Ardent Run Club

On this episode, Tomi speaks with local legend Guy Bracken!

Guy runs for Morpeth Harriers and competes in anything from 1500 to 10K. He holds multiple world records in different age categories over d…

On this episode, Tomi speaks to special guest from Episode 38 - Carl Mowatt.

On 27th September, Mowza set out to complete an unthinkable challenge - 8 half marathons in one day! The point of this cha…

On this episode, Tomi speaks to Gateshead Harriers coach Lee Morgan. Lee coaches young athletes at North Shields Poly and Gateshead Harriers and has been coaching for the last 10 years. Before he was…

On this episode Tomi speaks with Lucas Sutherland. Lucas is from the North East, he runs for Gateshead harriers and is coached by John Stephenson.

Lucas is an ex-football player turned long distance …

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Garry Reay, a long distance athlete who runs for Jarrow & Hebburn.

Garry was an athlete as a young boy, but as he entered adulthood and started working, running took…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with U20 National Silver Medallist in the 3000m Steeplechase, Luca Minale.

Luca is from London, but lives in Newcastle, while studying animation at Northumbria university…

On this episode, Tomi speaks about the Great North Run!

Oh the pain, the fun, the joy, the almost tears, the struggle and thr accomplishment.

I take you through, mile by mile, thought by thought, wha…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Josh Blevins, a young athlete running for Gateshead Harriers, coached by John Stephenson and specialising in the middle distance events.

With a 1500m PB of 3:54 at t…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Alexis Dodd of Jarrow and Hebburn.

Alexis has been running for J&H since 2019 and has rapidly reached a high level, winning local and regional events and even gettin…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Andy Ball - a member of Elswick Harriers, who runs 5k to half marathons.

Andy shares his running journey; what got him into it and how he has progressed. He talks ab…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Amy Fuller! She runs for Elswick Harriers and has quite an affinity for 5k, 10k 10 miles and cross country!

Amy has been running seriously for the last six years, no…

On this episode, Tomi talks to David Race - a young athlete from the North East, who runs for Gateshead Harriers and is coached by the legendary John Stephenson.

David shares his journey into running…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Lewis Liddle - 5 and 10K runner for Elswick Harriers in the North East.

Still only 20, Lewis got into running at a young age, but had to pull away due to injury prob…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Jack Brown, a young athlete, running for Jarrow and Hebburn AC.

Jack is an ambitious athlete, training with many more experienced athletes, some of whom we've had on…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with David Green of North Shields Poly. David started running in 2015 and has improved rapidly.He competes from 5k up to half marathon distance, regularly.

Today, David s…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Adrian Bailes of Birtley AC. Adrian has been running for almost 20 years and in the last few years has improved his times massively. He focuses on middle distance ev…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Matty Hynes - former Team GB marathoner. Matty is from the North East and has run for Gateshead Harriers. He was coached by Coach Stan Markley over the span of his r…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Carl Mowatt. Carl is a long distance runner from the North East, running for Jarrow and Hebburn. He competes in any distance really, but his main passions lay in the…

On this episode, Tomi speaks with Aly Dixon, an athlete from the North East who has represented Team GB at every major International event, including the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Aly talks about her journe…

On this episode, Tomi speaks to Letha Whitham, a runner originally from the North East, who has travelled around the world and spent the last 4 years in New Zealand running and competing in marathons…