The Back Straight Podcast

Brilliant to welcome Newcastle man Patrick Sheridan onto the podcast after the breakout season he has had on the track. Patrick talks so us all about his return to running after a decade pursuing foo…

Great to have Caitlyn and Noel back on the podcast for a 50th episode! We get a full catch-up with both of these local legends on how their year has been thus far and what is on the agenda in the lea…

Danny is out, Conor is back! Big thank you to the man from North Belfast for jumping on the podcast and chatting all things National Championships, road running results and upcoming meets! We hope yo…

Big title for a big episode! You read that right, this episode we are joined by none other than Northern Ireland's 16th person to break 4 minutes for the mile, Lughaidh Mallon! Lughaidh chat's to Mic…

Lots has been happening on the track since you last heard from us here at the Back Straight! We go into all the results from France, Tullamore, Eugene Diamond League, Irish Milers Crusaders, Ards Hal…

Andrew Thompson? Who is he? How is he running 1.46 in his second year competing in the event? What is his link to Northern Ireland and what led him to signing with North Belfast Harriers? The man fro…

*PRE-ORDER YOUR BACK STRAIGHT MERCH NOW - Link in bio on Instagram!* Big interview this week Back Straight gang! We have the brilliant Rebekah Osborne in the house to chat about how Faith Kipyegon is…

It's a slightly shorter episode this week (we will explain later hopefully!) but we have a great guest and some good chat about some local performances! First off we recap recent results like the CS …

Another jam-packed episode this week for number 44! We have got a tonne of great results from the Newells 5k and 10k, Newry Half Marathon and 10k as well as some brilliant performances on the track b…

Episode 43 of the Back Straight stays very local to Belfast with all the results from the Belfast City Marathon 2025 and the Belfast Irish Milers Meet (in association with Tripadvisor of course)! The…

Welp, it's the final episode of the Road to Belfast series! In the last episode of the series we get to hear from Gladys and Stephen on how they went in the race and all of the drama that unfolded on…

It's race week and both Stephen and Gladys are locked and loaded! In this episode we reflect on the training blocks that were and how they are going to approach the race on Sunday. From race tactics …

Big few weeks of marathoning both close to home and fairly far! In the first half of the episode we go over some action from London Marathon and then preview the BCM for 2025. In part 2 we are lucky …

Things are starting to settle on the running front for Gladys and Stephen as they set their sights on the big race. This week on the R2B we do the usual weekly training week recap and then get stuck …

G'day mates, Dan is away in Australia for the week so we are changing things up and releasing a podcast we recorded with Leevale AC athlete Niamh Allen. Back to the usual scheduling next week so we w…

Great episode this week featuring our superstar guests Gladys and Stephen. We are three weeks out from the marathon and therefore we just go over some random topics before diving into the taper week …

In this episode we are excited to welcome Lindsey Hunt who is a Senior Sports Scientist at Precision Fuel & Hydration. After the usual introductions and training weeks for Gladys and Stephen, Lindsey…

Bit of drama this week in the local racing scene but some great events happened including the Queen's 5k, Omagh Half Marathon plus some exciting racing over in Jamaica at the first Grand Slam! We go …

No! Not that gear! This week on the road to Belfast Marathon we are chatting all about running gear and what Gladys and Stephen are going to be using come race day! We also do the usual recap of trai…

Big week in the lifecycle of Road to Belfast as Stephen breaks tradition with a 120 mile week! In addition that, we get chatting to Gladys about her week of training that featured both a race and a h…