covered off notable results from the World Indoors Athletics Championships in China including Jakobs double gold, Jess Hull and Ky Robinson taking out bronze medals for Australia  Dean takes t...

We're back for episode 4, it's St Patricks Day as we record which is Eoin's national day. It's the first time any of us have raced creating the pod, Eoin opens up and gives us a deep, insightful recap of the whole race day experience including taking us behind the curtain as to what it's like being in an elite field and the pressures that come with seeking to run faster than ever before. We cover...

We’re back with episode 3, it’s a big one! At this rate episode 10 will be 3 hours long There’s just so much to talk about at the minute. Ryan starts with some trivia around the most successful nation at 10,000m at the Olympics Lots of running news including Izzi Batt-Doyle and Leanne Pompeani at the Nagoya women’s marathon, Seth O'Donnells crazy solo run at Box Hill, Jakob rubber stamps his domin...

We made it to Episode 2! Thanks to anyone who tuned in to the first episode and endured the pain of our first attempt at recording. If you’ve managed to stick around for episode 2 then you’re in for a treat as this is a big one. We’ve got big on the restructure so we take you through the show format going forwards: A look behind the scenes at where the pod came from and how it was put together Out...

Welcome to the Easy Double podcast!! Hosted by Ryan, Dean and Eoin we are a running podcast produced in Perth, Australia. As training partners who share similar but different goals, we are looking to provide a bit of an insight into our weekly training as well as creating a reflective space for ourselves. Sunday long runs take us down some useful (& equally useless) rabbit holes regarding all...