The UKRunChat podcast‪.‬ UKRunChat

In this episode Michelle and Ash have a fascinating chat about Ash's personal running story, with lots of tips for novice marathon and ultra runners, including:

- some insights into his training methods

- pacing a marathon, and getting the negative split right.

- what makes or breaks a marathon

- marathons vs ultras - different training approaches/different fuelling strategies

Michelle has also reviewed Ash's new book called What If? here [https://www.ukrunchat.co.uk/ashley-varley-a-running-journey-from-failure-to-first-place/]

You can follow Ash on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/ash_runs_/]

James is a Masters athlete and he balances his running around full time teaching, family life, coaching and coach education.

Listen to hear Michelle and James chat about:

- Club running, what can clubs do to improve the support they give to athletes, especially on large group session, and how they can ensure their sessions provide purposeful training.

- Coach education, how can coaches better help their athletes?

- Masters running, getting more competitive as we age, the importance of recovery, and James debunks some misconceptions.

- Some marathon training tips (pacing, planning).

James' recent running highlights -

10th Place and 1st v40 at Manchester Half in 68:09 2023,

3rd place at Carslbad 5000 'Worlds fastest 5Km' Masters race, California, April 2024.

Follow James on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/run.coach.teach/] 

Enjoy! 

In this episode Michelle chats with Rachel Miller. Rachel has been running since she was 17 and has just finished London Marathon in memory of her Dad, who started  running in his fifties. He inspired the whole family to become runners. 

Follow Rachel on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rachrun74/]

And on X: @RachelBuk [https://twitter.com/RachelBuk]

In this episode Michelle speaks with Mason Morgan in a truly inspiring conversation. Mason's resilience in the face of adversity is nothing short of remarkable. Since his diagnosis with a high-grade brain tumor in September 2022, Mason has not only faced his condition with bravery but also channeled his energy into a formidable challenge: running 6 marathons in 7 months and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to support Macmillan Cancer Support.

Tune in to hear Mason discuss his journey, the challenges he has overcome, and his upcoming fundraising events. 

You can follow Mason on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/masonmorgann/]

To sponsor Mason and support his remarkable journey, please go to https://www.runningwithcancer.co.uk [https://www.runningwithcancer.co.uk/] for more details and donation options.

Jon Blair is a father of 3, a husband and proud stammerer. He is a Youtube creator & stammer supporter whose channel focuses on stammering, mental health, reviews, opinion, running & a love of trainers. He started running at 37 due to COVID forcing gyms to close their doors, and a year after serious spinal surgery. He has have achieved 16.08 5k, 35.45 10k, 1.18.43 HM and 3.04.04 Marathon. 

Jon and Michelle chat about:

- Jon's YouTube channel which he started to help people with a stammer, and which focuses on running, mental health and shoes!

- Jon's own journey into running, which started relatively late in life

- Running a Boston-qualifying marathon on a fractured leg!

- Favourite running shoes, and why carbon-plates might not be for everyone

- Big goals to run 1000 miles for charity

https://www.youtube.com/@TheStammerer-sn3qs

In this episode we catch up with Ian Williams who is founder of the long standing website Fetch Everyone. 

Fetcheveryone lets you analyse your training, find races, plot routes, chat in our forum, get advice, play games and nothing is behind a paywall.

Also listen to hear about Ian's own running and goals to run his first (very unusual) ultra soon. 

https://www.fetcheveryone.com