The Sunday Plodcast
The Sunday Plodcast, presented by SportsShoes.com, is the running podcast dedicated to getting you through that Sunday Plod. Whether you’re listening pre, during, or post run; it doesn’t really matter though. We aim to raise the profile of elite distance running by providing our listeners with insights into the lives and training of top athletes and coaches, along with discussions around current news and trends within the sport.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 321
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S2 Ep25: EP 75: Highgate Night of 10K PBs (with Ben Pochee)
This week, we spoke to race organiser, Ben Pochee. Ben founded the Highgate Harriers Night of 10,000m PBs back in 2013 and we spoke to him all about the event. We talked about how it first started, h…
00:51:51 |
Sat 07 May 2022
S2 Ep24: EP 74: Will Paulson
For this week's podcast, we spoke to 3:33 1500m man, Will Paulson. Will grew up in the UK, but now competes for Canada and trains with the Oregon Track Club in the US. We talked about his recent PB i…
01:01:54 |
Sat 30 Apr 2022
S2 Ep23: EP 73: Calli Thackery
For this week's episode, we welcomed Calli Thackery to the podcast. Fresh off a new personal best of 15:09 over 5000m, Calli talked us through the race that saw her top the UK rankings in a World Cha…
00:42:57 |
Sat 23 Apr 2022
S2 Ep22: EP 72: Ross Millington
For this week's podcast, we spoke to 2016 Olympian, Ross Millington. Ross represented GB at the Rio games over 10,000m and recorded his personal best of 27:55 that season. Since then, Ross has steppe…
00:54:35 |
Sat 16 Apr 2022
S2 Ep21: EP 71: Izzy Fry
This week, we spoke to New Balance Manchester athlete, Izzy Fry; fresh off a winter season where she finished 9th in the U23 race at the European XC Champs, won the World University XC Champs, and to…
00:46:57 |
Sat 09 Apr 2022
S2 Ep20: EP 70: Alex Yee
For this week's podcast, we welcomed double Olympic Triathlon medallist, Alex Yee, to the podcast. A world class runner in his own right with PB's of 13:29 and 27:51, we spoke to Alex about his exper…
01:06:03 |
Sat 02 Apr 2022
S2 Ep19: EP 69: Mahamed Mahamed
For this week's episode, we spoke to this year's National cross country championships winner, Mahamed Mahamed. In recent years, Mahamed has won pretty much every domestic cross country title, includi…
00:39:53 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
BONUS EP: World Indoors Review
For this Bonus EP, we reviewed the action from the past weekend's World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Enjoy!
00:29:04 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
S2 Ep18: EP 68: Adel Mechaal
This week, we welcomed European Indoor 3000m record holder, Adel Mechaal, to the podcast. The Spanish international holds PB's of 3:30 for 1500, 7:30 in the 3000 and 13:15 in the 5000. We spoke about…
00:52:15 |
Sun 20 Mar 2022
S2 Ep17: EP 67: Jenny Selman
With the World Indoor Championships next weekend, we welcomed Jenny Selman to the podcast for this week's episode. Jenny recently ran a PB of 2:00.70 over 800m and followed it up with a win at the Br…
00:42:14 |
Sun 13 Mar 2022
BONUS EP: Streakfly Podium 5K Preview
For this bonus EP, we previewed this weekend's Nike ZoomX Streakfly Podium 5K event in Barrowford. We also gave our thoughts on last weekend's 'The TEN' out in the US and touched upon this weekend's …
00:19:27 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
S2 Ep16: EP 66: Chris O'Hare
For this week's podcast we spoke to 3:32 1500m runner, Chris O'Hare. Chris recently announced his retirement from the sport and it was great to chat with him and reflect upon a career that saw him br…
00:58:30 |
Sun 06 Mar 2022
BONUS EP: Weekend Round-Up (Feat. World Indoor Trials & National XC)
For this bonus EP, we reviewed the domestic action from the past weekend. We focussed on the British trials for the World Indoor Championships and the English National Cross Country Championships. En…
00:39:06 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
S2 Ep15: EP 65: Kyle Bennett
For this week's episode, we spoke to the Head of Endurance at Loughborough University, Kyle Bennett. Kyle talked to us about how he transitioned into the role after coaching at Oxford University for …
01:02:51 |
Sun 27 Feb 2022
BONUS EP: National XC & World Indoor Trials Preview (with Jenny Nesbitt)
Joined by EP 3 guest, Jenny Nesbitt, we preview the domestic action for the coming weekend. We chat through the leading entries for the senior men's and women's races at the English National Cross Co…
01:00:31 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
S2 Ep14: EP 64: Julian Goater
With the National Cross Country Champs just round the corner, we had to get 1981 national winner, Julian Goater, on the podcast this week. Julian won the senior men's race by the largest ever winning…
01:07:42 |
Sun 20 Feb 2022
BONUS EP: Weekend Round-Up (Feat. PUL 5K & BU Valentine)
For this bonus EP, we review some of the Brits in action over the past weekend, including Marc Scott's 12:57, Neil Gourley's 3:35, and many more. In terms of meets, we focus on the PUL 5K in Batterse…
00:26:47 |
Mon 14 Feb 2022
S2 Ep13: EP 63: Neil Gourley
This week, we spoke to 1:46 800m, and 3:35 1500m man, Neil Gourley. Neil is having a great indoor season this year, having run PB's of 7:48 in the 3K and 13:34 in the 5K already. We chatted with Neil…
00:58:54 |
Sun 13 Feb 2022
BONUS EP: PUL 5K Preview
For this bonus EP, we preview the elite men's and women's fields for this Friday's PUL 5K in Battersea Park. Leading entires include Jack Rowe, Phil Norman and Mahamed Mahamed for the men, and Charlo…
00:28:51 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
S2 Ep12: EP 62: Ian Beattie
For this week's episode, we spoke to the Chair of UK Athletics, Ian Beattie. Former Chair at Scottish Athletics, Ian spoke to us about the transition to UKA and how he got the role, as well as discus…
01:09:25 |
Sun 06 Feb 2022
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