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A running podcast hosted by Ryan, Dean and Eoin — three sub-elite runners and training partners based in Perth, Australia / Dublin, Ireland. Each week we break down the world of distance running — from training, racing and shoe tech to the stories shaping the sport. Along the way we’re joined by elite athletes, coaches and personalities from across the global running scene. Expect honest conversations, deep dives into performance, a few questionable theories, and plenty of banter from the easy miles. Serious about running, not too serious about ourselves. Welcome to the Easy Double

  1. 15h ago

    ROAD 2 DUBLIN SEASON FINALE: ft Bri McGhee, David Troy & Will Boyle

    Welcome to the final episode of our bi-weekly series The Road To Dublin, where we follow three athletes building toward the Dublin Marathon on October 25th. We followed three runners who had three very different Dublin Marathon experiences. Bri nails her debut (2:57, national medal). Troy battles stomach issues at 5k as his heart rate hits 215bpm. Will struggles with fuelling and wind on his comeback. We break down what went right, what went catastrophically wrong, and what's next. Enjoy!

    ROAD 2 DUBLIN SEASON FINALE: ft Bri McGhee, David Troy & Will Boyle

  2. 2d ago

    Matt Ramsden: Pacing World Records, Olympic Near Misses & Unfinished Business

    This week we're joined by one of Australia's finest runners, Matt Ramsden. Fresh off a 28:31 and a podium finish at the Australian Road Running Championships, Matt joins Ryan and Dean to reflect on a career that's taken him from a promising junior in Perth to the world's biggest stages. We take a trip down memory lane, from his early battles with Ollie Hoare and Jakob Ingebrigtsen to joining Melbourne Track Club, signing with Nike and pacing Joshua Cheptegei to both his 5,000m and 10,000m world records. Matt opens up about the circumstances surrounding his Tokyo Olympic non-selection, the Achilles injury that derailed his Paris ambitions, and the perspective he's gained through those setbacks. We also get a fascinating insight into the realities of professional running contracts, his training philosophy, and how he's now juggling life as an elite athlete, full-time lawyer and head coach of Ram's Running. With his competitive fire returning and a track 10,000m debut on the horizon at Zatopek, there's plenty more to come from the self-proclaimed (well, Ryan-proclaimed) Starboy of WA running. Enjoy the episode!

  3. 4d ago

    EDP88: Dublin City Marathon / Jakarta half race recap / Valencia Half

    Jakarta Half Marathon saw Dean race in brutal heat, finishing 11th in a stacked international field. Dublin Marathon delivered drama along with 75km/h winds, elite Irish talent battling brutal conditions, and Road to Dublin crew finding out just how unforgiving the marathon can be. Valencia Half served up close finishes and Spanish national record intrigue. Bernie Ten in Tasmania showcased Australia’s domestic depth with Ed Marks dominating and Georgie Gregec running wild. 📰 Running news hits different this week. LA Olympic marathon window opens November 1st with 70 spots (down from 80—still scratching our heads on that one). But the headline: Perez Jepchichir provisionally suspended for EPO. Multiple Olympic and world champion, four-time major winner, world record holder in the half. Caught six weeks before Sydney. We break down what this means for the sport, the systemic issues, and why trust in elite distance running just evaporated. 👊 Double Trouble explores doping culture, agent accountability, and whether East African distance running can be salvaged. It’s heavy, it’s necessary, and it’s honest. Personal wins: Ryan’s injury scan came back positive (stress response resolved), Dean’s back from Jakarta, and Eoin's soaking up Spanish sun . 🎙️ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON Want more Easy Double? Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content, additional episodes, behind-the-scenes chat and the chance to get involved with upcoming interviews. 👉 ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/EasyDouble⁠ 📸 FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM Keep up with the boys, race results, episode clips and everything happening at Easy Double. 👉 ⁠https://www.instagram.com/easydoublepod/⁠ ⭐ RATE & REVIEW THE PODCAST If you're enjoying Easy Double, please take a moment to give us a 5-star rating on Spotify. It genuinely helps us reach more runners and grow the podcast. You can also follow the show on Spotify so you never miss an episode. 🥤 FUELLED BY BIX NUTRITION A big thanks to BIX Nutrition for their continued support of Easy Double. For your training, racing and recovery nutrition, check out BIX and use code DOUBLE for a discount. 👉 ⁠https://www.bixvitamins.com/en-au⁠ Thanks for listening and supporting Easy Double! ❤️

  4. Oct 20

    EDP87 ft Jake Barraclough / Ran to Japan: The Marathon Monk returns / 216km "down week" / Cross Country is back!

    With Dean enjoying another holiday on Rottnest, Ryan and Eoin are joined by the mileage king himself, Jake Barraclough (Ran to Japan), for a bumper episode of Easy Double. Jake takes us inside life as the Marathon Monk, training alongside some of Japan's fastest runners at ND Soft. We break down his latest 216km training week (a down week, apparently), including 30km runs finished with flat-out kilometre reps, marathon-specific sessions, and the differences between Japanese and Western approaches to training and fuelling. He also discusses his recent back injury scare, racing plans and preparations for December's Marathon Project, alongside his experience rubbing shoulders with Clayton Young at the Great North Run. Meanwhile, Eoin kicks off his Irish cross country season with a fourth-place finish at the Autumn Open as he builds towards the National Championships. Elsewhere, the boys cover the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon, Amsterdam and Beijing Marathons, Andreas Almgren's frightening training ahead of his marathon debut in New York, and a listener-submitted Double Trouble tackling one of running's biggest pet hates: discarded gel wrappers on race courses. Plenty of running chat, questionable accents and big mileage. Enjoy! 🎙️ SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON PATREON Want more Easy Double? Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content, additional episodes, behind-the-scenes chat and the chance to get involved with upcoming interviews. 👉 https://www.patreon.com/c/EasyDouble 📸 FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM Keep up with the boys, race results, episode clips and everything happening at Easy Double. 👉 https://www.instagram.com/easydoublepod/ ⭐ RATE & REVIEW THE PODCAST If you're enjoying Easy Double, please take a moment to give us a 5-star rating on Spotify. It genuinely helps us reach more runners and grow the podcast. You can also follow the show on Spotify so you never miss an episode. 🥤 FUELLED BY BIX NUTRITION A big thanks to BIX Nutrition for their continued support of Easy Double. For your training, racing and recovery nutrition, check out BIX and use code DOUBLE for a discount. 👉 https://www.bixvitamins.com/en-au Thanks for listening and supporting Easy Double! ❤️

  5. Oct 15

    Jakarta Running Festival (Gold label HM): Behind the scenes with Race Director - Donny

    Jakarta Running Festival: Building Indonesia's Biggest Running Event | Race Director Donny From 16,500 participants in 2024 to 37,000 in 2026, the Jakarta Running Festival has quickly established itself as one of Southeast Asia's premier running events, becoming Indonesia's first World Athletics Gold Label race in the process. With Dean heading over to compete in the elite half marathon and Raf Baugh taking on commentary duties for the international broadcast, Ryan and Dean sit down with Race Director Donny to learn more about the event's remarkable rise. We get a fascinating insight into what goes on behind the scenes of organising a major international running event, from shutting down the streets of one of the world's busiest cities to attracting world-class athletes and managing the challenges of racing in Jakarta's notorious heat and humidity. In this episode, we discuss: How the Jakarta Running Festival has grown to 37,000 participants in just three years. The journey to becoming Indonesia's first World Athletics Gold Label event. Building a world-class elite field, including multiple sub-60-minute half marathoners. Prize money, athlete recruitment and the commercial realities of organising major running events. The challenges of racing in 24–26°C temperatures with high humidity. Course design, road closures and the logistics of delivering a two-day running festival. The explosion of running participation across Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Jakarta's ambitions for the future and what Australian events, particularly Perth, could learn from its success. Plus, we find out what Dean can expect on race day, how Raf landed the commentary gig, and whether Donny could one day bring his race-directing expertise to Perth! A great conversation for anyone interested in the growth of running, the business behind major events, and what it takes to create a world-class race experience. Enjoying Easy Double? ⭐ Leave us a 5-star review on Spotify – it genuinely helps us reach more runners and grow the podcast. 📲 Follow us on Instagram: @easydoublepodcast for episode updates, running content and behind-the-scenes action. 🎙️ Join our Patreon: Get early access to episodes, exclusive bonus content and help support the continued growth of Easy Double. https://www.patreon.com/easydoublepodcast Thanks for listening and supporting Easy Double!

  6. Oct 13

    EDP86: Perth Marathon & 10km race recap / Kipchoge dominates down under / New AUS record in Chicago

    What a week of marathon running and no need to fear if you missed any of it as we have you covered. Perth Running Festival brought the goods with Dominic Ngenu’s strong solo win in the marathon, Dean racing hard in the 10K and finishing third, and impressive times across the board. Melbourne Marathon delivered the spectacle, Kipchoge doing Kipchoge things, Tommy De Canto showing experience and running a PB, and Jimmy Whelan learning the hard way that 2:08 ambitions on debut don’t translate. Chicago saw Clayton Young’s gutsy come-from-behind American record, Charles Hicks right there hunting, and the women’s race owned by Izzy Bat-doyle smashing the Australian/Oceania record in 2:20:38. 📰 In running news, the stories were everywhere. Perth’s got problems to fix, no kilometer markers on course, missing elite drinks, and a few questions about social media strategy. But the depth of Australian marathon running is genuinely unhinged. Seth O’Donnell solo 61:20 in the half. Nicola Sheridan from Ireland flying a 2:29 after switching to Sydney. The domestic talent pool is ridiculous. 📺 YouTube Diaries gets a big one this week. Marcus Malone dropped a 50-minute documentary called Ordinary Excellence, the Grant Fisher story. Long-form content done properly, childhood, college, coaching relationships, build-up to New York. It’s storytelling, not highlight reels. Shout to Joey Bowden for the tip-off. 👊 Double Trouble stays light as Ryan gets some grief! Plenty in this one. Enjoy! 🎧 Enjoying Easy Double?Leave us a review on Spotify — it takes a few seconds and genuinely helps the podcast grow. 📲 Follow us on Instagram: @easydoublepodClips, race coverage, episode highlights and plenty more throughout the week. 🤝 Support the podcast on Patreon:Join the Easy Double Patreon to support the show and get early, ad-free access to the main podcast plus an exclusive bonus episode every week. Thanks for listening and supporting the pod. ❤️

  7. Oct 11

    ROAD 2 DUBLIN EP4: ft Bri McGhee, David Troy & Will Boyle

    Welcome to the fourth episode of our bi-weekly series, The Road To Dublin, where we follow three athletes building toward the Dublin Marathon on October 25th. The end is well and truly in sight as all the guys enter their tapers. We cap of the last 2 weeks of training and look into what the next two weeks will entail. It's super exciting times as all three look forward to race day! Please meet: Bri McGhee, a final-year dietetics student running her very first marathon. David Troy, the national 10k champion, gearing up for only his second time over the 42.2km distance. Will Boyle, an Asics frontrunner coming off an injury that ruled him out of London, now looking ahead to an exciting Dublin build. Follow along as these three chase very different dreams on the same course.... it's going to be something special.

  8. Oct 6

    EDP85: Dean runs 14:46 / Perth Running Festival ft Elite Athlete Coordinator Sam Maxwell

    A big one this week as we’re joined by Sam Maxwell — Managing Director of Emageo Group and Elite Athlete Coordinator for the Perth Running Festival — ahead of race weekend in Perth. Sam takes us behind the scenes of building an elite field: recruiting international athletes, appearance fees and prize money, pacemakers, visas, anti-doping and the challenge of growing Perth into a genuinely world-class marathon. We preview Sunday’s races, unpack the headline names coming to WA and hear about the longer-term ambitions for the event. Then it’s back to regular Easy Double business. Dean is FINALLY back racing, opening his season with a solo 14:46 5,000m — although he very nearly didn’t make the start line. We break down his race, the return to spikes and what it means ahead of another hit-out at the Perth Running Festival this weekend. Elsewhere, we cover Jakob’s home-town RunFest, Manchester and Cardiff Half results, the latest running news, Nike dropping THREE new racing shoes — the SwooshFly, Alphafly 4 and Apex — and London Marathon’s move to a two-day event. Plenty in this one. Enjoy! 🎧 Enjoying Easy Double?Leave us a review on Spotify — it takes a few seconds and genuinely helps the podcast grow. 📲 Follow us on Instagram: @easydoublepodClips, race coverage, episode highlights and plenty more throughout the week. 🤝 Support the podcast on Patreon:Join the Easy Double Patreon to support the show and get early, ad-free access to the main podcast plus an exclusive bonus episode every week. Thanks for listening and supporting the pod. ❤️

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A running podcast hosted by Ryan, Dean and Eoin — three sub-elite runners and training partners based in Perth, Australia / Dublin, Ireland. Each week we break down the world of distance running — from training, racing and shoe tech to the stories shaping the sport. Along the way we’re joined by elite athletes, coaches and personalities from across the global running scene. Expect honest conversations, deep dives into performance, a few questionable theories, and plenty of banter from the easy miles. Serious about running, not too serious about ourselves. Welcome to the Easy Double

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  • Creator
    Easy Double
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    121
  • Rating
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