The Sunday Plodcast

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli welcomed Nathan Gillis, from Olympic Sports Scholarships, to the podcast. Nathan provided a detailed breakdown for Brits wanting to explore university options in the US, as well as talking through some of the expansion and developments in the NCAA over the past few years. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In our latest weekend round up, Matt and Oli cover all the action over the last week; including Jacob Kiplimo's stunning Half-Marathon world record, Grant Fisher's 12:44 indoor 5000m record, and much more. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli previewed all the action at next weekend's British Indoor Championships. They talk through all the big hitters, discuss who has the qualifying marks, and much more. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

In our latest weekend round up, Matt and Oli reviewed all the action from the Milrose Games that featured Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker and Georgia Bell. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Matt welcomed British 3000m Record Holder, George Mills, to the podcast. The OAC Europe athlete gave his insights around his 7:27 performance last weekend, and much more. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In our latest weekend round up, Matt and Oli review all the action from BUCS XC in Cardiff, and the indoor meets at Boston University and New Balance, before then previewing the Milrose Games at the Armoury. Enjoy! 

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli welcome 13:03 5K man, John Heymans, to the podcast. The Belgian Olympian spoke about starting out in the sport during college, life as an unsponsored elite runner, and much more. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's round up, Matt and Oli recapped all the action from the area cross country championships over the weekend, before looking ahead to next weekends BUCS XC Champs in Cardiff. They also previewed the upcoming NB Grand Prix indoor meet, featuring Georgia Bell, Jake Wightman and James West. 

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli welcomed Virginia Tech based Brit, George Couttie, to the podcast. Following a 14th place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Champs, and a Silver medal at the Europeans, George spoke about his training under coach, Ben Thomas, and much more. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

In our latest weekend round up, Matt and Oli reviewed all the action from the Houston Half Marathon (inc. Paddy Dever, 60:11 & Jess Warner-Judd, 69:07), and the Sheffield BMC (inc. Issy Boffey, 2:02.82). Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, the new British 10K record holder, Rory Leonard (27:38), and his Team Makou Coach, Andy Hobdell, joined Matt and Oli to talk about all things Valencia. They delved into the training behind Rory's record breaking run and much more. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

In our first weekend round up of 2025, Matt and Oli reviewed all the action from Valencia 10k. A number of Brits took the trip to Spain, with Rory Leonard taking the British 10K record. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In our first episode of 2025, Matt and Oli welcomed University of Birmingham coach, Dean Miller, to the podcast. Dean spoke about the brilliant performances from Birmingham athletes at the Liverpool Cross Challenge and the European Cross Country Championships at the back-end of last year, and much more. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this bonus episode, Matt and Oli reviewed all the action from today's European Cross Country Championships. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

To celebrate 200 episodes of the Sunday Plodcast, Matt and Oli welcomed Faith Kipyegon to the podcast. Faith's credentials are off the scale, so we'll just leave them here for you;  2014 CWG 1500m Gold 2015 WC 1500m Silver 2016 OLY 1500m Gold 2017 WC XC Gold 2017 WC 1500m Gold 2019 WC 1500m Silver 2020 OLY 1500m Gold 2022 WC 1500m Gold 2023 WC 5000m Gold 2023 WC 1500m Gold 2024 OLY 5000m Silver 20...

In this week's bumper episode, Matt and Oli preview all the action at next weekend's European Cross Country Championships, before welcoming Kate Axford to the podcast (56:45). Kate spoke about her emphatic win in Liverpool last weekend, as well as her rise through the UK ranks over the past two years. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli reviewed all the action from yesterday's Liverpool Cross Challenge and European Trials. They covered the senior men's and women's races, as well as the U23's and short course trials. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli preview all the action at next week's Liverpool Cross Challenge and European Trials. They talk through all the contenders in the Senior Men's and Women's races, as well as the U23 and Short Course Trials. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

Following a review of Mansfield, Matt welcomed British 800m Champion, Phoebe Gill, to the podcast. The 17-year old Paris Olympian spoke about her phenomenal season, that included a personal-best of 1:57 over 800m, as well as talking through some of the challenges she's overcome to get to the top. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, following a short review of the Valencia Half Marathon, Matt and Oli welcomed Olympic Bronze medallist, Georgia Bell, back to the podcast. The British record holder over 1500m spoke about her phenomenal summer season, that saw her claim Olympic Bronze in Paris. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

Following a short preview of the upcoming races at Mansfield and Podium, Matt welcomed Swedish international, Andreas Almgren, to the podcast. The 12:50 5000m and 26:52 10,000m man spoke about his approach to training and racing, and much more. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

For this week's episode, Matt and Oli welcomed two-time British Olympian in the 1500m, Revée Walcott-Nolan, to the podcast. The OAC Europe athlete spoke about her performances in Paris that saw her lower her PB to 3:58.08. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Oli sat down with Calli Hauger-Thackery to discuss her new PB of 2:21:24 from the Berlin Marathon, just 7 weeks after a DNF at the Paris Olympics. Calli talks about the ups and the downs of the past few months, as well as what's next in her career. Enjoy! Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Tim Eglen joined Matt and Oli on the podcast. The AFD coach spoke about his work with the likes of Jack Rowe, Will Barnicoat and Niamh Brown, as well as talking through how he's developed his coaching over the years. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com

In this week's episode, Matt and Oli chat through some of the upcoming Cross Country action, as well as covering all the latest news on the distance running circuit. Enjoy!  Presented by SportsShoes.com