Tartan Running Shorts

We are slightly late due to having some technical difficulties but we come with newly crowned Scottish Marathon champion Sara Green of Gala Harriers! We also talk about Kyle's return to form at Balmoral 15 mile trail race and Tommy has a marathon rant! We also talk National Running Week, which takes place form 5th June! Get your TRS Shorts on and get your club involved! https://www.entrycentral.co...

Episode 195 and we go straight into an exclusive interview with the newly crowned British Road Relay champions - Central AC (aka - the yellow train) We interview half the team including Olympian Andrew Butchart, Commies athlete Al Hay, sub 4 minute miler Ben Macmillan, TRS interviewee regular Hamish Hickey, Cameron Milne and Luca Fanottoli! We also recap on Tommy's run at Manchester Marathon so st...

In Episode 194, the latest guest to arrive on the yellow train is Hamish Hickey! Fresh from his Scottish National 10 miler championship win, Hamish catches us up on his recent hot streak as well as his background in running. Tommy is into his marathon taper and gives a final reflection on the block as Manchester looms, while despite not being in action this year Kyle briefs us on the Anglo Celtic...

Episode 193 (we think) and half the TRS team were repping at the Inverness Half Marathon! Tune into find out how Tommy goes and listen to a fascinating insight in the form of newly crowned champion Fraser Stewart!

Episode 191 brings fresh from the National XC Champs, Scottish Men's Champion Logan Rees to the show! Logan recounts his big win at Callendar Park, tells us about his background and looks to whats next. The boys have been racing too - Kyle is back from Disneyland and the Tallahassee Marathon with a story to tell, while Tommy has his own tales from the mid pack following an enjoyable return to Call...

In the absence of Tommy, we have masters phenomena Alastair Walker on the show to guest host and talk about the ridiculous amount of records and titles he keeps achieving. Lots of 'take homes' for any athlete of any age here! We (Kyle) also recap on the inter district XC, indoors and other ramblings...enjoy!

Our first episode of 2023 and we have recent European U23 silver medallist and last year's TRS Runner of the Year Megan Keith on the show! With over 500 votes, we announce the 2022 TRS Runner of the Year along with some category awards decided by Tommy & Kyle! Enjoy!

On this show, we have the talented mountain running siblings, Scout and former Euro Uphilll Champ, Jacob Adkin! They chat to us about their recent exploits at the World Mountain Running Champs in Thailand as part of Team GB. Meanwhile, Tommy has been dubbing at the East XC champs and Kyle gets exciting news live on TRS! Oh...and if you want to buy some shorts, here is the link: https://tinyurl.com...

Episode 188 covers parkruns, the 'dubs' and ultras! And...we bring you newly crowned Scottish Short Course XC Champion & sub 4 minute miler, Ben Potrykus! Kyle was also on Race Directing duties at the last of the Moray Way Ultra series races for this year - the Dava Way 50k! Meanwhile, Tommy hits the jackpot! Enjoy!

In Episode 187 we're joined by Chris Russell and Ritchie Gardiner of the Scottish beer mile team fresh from their exploits at the world champs in Belgium! The guys tell us about beer miling, their training and the world champs which saw Ritchie finish 5th in a Scottish record! Closer to home we've had the national cross country relays at Cumbernauld to catch up on. We look towards spring as plans...

In Episode 186 we're joined by Loch Ness Marathon champion Dougie Selman fresh from his victory! As well as the win itself we catch up with Dougie on his background, training and whats coming next. Running Rants are back! We throw in a rant of our own as well as listener rants and hope this is the start of more to come. Plus usual race results and our latest runtivities.

We are back! And Tommy has some fantastic news to share with you all. Spoiler alert - it's not a parkrun PB. Meanwhile, Kyle & Debbie have been celebrating their anniversary at Kielder Marathon. We also ramble about the latest news including cross country and all the recent marathons! Image by Events of the North.

Another episode coming at you...FAST...sub 4 minute mile fast! Ben MacMillan is almost half the age of the co-hosts and double the speed but can he run a fast beer mile? Meanwhile, Kyle takes part in not one, but two races on Saturday whilst Tommy takes parts in another parkrun whilst on red alert. Enjoy! (Photo by Bobby Gavin)

We have not just one. but four interviews in this episode from the winners of Kyle's Speyside Way Ultras race to a short interview with GB Ultra runner Jason Kelly who is setting off for the World 100k Champs this weekend! Before all that however, Kyle gives a recap of an incredible weekend at the Speyside Way and Tommy has been dressing up for our pub athletics banter from the euros to his ding d...

Episode 182 comes off the back of a month of major athletics wall to wall! Kyle is fresh from a jolly to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and as well the Athletics Trust Scotland launch we talk all about the heroic Scottish performances there and at the Worlds in Eugene. Closer to home we've got the Scottish Senior Track Champs in Aberdeen as well as results across Scotland over the past few w...

Tommy and Kyle line up ultra runner Mike Raffan who has an amazing story to tell when something wasn't quite right with his heart. We also ramble about his ultra experiences - ranging from backyard ultra, tunnel ultras and races across the length of Wales. Aside from that, we talk briefly about the latest running news, Tommy getting dropped by 60 year old cyclists and Kyle asks you to pick him a r...

Episode 180 - Ross Cairns, Mozart Mess & Tommy's Back! The race directors keep coming with Ross Cairns joining us to talk all things Campus 5K! Ross previews (sorry a technical issue meant we get this out later than expected) what is one of the fastest 5K races in Scotland which features an electric field; and also talks about his role as a coach with the exciting development seen out of Inverness...

In Episode 179 we're catching up with friend of the show and race director of the Podfather Stirling 10k Lewis Millar to hear all about the latest edition of one of Scotland's best and most well known road races. Lewis chats about whats in store for the 2022 running of the Stirling 10k as a nice tease for listeners planning to put that into their calendar in Autumn. Kyle is heading to Austria for...

Episode 178 has an exclusive interview with newly crowned world record holders - Fay & Emma of Match My Workout who have just completed 106 marathon in 106 days..in a row! So far they have raised over £33k for charities very close to their hearts and there is still time donate... https://www.collectionpot.com/pot/mmw/ Meanwhile Kyle runs 2 races in 2 days at the weekend, Tommy in Paris gets ready...

Episode 177 sees us return after a short break and boy have we got a lot to catch up on! The bad news is we're running less than a weegie's shower, but we do have a bunch of results to discuss including the fabulous Monument Mile Classic and Edinburgh Marathon. We're joined by Simon Messenger to talk about Paris's premier 5000m race and his experience as race director starting such an exciting rac...

Episode 176 is a long but enjoyable one. We have former hill running internationalist and operations manager of Active Root on the show to chat all things running and ginger juice! We also have an exclusive Active Root code that you can use on the the AR website www.activeroot.co.uk : TRS20 And we have heaps of banter, results and news - from 5ks to ultras!

Episode 175 is full of running banter...from Tommy executing a peculiar parkrun winning effort to runners doing boatraces and competing against horses... More importantly, we chat about some phenomenal international and domestic performances! Lace up and listen up! PS - Exclusive discount for one of Kyle's Moray Way Ultra Races - enter code: TRS25 for 25% off.

In Episode 174 we're joined by world record holder Paul Forbes! Paul talks to us about both parts of his brilliant career - 3 x commonwealth games appearances as a Senior, and now a world record holder as a Masters athlete! An inspiring discussion and insight into training for all ages of club athlete! Meanwhile Tommy has been in action at the Championnat de France de 10k seeking to continue the l...

Episode 173 is a Anglo Celtic Plate special with not just one guest but nine guests! Listen to some insightful chat on how their race unfolded and how many toilet stops they all had. Guests include ACP winners Matt Dickenson and Jo Murphy alongside RD Adrian Stott and the majority of the Scottish contingent. Enjoy!

In Episode 172 there is only one thing on the agenda - ACP 100k! Kyle gives us his race week chat as he prepares to don the Scotland vest again at the Anglo Celtic Plate. And as an added bonus ultra running expert, ACP 2022 Race Director and friend of the show Adrian Stott joins to talk about the history of the event, his advice to 100k runners and to preview this years field! (Disclaimer - Road R...