Mid Run Chat with Amy & Suzie

It's heating up, for both Suzie in North Wales and Amy in Dresden, Germany the temperatures are rising. In this episode they discuss how they are coping with the heat, some tip and tricks for adapting training or more importantly adapting your mindset; staying flexible, being curious and having fun in the sun! This week they also discuss other curveballs that can come and interrupt training and ho...

This week Suzie returns from the Welsh 1000s Fell Race and the Castle Relays with sore legs so she and Amy settled down to think on the often frustrating reality of training hard but not getting faster. Suzie and Amy deep dive into the world of plateaus, ruts, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes you’re basically a Ferrari with no gears, flat tyres, and terrible fuel economy. Amy and Suzie t...

This week, both of us are sidelined  Amy with plantar fasciitis, Suzie with a grumpy knee. So we’re diving into the messy, unglamorous reality of being injured runners. We talk through the symptoms, the rehab routines that are helping, and how we’re approaching the slow, steady return to running. Suzie shares the head‑over‑heart decision to defer her London Marathon place &what it felt like wa...

It's been a busy week with Amy and Suzie experiencing the two contrasting ends of the training and racing spectrum.  Amy surprises herself by putting herself on a start line with no grand plan and ends up racing the people around her rather than her watch. A 36:23 10K later, she’s left wondering how far you can go when you stop micromanaging pace and just get on with racing.# Suzie’s marathon buil...

Suzie kicks things off with her weekly hot‑cross‑bun fuelling fail — the one that left her shivering at a bus stop and panic‑buying an £8 fleece just to survive the journey home. Meanwhile, Amy reveals the diet that shocked her physio and completely flipped her shopping habits on their head. Together, they dive into how their pre‑session rituals, mid‑run gel choices, and post‑session recovery favo...

Rest over rated or essential ? Why do so many coaching books — from Jack Daniels to Arthur Lydiard — barely mention it? Is it the mindset that a coach’s job is to fill every day with training? Or the old belief that a good night’s sleep is enough recovery to go again? Suzie and Amy sit down after a weekend of racing — Amy taking the win at her local cross‑country (with the kids collecting medals t...

Episode 3: Data — Your Best Friend or Your Worst Coach? Amy and Suzie dive straight into the big question: Is all this running data actually helping us… or quietly wrecking our training?   Suzie opens with a brutally honest debrief from the Sheep Tracks Fell Race — yes, she won the Champion Ewe trophy, but also ran herself straight into a fatigue crater thanks to fuelling mistakes and a marathon s...

Suzie and Amy kick off 2026 with a brutally honest catch-up: creaky bodies, acupuncture experiments, osteopath verdicts, and the reality of running through midlife. But this isn’t just a chat about aches — it’s a deep dive into how our definitions of success and consistency have radically shifted since our Loughborough Uni days. Back then, ticking every box on the training plan was the gold standa...

How many races can you really fit into a year without blowing up your marathon training? This week, we discuss planning a race calendar, the temptation to over‑commit, and how what a realistic season may look like when you want strong training blocks and personal bests. Suzie & Amy look at their race planning and what they have learnt across the years.