Local Runners Podcast

Sean, Cal, Katie and Dave speak with a Stockport Harrier who has a  couple of wins this year, including Manchester Half Marathon in 73:29 and 1st in leg 1 at the Northern Athletics Women's 4-Stage Relay Championships. Mollie Williams has PBs of 16:03 5k and 32:45 10k, and she continues to smash PBs. But where is her marathon time? Mollie lets us know about her marathon plans as well as how sh...

Cal, Katie, Dave and Sean speak with a Stockport Harrier who has completed all the world marathon majors and the 2nd Brit to do them under 3 hours. Steve Jones has ran London Marathon 14 times, Boston 3 times, New York twice, Berlin twice, Chicago once, and Tokyo once. Steve talks about how he started running, how he trains for his marathons and why he sometimes does back to back marathons. Steve...

Katie gives a review Altra's she has been given, Cal talks about not much running after London Marathon, Dave is like a kid in a sweet shop with cross country back on, and biggest news on the pod, Sean tells us that he has ordered some cross country spikes. The team also talk about how, after a big event like the marathon, you can feel down and have not motivation. Some advice given by the tea...

Cal, Dave, Katie and Sean speak with Andy Norman. Andy is an Altrincham Runner who has some great PBs. He explains how his dad inspired him as a junior, how he became involved in Altra Running. With Andy and Dave being brothers, we made sure we compared PBs between the two. Andy is also know for his passion for beer and he explains how he fits the drinking into the training, or visa versa. Also, A...

Katie, Cal, Sean and Dave speak with a Saddleworth Runner and Saddleworth Clarion Cyclist who has been smashing some local course records this summer. Leo Pollard fell race, 2 lads fell race, Millbrook Monster, Royton Trail race and Mossley 10k are amongst the course records she has broken. Also, competing in duathlons, she is the British Duathlon age group champion and hopes to GB next year. Mart...

Cal, Sean, Katie and Dave speak with Andy Woods, a Belle Vue runner who is a member of the 100 Marathon Club too. With his first marathon being in 2001 at Manchester and his latest marathon was number 114 in Calgary 2022. He speaks about how he tackles so many marathons and how he trains. Andy also lets us know plans for the rest of the year and beyond. The team announce Parkrun meetup at Oldham P...

Sean, Cal and Gav speak with Chorlton Runner Fraser MacDonald Oulds. Fraser talks about how he started running, why he loves fell races and how much his dad has been an influence on his running. Fraser also talks about his participation in other sports as a child and how an injury stopped him from competing in sports for a while. Along with running, Fraser talks about the importance of strength wo...

Cal, Katie, Dave and Sean speak with an East Cheshire Harrier who is making waves at the age of 17. Cementing a 17:22 at the first Sale Sizzler, and 36:50 at the Great Manchester Run 10k in May. As well as being the 2nd Lady in the Black Knight Charge in an impressive time of 38:49. Emilia talks about how she trained during lockdown, how her coaches at East Cheshire Harriers have helped with her c...

Sean, Cal, Katie and Dave speak with Hyde Village Strider, Justin Johnson. Justin has produced some great PBs in all distances this year despite drinking and partying like an 18 year old. Justin shares how his running fits in around his music, beer and shoe collection. With Justin being inspired by his parents who completed a couch to 5k called "The Stride Out Course" with Hyde Village Striders, h...

Dave, Sean, Cal and Katie speak with a Stockport Harrier who has been improving his times this year with PBs over 5k to marathon. Mark confirms how to say his surname, as well as confirming his lungs assist with his running after a chat with Tony Hillier. He also talks about how Glenn Piper helped through lockdown, why he chose Stockport Harriers and if his wife knows how much a pair of Vaporflys...

Sean, Cal, Katie and Dave all talk about the Tour of Tameside. Speaking about X-Trail 10k, Hell on the Fell, Hero Half Marathon and Dr Ron Hill Hyde 7, the team run through the results and talk about how close the event was. After some comments on social media about things that can be improved, feedback was highlighted and discussed too. Sean, Cal and Katie ran the Tour of Tameside 2022 and with D...

Cal, Katie, Dave and Sean speak with the executive chairman of Quest Media, CEO of Sports Tours International and Trustee of Running Bee Foundation. Chris is the man who has been involved in bringing the Tour of Tameside back in 2013 after it stopped in 2000. Chris explains how his relationship with Dr Ron Hill developed and the story of how he first met Ron. He also explains a hot topic from last...

Katie is joined by previous female guests, Hayley Simpson, Michelle Vaughan, Sophie Wood, Laura Coucill, Liz Mason and Leah Clyne from VGymwear. The panel talk about all things a female runner might go through. From menstrual cycle to the menopause, pelvic health to breast health, harassment & safety when running, pressure to look a certain way as a female runner, as well as equality for women in...

Sean, Dave, Katie and Cal speak with a photographer who is at most local races, who runs for Salford Metropolitan Athletic Club. Pete's brother was an international runner, whereas Pete discovered his love of running later in life. He has achieved PBS of 18:53 for 5k and 39:30 for 10k in the Vet 50 age group but is best known for his photography at running events. Pete discusses the difficulty of...

Dave, Katie, Cal and Sean speak to aHyde Village Striders, 2nd claim to Saddleworth Runners and an active member of Vegan Runners, manging Tameside Vegan Runners. Jo Edgerton will be tackling Brathay 10 Marathons in 10 Days in Windermere in May. She is also a regular park run visitor and has ran 109 park runs to date at 58 different locations, as well as volunteering 86 times! She talks about why...

Katie, Cal, Sean and Dave speak to a Liverpool Harrier who trains in Stockport with Team New Balance. Jonny Mellor won the 2022 Manchester Marathon as well as 2022 Wilmslow Half Marathon. Jonny speaks about training as a junior, his love hate relationship with cross country and his post long run cravings. Along with chatting about the training setup with Team New Balance, Jonny chats about the tra...

Cal, Sean and Dave speak to an East Cheshire Harrier who has been on the running scene for 42 years and counting. Glenn speaks to the guys about his time as a guided runner with Bob Matthews, what challenges he has faced as a coach as well as the success he has had in the last few years with his athletes. Cries of VivaGlennPiper on socials from the growing group of East Cheshire Harriers, Glenn te...

Dave, Sean, Cal and Katie speak to Laura Coucill. A Salford Harrier who was 2nd lady in the Tour Of Tameside last year, 1st Lady at Alan Kirk Memorial Lads Leap, and has represented England at the Yorkshire Marathon in 2021. Laura talks about choice of gloves/mittens, as well as goals for the coming year. Laura also discusses how moving to Salford Harriers has helped her, and how structure is key,...

Sean, Cal, Katie and Dave speak with a Sale Harrier who has been dominating the local Women’s racing scene in recent months. So far this year, Sophie Wood has won the Manchester Cross Country League, Hit the Trail Race, Hale 10k and has recently represented England for the first time. Sophie talks about her experience of running in America, Ireland and Spain. She also discusses why she now runs fo...

Cal, Dave, Katie and Sean speak with a ultra runner who has been setting course records at Yorkshire 3 Peaks and Pennine Bridleway. Michael chats about how he got into running, why he isn't the biggest fan of the food stations and why salt butties are his new mid race fuelling option. Other areas include being a futsal referee, how he get through the long lonely miles, his best bit of kit as well...

Katie, Sean, Cal and Dave speak with East Cheshire and Vegan Runner Michelle Vaughan about her journey in running so far. Michelle speaks of positive attitudes and little tips and tricks she has learnt to keep her running impressive times. Michelle also speaks about being a Vegan Runner as well as what she has as her celebratory meal after a race. Topics also include the lack of female runners of...

Dave, Cal, Sean and Katie catch up with a life long member of Salford Harriers. Joe Bailey talks about training at Heaton Park with Andi Jones and his Parkrun record there as well as talking about his impressive shorts. Joe also discusses the marathon attempt and how he thinks Nigel Martin has influenced everyone to slow their runs down. They also discuss training and racing over Christmas, but di...

Sean, Cal, Dave and Gav are interviewed by Katie Kay asking all the important questions. From post long run cravings, to tricks on how to get through a race or a long run. Katie also gets to know the lads Christmas Day activities including sprouts or no sprouts, and what's for dessert? Cal needs to up his dessert game. Gav couldn't join us for the original recording, but he was able to get a 1 to...

Dave, Sean, Cal and Gav talk to a member of Sale Harriers who has made a staggering progression in recent years. Nigel Martin is one of the best runners in the country with his recent Half Marathon time in Antrim, Northern Ireland ranking him number 9 in the UK. Nigel talks about his experience at the Olympic Trials at Kew Gardens and his thoughts on Carbon shoes. The lads also discuss recent race...

Cal, Sean, Dave and Gav talk to a lifelong and very loyal member of Salford Harriers who lives in Dukinfield. Carl Hardman has some very impressive times, race wins and international vests to his name. He talks about his love of a certain food, running in his teens as well as some great suggestions for what he would change in the sport. The guys also discuss recent races including Manchester XC Ma...