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Welcome back to the SMD Running Podcast! It's been around 6-9 months since Damien Walsh and long-term co-host Scott Darney last linked up on the mic, and this bonus episode is the perfect reunion. Damien, from IN MOTION,

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Welcome back to the SMD Running Podcast! It's been around 6-9 months since Damien Walsh and long-term co-host Scott Darney last linked up on the mic, and this bonus episode is the perfect reunion. Damien, from IN MOTION,

Episode 31 - James Shipley (ATW) Damo and Scott have a brief non-running catch up before a preview of the Colchester FNR 5k - both the Elite race and the Essex Champs contenders. This was the perfect time to then have a

Episode 30 - Gemma Kersey We had Gemma in the studio as a co-host and guest in September 2024 but we decided not to put the interview out at the time because we felt that we only scratched the surface in the limited time

Episode 29 - The Distance Project It's been a few weeks since our last episode but we are back with a bang. Sacrificing a proper results round-up, after a brief catch-up between Scott and Damo, we talked to footballer-co

Episode 28 - it's like waiting for a bus! We were keen to fit another Pod in before London so we could talk to James Connor about his target of setting a new marathon PB 14 years after running 2:18 at Frankfurt Marathon

It's Episode 27 and this week we have vegan 2:19 marathoner Alex Gladley of Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets AC and Colchester and Tendring AC. After running his first marathon in 2018 whilst living in Canada, he quickly

Welcome back to SMD running and a bonus episode. After a brief (by our standards) catch up between Damo and Scott, we ask: who would be crazy enough to start a running shoes brand, just before Covid, in the boom of Nike’

With the Chelmsford Half Marathon approaching on 2nd March, we asked race director Andy Martin what it takes to put on a big city running event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for episode 24 with GB runner and Bi(Carr)b joint founder Jack Gray. Jack is a real clubman of the running world; club captain of the mens and womens teams at Cambridge and Coleridge and multiple GB vests over ro

In Episode 23 we invited High Performance Coach Dan Reeve to talk to us about his numerous athletic endeavors. From Semi professional footballer, to Deca Ironman and World Strong man Finals, today Dan is a well verse and

Welcome back! We kick off 2025, after the usual catch up, with one of Essex and GB's rising endurance stars Lizzie Wellsted of Colchester Harriers and Leeds Talent Hub. Lizzie spoke about her switch from Mountain Biking

Some final and brief thoughts from Scott and Damo on 2024 before we delve into conversation with US Olympic Marathoner Jared Ward. Not only a great insight into what it's like to run a marathon in the Olympics against th

Epidose 20 - Damo takes a month off running and Scott returns from Benidorm half without a hangover as we catch up on some local and international results. After the formalities we get into conversation with David Chalfe

On Episode 19 we talked to one of the OG Running Content Creators Ben Felton aka Ben Is Running about his early days as a vlogger to current day with 114k subscribers on youtube. Ben talks about living in Sweden, traveli

We catch up on the October Marathoners including a review of Damo's PB in Amsterdam before chatting to Jack Nixon of Cambridge & Coleridge AC on his remarkable journey from running a 3:40 Marathon in 2019 to 2:20 in 2024

Quick catch up with Damo a day before he runs the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday 20th October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After (another) short break, we are back with David Smale of City of Southend AC to talk about his 2:21 Marathon in Berlin. With just 2 weeks until Damo's Amsterdam marathon, how is training and taper going? Hosted on Ac

Quick catch up with Scott and Damo as Damo heads into Great North Run Weekend and tries to explain his training philosophies to 2 co-hosts! We invited Gemma to the studio but sadly ran our of time so the interview will b

Scott and Damo have their usual catch up and waffle about everything and nothing in particular before catching up with British 24hr Record Holder Robbie Britton from his training camp in Tignes, France. Robbie told about

Scott and Damo chat about preparing for Damo's upcoming Amsterdam Marathon before we enjoy a lovely chat with one of Essex's finest Athletes - Hannah Irwin. We talk about her journey from schools and local athletics club
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Jack Gray
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Jared Ward
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Robbie Britton
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Hannah Irwin
British long distance runner
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