Episode 80 - Mike and Helen Harrington Local Runners Podcast

Dave, Cal, Sean and Gav talk to two Cheshire Dragons. The race director for Run Cheshire who has PBs of 5k - 16:53 10k - 35:33 half - 77:47 Mar - 2:53:51. And The Co-founder of Cheshire Dragons, who is a UKA Licensed endurance coach with PBs of 5k - 18:41 10k - 39:10 half - 1:26:29 Mar 3:18:23 along with some ultras. Mike and Helen Harrington talk about how it Cheshire Dragons came about along with how their running journey started. Mike talks about his events company Run Cheshire and how some of his races have caught the headlines year in year out (for good reasons). Helen talks about getting her runs in when she works on US time as well as her drive for ultras. They both explain about how they manage their running with 3 daughters busy schedules and how they prepare to race, but do they always actually race after their warm up.



The team give an update on training after marathons and 3 year breaks. Dave talks about his mass of races in the last few weeks, Sean says about his ankle giving his some jip, Cal is back in training with some goal races and Gav IS BACK with a big race booked, but what race?



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