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That Greaves & Rooney Sports Podcast

Paralympian "Discus Dan" Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney give an inside view of the lives of professional athletes.

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Update frequency
every 27 days
Average duration
58 minutes
Episodes
24
Years Active
2019 - 2021
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Joel Fearon sprinter and bobsledder -

Joel Fearon sprinter and bobsledder - "No hard work goes unseen"

Here's a great chat we did with Joel Fearon earlier in 2021. What a guy! There's so much in here to enjoy and be inspired by.

On the track, he's one of the fastest-ever British sprinters, despite a …

01:14:27  |   Tue 23 Nov 2021
Morgan Lake - trust your gut instinct, being a teenage Olympian and social media

Morgan Lake - trust your gut instinct, being a teenage Olympian and social media

We're back with another pod and today it's a chat we had with Morgan Lake much earlier this year. Morgan is a high jumper and former heptathlete with plenty of insight into the life of an athlete.

Mor…

00:53:57  |   Thu 11 Nov 2021
Jonnie Peacock- All things JP

Jonnie Peacock- All things JP

Dan and Martyn delve into the mind of serial winner, multiple Paralympic and World Champion Jonnie Peacock, he chats to the boys about handling pressure, meeting his idols and reaching for the stars…

01:25:12  |   Mon 26 Apr 2021
Emily Diamond - tennis, Tokyo and the need for more sports science to help women athletes

Emily Diamond - tennis, Tokyo and the need for more sports science to help women athletes

Our guest this week is someone with Olympic, World and European medals. It's Emily Diamond. A team mate of Martyn's in the 4 x 400m relay.

Emily talks about her early life as a junior tennis player …

00:58:51  |   Wed 20 Jan 2021
Dai Greene - a world champion on the track and record holder at MacDonalds

Dai Greene - a world champion on the track and record holder at MacDonalds

Here's a great chat with 400m hurdles legend Dai Greene.

Dai talks about motivation, his thoughts on Tokyo 2021 and great days on the track.

There's a world-record story from his time serving fast fo…

01:22:21  |   Wed 30 Dec 2020
Episode 19 - David Weir

Episode 19 - David Weir

Another great guest for Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney.  This time it's 6 times Paralympic gold medal winner and 8 times London marathon winner Dave Weir.

Dave tells the guys he's…

01:14:48  |   Sun 02 Aug 2020
Episode 18 - Danny Talbot

Episode 18 - Danny Talbot

Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney have a chat with experienced GB sprinter Danny Talbot.   

Danny was part of the gold medal winning 4x100m team at the World Championships in London …

00:52:19  |   Thu 23 Jul 2020
Episode 17 - Katharine Merry

Episode 17 - Katharine Merry

Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney chat to former athlete and broadcaster Katharine Merry.

The trio talk about how they're training coming out of lockdown and the impact it's had on t…

01:02:41  |   Wed 01 Jul 2020
Episode 16 - Lockdown around the world with special guests

Episode 16 - Lockdown around the world with special guests

Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney chat athletics.  There's life under lockdown and their aims for the year without competition.

There's training talk, parenting and thoughts on 2020 …

00:55:57  |   Wed 03 Jun 2020
Episode 15 - Athletic life in Lockdown

Episode 15 - Athletic life in Lockdown

Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney chat about life under lockdown along with some of their Team GB friends.  The guys reveal how they've adapted their training plans and how they've t…

00:55:54  |   Mon 27 Apr 2020
Episode 14 - Covid-19 the athlete's perspective(recorded before lockdown and the postponement of Tokyo 2020)

Episode 14 - Covid-19 the athlete's perspective(recorded before lockdown and the postponement of Tokyo 2020)

Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney talk about the effects Covid-19 on their season in a podcast recorded before lockdown and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games

Both Dan and Mart…

00:37:03  |   Tue 07 Apr 2020
Episode 13 - Shoes, new competition and bad drivers

Episode 13 - Shoes, new competition and bad drivers

Paralympian Dan Greaves and Olympian Martyn Rooney talk about the Nike shoe controversy and their belief that most medal winners wear custom made footwear.

Dan's back training after four months away …

00:57:20  |   Sun 09 Feb 2020
Episode 12 - Balls, Personalities and Tokyo 2020

Episode 12 - Balls, Personalities and Tokyo 2020

Dan Greaves and Martyn Rooney with their inside view of athletics including a freak and painful accident.

The boys update us on how their training's going as they head towards a big Olympic and Paral…

00:33:45  |   Thu 23 Jan 2020
Episode 11 - Turmoil in Athletics and winter training

Episode 11 - Turmoil in Athletics and winter training

Paralympic discus thrower Dan Greaves and Olympic 400m runner Martyn Rooney dive deep into the issues at British Athletics and UK Athletics as the sport in Britain ends the year in some turmoil.  The…

00:38:14  |   Sat 30 Nov 2019
Episode 10 - We're back with a review of the season!

Episode 10 - We're back with a review of the season!

Dan Greaves and Martyn Rooney return for more sports chat with an insight into the lives and training of professional athletes.

The boys talk about their season - which ended with the World Champions…

00:33:49  |   Fri 22 Nov 2019
Episode 9 - World Championships Special

Episode 9 - World Championships Special

It's a World Champs special!  Martyn Rooney takes us behind the scenes at the GB preparation camp in Dubai ahead of the 2019 World Athletics Championships.

It's a unique look at an athletes preparati…

00:45:50  |   Fri 20 Sep 2019
Episode 8 - Mile Jedinak

Episode 8 - Mile Jedinak

Some great sports chat here!  Dan and Martyn are joined by Australian 'soccer' captain Mile Jedinak, legend at Crystal Palace and Aston Villa.

The bearded warrior talks Premier League, training plans…

01:04:08  |   Fri 23 Aug 2019
Episode 7 - Jazmin Sawyers guests

Episode 7 - Jazmin Sawyers guests

Martyn and Dan welcome long jumper Jazmin Sawyers to the Pod.  She talks about her attitude to competition, revelations about her time on The Voice, singing, the twitter reaction to her hair cut, bei…

00:59:59  |   Sat 20 Jul 2019
Episode 6 - Harry AA

Episode 6 - Harry AA

Great stories and chat from the world of athletics with guest Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, the GB 100m and relay sprinter.  Martyn, Dan and Harry go into coaching, expectations and social media as they me…

00:45:06  |   Sat 13 Jul 2019
Episode 5 - Injuries, women's sport and more

Episode 5 - Injuries, women's sport and more

Martyn and Dan are joined by Alice the Cockapoo!  The guys talk about the other sports they played as kids and the influence it had on their career.  They discus women's sport and reveal their secret…

01:04:46  |   Fri 21 Jun 2019
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