The Masters of Running Podcast.

April Lund is an 040 American athlete who in the last year has won 8 World Masters Gold medals and achieved a 2.39 marathon. In this episode, she discusses her recent successful battle with injury and you'll see that she really does always come back so strongly from it. We also chat about her very interesting life, rising above adversity and alcohol addiction to become one of the world's top maste...

David Clarke from Belfast, is one of the world's leading masters athletes. This year alone, he picked up gold in the 060 1500 in the World Indoor Championships, silver in the 800 and bronze in the 3000m. We have a very interesting chat about his career as a NI champion cyclist in the 80s and how that informed his running and an insight into his former world record with his daughter for the half-ma...

Alejandra Galvez, a former multi-event Spanish record holder in her youth, is the WR holder in the 045 indoor 800m with an incredible 2.12.24. We have a lovely chat about that record, her local award after it along with great insights into her job and how her 3 girls inspire her. Enjoy. If you like the podcast, download it for my stats and please share the episodes with as many people as you can t...

Lithuanian athlete, Aleksandr Sorokin recently got the WR of 6.05.35 in the 100K. He has achieved other amazing things too such as World champion at the 24 Hour Run and has been IAU Athlete of the Year. He is an inspiration to us as he's achieving all of this as a 41 year old masters athlete and his success has allowed him to go professional which would be a dream for any masters athlete. Hope you...

Julio recently got 2nd in the World Masters Indoor Championships in Poland having previously been European Masters Champion at the 1500. We have a great discussion about the championship, his training; the buzz word of protein these days and his work writing articles on such important topics as menopause. I hope you enjoy this episode. If you like the podcast, download it for my stats and please s...

American, Jenny Hitchings is the world 055 record holder at the marathon with an incredible 2.45.27 run in London this year. Along with many other things, we discuss her performance there, training; how we runners can obsess about the sport we love and make it our core identity. Enjoy and spread the word about these great masters' athletes. If you like the podcast, download it for my stats and ple...

Pauline Moran is a 65 year old athlete who recently won an incredible 3 gold medals in The European Masters Indoor Championships. We have a great chat about her history as a runner, mental attitude; and running at such a high level as a coeliac. Hope you enjoy it. If you like the podcast, download it for my stats and please share the episodes with as many people as you can to help it to grow even...

Dean Richardson recently won the 050 World Indoor Championship 1500 in a then world record of 4.06. In this episode, he discusses the commitment & training it took to achieve that as a masters athlete with a family and full-time job. Another very interesting discussion with training, diet & tactical pointers from one of the world's best. Enjoy. If you like the podcast, download it for my s...

Dave Watson was a casual fun runner until a cataclysmic health scare changed his life. Rather than give up running, he launched himself as a competitive masters runner; earning a 6th place at The World Indoor Masters championships in 2023. A truly inspirational tale. Enjoy. If you like the podcast, download it for my stats and please share the episodes with as many people as you can to help it to...

Sonja Friend-Uhl is a Florida based 050s athlete. She had great success as a senior representing America & participating in an Olympic trial. She continued her success into masters running by becoming a world medallist & world record holder in the mile. A lovely chat about her life, recent illness, some top advice & future hopes. Enjoy. If you like the podcast, download it for my stats...

Tommy Payne has achieved huge success since starting out in athletics at 19. He has multiple senior cross-country titles in Carlow and has won a world medal running for Ireland in mountain running. He's continued his success into masters running winning more national & world medals. Now 65, he's still running sub 17 for 5k and is planning more medals in Poland this month. A lovely chat with a...

Shane Sheridan is a World Masters medallist. We had a great conversation about his starting athletics at 53, his mental approach to racing; his training for Poland and how he believes that masters running doesn't have to be about long distance running. He gives great tips on how to become a masters sprinter. Well worth a listen. This guy runs low 8 seconds for 60m at 64 years of age. If you like t...

Annette Kealy is a European and World Masters medallist. Currently in training for The World Indoors in Poland, she discusses her preparation and her great experiences in athletics since she started at 20. A very interesting chat about juggling her training and barrister work over the years while rearing 4 children. Great to talk to a legend of Irish Masters Athletics. Enjoy and spread the word. I...

050 athlete, Anthony O' Brien is fresh off a recent 8.55 3000m after winning gold in the European indoor 3000m & silver in the 1500 last year. Along with silver in the outdoor World 1500 Championships & bronze in the 5000m. We have a great chat about his training, diet & his coaching which are all very scientific. This was a very informative discussion and as usual, I learnt a lot from...

Michelle Rohl is an 055 athlete and 3 time Olympic race walker with 2 American records. Since becoming a competitive masters athlete in 2017, she has made her mark. Most recently getting American records & wiinning 3 medals at the World Masters Championships. We have a great chat about her elite career and her success at masters level since 2017. She discusses her plans for the world indoors i...

Timothy Shiels is one of Ireland's best 800m masters runners, running sub 2 minutes & winning national titles. However, he had a very rocky road to get to this point after being a cocaine addict on the streets of Dublin for many years; committing crimes to feed his habit. He's now back running well and is the pastor of an amazing church in Omagh. This is a very powerful story. Enjoy. If you li...

At 42, Ann- Marie is a recent European Senior Cross-Country team bronze medallist and a 2.29.34 marathon runner. She discusses the Europeans, her training which is 80% easy pace at around 7.30 pace and 20% hard. She gives great training advice with tips on diet and supplements. We also discuss the challenges of parenting at her level and she tells some funny stories about that. We finish with a ch...

A fabulous chat with one of the best known Irish athletes. Mick is an Olympian marathon runner with a 2.13 pb and multiple national medallist across various distances with numerous Irish vests. We chat about his recent Dublin marathon, his future plans for racing and how he feels about getting older as an athlete. We also discuss his work as a coach and his experiences as a dad of 2 young children...

Ian has been involved in athletics since his teenage days and has many medals at national and international level. He's known by everyone as the man is gifted with a very chatty, extrovert personality. He has a very successful sports massage and injury clinic in Galway and treats a lot of athletes abroad at our international competitions. We discuss his slow recovery from long covid, all things ru...

Leanne Wellings is an O45 sprinter who has had great success on the world stage and previously winning national senior titles. Along with her full-time work, she has a business called LW Coaching where she guides runners of all disciplines and ages to success. She gives great info on training and the mental side to performance and also to helping masters who feel low after the buzz of a major comp...

Frank Greally is a hugely familiar face on the Irish athletics scene. He held the Irish junior 10,000m record of 30.17 for over 50 years. He was also editor of the 'Irish Runner Magazine' for over 30 years and most recently ambassador for the very successful 'Daily Mile' for kids in schools. He's currently getting ready for 'The Remembrance Run' on Nov 13th. We have a great chat and he speaks very...

Martin Kelly who runs with Raheny Shamrock is one of a very select few who've done every single Dublin Marathon since its inception in 1980 when he was a 17 year old. He chats about that day, the many marathons since and gives great information on his training with great tips for people this weekend and for any future marathons. We also chat about the great Pat Hopper who'll be sadly missed on mar...

Michael Cornyn is an 060 middle distance Irish runner. He has numerous national, European and World medals to his name. We discuss his early days in athletics and his achievements then. He has given so much of his time to athletics: volunteering and doing his great 'Masters Home & Away' interviews and on the Meath County Board. He's a very dedicated, loving dad, ferrying his son to his elite t...

Michelle is an Irish runner who recently won the individual cross-country gold and team gold at the World Championships in Finland. We chat about her mum who is also a recent world medallist and many other topics such as her plans for the XC trials next week for the Irish masters team, her shoe choices, why she competes; the benefits of group training & her job as a teacher of young kids and h...

Colin Griffin has over 15 years experience in high performance sport having represented Ireland at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in the 50km walk which he holds the Irish record of 3.51. He has also coached other Irish athletes to Olympic level. In 2011 he founded The Altitude Centre Ireland and pioneered the development of Irelands first residential altitude training centre at the Universi...