Tartan Running Shorts

Episode 171 lands with a punch! Kyle is sporting a shiner as he enters taper time for the ACP, meanwhile Tommy has been foulee-ing around at La Foulee d'Aubergenville seeking qualification time for the French 10k Champs! We've got Scots in action at the World Indoors, the Alloa Half and the Cupar 5 to catch up on in a week of plenty results to catch up! Rambling as an added extra.

Kyle laces up for a last minute ultra the day after his date with Mickey Mouse and Tommy gets ready to hit the Q time for the Paris National 10k champs. Meanwhile, without an interview, we discuss in fartlek form local and international performances from our TRS army.

In Episode 169, hat trick hero Jamie Crowe joins us fresh off his latest National Cross Country win! Jamie catches us up on the race, his prep and the highs and lows over his last year of competition and a lookahead to the next goals. Kyle was in action at Falkirk too, and we've got a wrap up on the action in the other races at a great day at Callendar Park!

Kyle catches up with his coach, Lewis Walker (aka the Doc Talks), who also co-hosts the show! Alongside the general ramblings mainly from Kyle, Lewis talks about mindset for runners - and some golden nuggets that you'll be able to translate into your own training and racing! We discuss and preview the National XC this weekend and review some of the top performances from the last week including a b...

In Episode 166 Jenny Selman joins us following her string of fantastic performances on the track! A name well known on the Scottish circuit, it's great to catch up with Jenny to discover more about our shortest distance guest to date! Wev've got results from the Masters XC from Aberdeen to chat about, as well as a chat on the merits of cross country at the Olympics. As well as other results from a...

Episode 165... 🔥 We are joined by Scottish commonwealth games athlete, Luke Caldwell who recently ran 2.11 at the Chevron Houston Marathon to go 5th all time scot! 🍾 Tommy talks about about his recent champagne exploits and reveals an incredible game changer that he would like to share! 😴 🌩 Kyle continues an upwards trend in training but has a minor setback on the treadmill...🙈 Available now!

Fresh from her incredible performance at the Spine Race, we're joined by the brilliant Debbie Martin-Consani! We debrief on her win and catch up on her running to date and what crazy races are still to come. Meanwhile Oor Wee Dumplin has been running cross country, it's Tommy-in-Paris-parkrun and there have been a more cross country races across the country than we can count!

We bring you not one, but two fantastic guests in the form of previous interviewees and newly crowned Inter District XC champions, Mhairi Maclennan and Kris Jones. Since our last chat with them both, we have lots to talk about so get your speaker turned up and listen to this stacked episode full of content! Images by Bobby Gavin

Happy New Year listeners! In Episode 162 we celebrate the best of Scotland with the TRS Awards of 2021. In what is the most shambolic awards ceremony you're likely to hear we've got more categories than a cross country meet, culminating in the TRS Runner of the Year as voted for by you! We've got results from the class Tilli 10k and our festive running ramblings. Thanks to Jim Glennie who appears...

We want to dedicate this episode to our friend Marie Dobson who sadly passed away far too early from secondary breast cancer at the age of 34. Marie was a talented athlete with Aberdeen AAC and recently set up her charity Run4Marie, aimed at raising funds for her treatment to prolong her life. She will be hugely missed by the running community and has inspired so many people with her bubbly and po...

In episode 160, Kyle dons his RD hat and previews this weekend's Dava Way ultra marathon while Tom's road to Valencia continues albeit bumpier than hoped. We touch on the Scottish National Short Course 4K resuts and reminise about stag dos, inspired by this week's Shorts Sighted!

We are back after a wee break with a bumper episode and delighted to have Tokyo Paralympic champion Owen Miller on the show! Kyle reveals how his 24 hour race went and Tommy talks all about Valencia Marathon training block. We also have a wad of race results including the XC dubs some superb stand out performances by Jo Murphy and Sarah Inglis! Photo credit: LINTAO ZHANG GETTY IMAGES

Tommy is back with a storming run! Kyle has decided to race a 24 hour race in Belfast this weekend and we have a heap of race results to chat to you about...ENJOY!

Good things come to those who wait.....after a short break Episode 157 is wrapped but more importantly, the Tartan Running Shorts are a go! This week we catch up on how we're progressing with Kyle still weighing up the 24 hour race whilst Tommy is well underway in the Valencia Marathon block. There have been a bunch of big races over the last few weeks with Scottish club vests hitting start lines...

Episode 156 What a stacked show we have this week: - ACP 100K Champ - Chris Richardson ('Rico') - Tommy races in Paris! - Scottish Para Round Up - Lots of Race Results across Scotland - TRS Runner of the Week

In Episode 155 we've got too much to cover! Last week was UTMB week and fresh from his fantastic 2nd place in the OCC, Robbie Simpson joins us to talk about his race. WRs have been dropping at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon and at 24 Hours, Kyle's been race directing Speyside Way Ultra and Tommy's back spectating at the Meeting de Paris Diamond League! On top of that we've got results from across...

In Episode 154 we are joined by the bulk of the Scotland team from the Anglo Celtic Plate 100K! Kyle catches us up on his 3rd place to back up his bronze medal at the same event 3 years ago before Jo Murphy, Alison McGill, Jason Kelly and team manager Adrian Stott jump on to recap the weekend from their perspective. With emergency toilet stops, cramping agony, odd socks, some hard hitting motivati...

In Episode 153, we are joined by Team GB's Steph Davis fresh from her Olympic debut! Steph chats about her experience in Tokyo where her strong controlled run saw her finish in an impressive 39th place and first British woman! Kyle is into race week for the Anglo Celtic Plate 100K where he dons a Scotland vest again, and we've got results from the Scottish Senior Track Champs and other events in S...

Episode 152 is also Day 1 post Tokyo 2020. Don't fear, TRS are here this week to fill that Olympic hole in your life. We reflect on all the Scottish athletics performances last week including the incredible medal wins for Laura Muir and Josh Kerr! As well as the Olympics, Robbie Simpson was in impressive form at Sierre Zinal and we've got local results too. Kyle is beginning to look ahead to ACP 1...

We have yet another Scottish superstar on the show tonight in the form of newly crowned European Bronze medallist Erin Wallace! This show is stacked with Olympic content alongside some amazing results(including a world record!)on home turf!

Tokyo 2020 is finally here! We celebrate in Episode 150 by previewing the first of the Scottish athletes to line up on the track next week at the Olympic games. And if that's not enough, Luke Ivory joins us fresh (ish) from his FKT on the NC500. We've got results from the modern classic that is the Campus 5k, and the Scottish Masters Championships which saw some national records do down in fast fa...

Episode 149 - We have one of Scotland's finest athletics legends on the show in the shape of Olympic medallist Eilidh Doyle! Eilidh has recently announced her retirement in the sport(interview recorded before the announcement!) but her words of wisdom will certainly be inspire you! Meanwhile, Tommy tells all with his recent TDF exploits whilst Kyle continues his run up to the British 100k Champion...

Episode 148 is a slightly slow week, very much the calm before the storm! Kyle is deep into his 100K training and celebrates by spraying a beer, while is a return of the injury demons for Tom. It's Bastille Day as we release, and fittingly we talk about the electric Monaco Diamond League next to the South of France, the British Ultra Trail Champs and the Scottish Masters Track Champs! Maybe not th...

Episode 147 – Baby News, Jennifer Wetton & Moray Coastal 50 It might be a few weeks but boy o boy, the TRS lads have been busy and are now fully recharged and ready to go! We aren’t going to give too much away to what we are going to call ‘Season 2’ so listen to the episode and hear the exciting news, Tommy & Kyle’s racing plans and a hugely insightful interview with current Scottish Marathon Cham...

Episode 146 - We have Race Director of the Antrim Coast Half Marathon & former Olympian James McIlroy on the show to talk about the incredible elite field and how you guys can join the stellar lineup! Meanwhile, Tommy is glowing whilst Kyle does a virtual fashion show for him on the much anticipated TRS shorts. YES - they are coming! We also talk about Kyle's international call up, a recent 100 mi...