Running with Jake - The PLODcast

133: Passionate physios, powerful strides & the Kenyan shuffle - with Eoin Everard

On today’s episode, we speak to Physiotherapist Eoin Everard who specialises in lower back, knee, and hip pain. 

Eoin is also a talented athlete himself. He has broken the 4 minute barrier in the mile, dipped under 15 minutes for 5K, and he is the current European Over 35 3K Champion. 

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it.  Today it's all about half marathon training.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

 

 

132: Snake spotting, extreme running and a scratchy throat - with Tomasz Drybala

On today’s episode, we chat with extreme athlete and mindful running teacher Tomasz Drybala

Tomasz is taking on the monumental challenge of running 25,000 around the entire circumference of the world!! However, he is taking the whole thing in his stride, and applying his mindful running practices to break the challenge up and stay in the moment.

 

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it.  Today it's about interval training.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

131: Powerful WHYs, scary meerkats & proud daughters - with Dr Josephine Perry

On today’s episode, we chat with Sports Psychologist Dr Josephine Perry

 

Josie specialises in endurance sports, and works with athletes and coaches to help them enhance their performance through the use of sports psychology.

 

Today’s show is sponsored by AG1, by Athletic Greens. 

 

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130: Mountains, low bars & tea bag smuggling - Edwina Sutton

On this episode, we meet Edwina Sutton. 

Edwina's an international ultra runner, living in the French Alps.  She offers both personal training and online coaching.  During this chat, she talks a lot about cross-training, and explains that the Alps offer her the perfect environment for that. 

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it. Today it's about how an inexperienced 5k'er should pace a 5k

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

129: Passing the baton, record breaking & improving with age - with Samantha Amend

On this episode, we're honoured to be chatting with Samantha Amend of Team Hour 7.

Sam has an impressive list of achievements, and she's fresh from winning the 2022 Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR), and setting a new ladies record of 25hrs and 45 mins.

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it.  Today's it's about blood lactate testing.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

128: Noisy Italians, habit stacking & movie pressures

On today’s episode, Jake attempts to quieten his girlfriend Martina as she is studying at home (clearly the studio/coat cupboard isn’t quite soundproof to Italian standards!). 

Pete the producer attempts to persuade/force Jake into seeing Top Gun: Maverick. It’s not that Jake doesn’t want to see it, but more the fact that allowing himself time to go and see it isn’t such an easy thing to do. 

This leads on to a conversation around the importance of making time, enjoying hobbies, and building habits.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

127: Massive intros, powerful campaigns, & sore plums with Sophie Powers

On today’s episode, we chat with Sophie Power - Ultra runner and mum of 3, Sophie made the news a few years ago, when a photo her breastfeeding her 3 month old baby during the 106 mile Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc went viral. 

Since then Sophie has become a powerful voice for mothers chasing their dreams and on Global Running Day she launched a campaign called She Races, aiming at making races more female friendly by adhering to a set of guidelines that even the playing field

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it.  Today it's about training on a treadmill.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

126: Ridiculous flights, fast 10Ks, & hat throwing

On today’s episode, we chat with Ross Braden - Soft Tissue Therapist, Osteopathy student, and a 2:16 marathoner that recently added another PB to his list in the Night Of The10K PBs 

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it.  Today's it's about how quickly you lose fitness when you stop running.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

125: Selfish worries, time struggles & fence posts!

On today’s episode, Pete the producer has struggled to get back into his running since the Manchester marathon relay (April). Although he predominantly blames lack of time, it is largely due to a new sport that he has recently taken up - fence post erecting! 

This prompts an in-depth discussion around the struggles and challenges that so many runners face when it comes to time and motivation to run. 

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast

124: Studio meltdowns, mountain rescues & special Physios

On today’s episode, we catch up with Lydia Gibson - an ultra runner from Durham, who recently had to be airlifted to Carlisle hospital during the 3-day Silva Great Lakeland race in the Lake District. Lydia lost her footing on a technical decent, slipped and fell. She tore multiple ligaments in her foot and ankle, and as someone who has lived with epilepsy for seven years, Lydia experienced multiple seizures triggered by the pain and the shock. 

#AskJake: Each week, we'll take one of your questions and Jake will answer it.  Today's it's about training for a trail half marathon.

See the full show notes & resources here: http://runningwithjake.com/plodcast