EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 1H 20M
Marathon advice.
from The Masters of Running Podcast.
With Dublin Marathon approaching, I decided to do an extra episode taking the best bits from marathoners I've previously interviewed. There's fantastic advice in here for any marathon. They discuss such things as their experiences of marathons, mistakes, training tips; dealing with bad days and what to do on the day itself. Contributors (with time slots if you're busy) include:(1.30 -17.45) Mick Clohisey: Dublin Marathon winner and 2 time Olympian with a 2.13 pb discusses his good and bad experiences and training.(17.45-29.00 )Jenny Hitchings: WR holder at W55 with a 2.45 talks about London Marathon, pacing tips and training/life balance.(29.00- -37.27 ) Ann- Marie McGlynn: First Irish lady in Dublin Marathon in 2024 as a masters runner. She has a 2.29 pb and runs at top senior international level . She talks about her amazing achievements and training pace advice.(37.27-50.34) Martin Kelly M60, has done all the Dublin Marathons with a sub 3 in his day. Filled with great planning and race day tips.(50.34- 59.45) Colin Griffin: Olympian racewalker who has a 2.23 marathon and is an expert on injury advice particularly tendons which he discusses here.(59.45- 1.04.41 ) Maria McCambridge is a Dublin Marathon winner and Olympian. She chats about the boost from a new coach who focused on easy days and variation which had been alien to her.(1.04.41-1.09.55) Michael Counsel started marathons at 4.20, but within 3 years, he was down to 2.59. This is how he did it.1.09.55-1.15.25) Paul Larkin gives info on a great, club marathon group training idea.(1.15.25-1.19.32) Kevin Campbell got 3rd in the Manchester Marathon this year in 2.17.38. Here he chats about his early days running over 3 hours and his errors in over training.(1.19.32- end) Josh from Flycarb discusses taking Sodium Bicarb to aid marathon performance which is what he did for London Marathon this year. Available at FLYCARB | Fueling Your Dreams with High-Performance Sports Nutrition with 10% off with code MASTERS10.If you enjoy the podcast and want to help cover costs like Zoom, editing software; kit and future development like my planned live shows, you can now support the show through the trusted creator support app, 'Buy me a coffee.' Totally optional, but it'll help keep the podcast going. Thanks.Link: https://buymeacoffee.com/mastersofrunningpodcastContact: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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With Dublin Marathon approaching, I decided to do an extra episode taking the best bits from marathoners I've previously interviewed. There's fantastic advice in here for any marathon. They discuss such things as their experiences of marathons, mistakes, training tips; dealing with bad days and what to do on the day itself. Contributors (with time slots if you're busy) include:(1.30 -17.45) Mick Clohisey: Dublin Marathon winner and 2 time Olympian with a 2.13 pb discusses his good and bad experiences and training.(17.45-29.00 )Jenny Hitchings: WR holder at W55 with a 2.45 talks about London Marathon, pacing tips and training/life balance.(29.00- -37.27 ) Ann- Marie McGlynn: First Irish lady in Dublin Marathon in 2024 as a masters runner. She has a 2.29 pb and runs at top senior international level . She talks about her amazing achievements and training pace advice.(37.27-50.34) Martin Kelly M60, has done all the Dublin Marathons with a sub 3 in his day. Filled with great planning and race day tips.(50.34- 59.45) Colin Griffin: Olympian racewalker who has a 2.23 marathon and is an expert on injury advice particularly tendons which he discusses here.(59.45- 1.04.41 ) Maria McCambridge is a Dublin Marathon winner and Olympian. She chats about the boost from a new coach who focused on easy days and variation which had been alien to her.(1.04.41-1.09.55) Michael Counsel started marathons at 4.20, but within 3 years, he was down to 2.59. This is how he did it.1.09.55-1.15.25) Paul Larkin gives info on a great, club marathon group training idea.(1.15.25-1.19.32) Kevin Campbell got 3rd in the Manchester Marathon this year in 2.17.38. Here he chats about his early days running over 3 hours and his errors in over training.(1.19.32- end) Josh from Flycarb discusses taking Sodium Bicarb to aid marathon performance which is what he did for London Marathon this year. Available at FLYCARB | Fueling Your Dreams with High-Performance Sports Nutrition with 10% off with code MASTERS10.If you enjoy the podcast and want to help cover costs like Zoom, editing software; kit and future development like my planned live shows, you can now support the show through the trusted creator support app, 'Buy me a coffee.' Totally optional, but it'll help keep the podcast going. Thanks.Link: https://buymeacoffee.com/mastersofrunningpodcastContact: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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