Fresh off of the plane from Tokyo, Sammy joined us to share her race experience in collecting her 6th star medal.  We also chatted about the marathon majors. The process of getting into all of the races, qualifying, the heartbreak of 2020 which meant Sammy had to requalify for Boston and her experiences of each event.  This story is one to be shared and we couldn't wait to share this on the podcast with you all.  You can follow Sammy's journey online - @sammyb555 For more information about the Marathon Majors - https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com   Join The Running Hub Comm ..read more

A special episode all about the London Marathon course for 2024!  Coach Katie has run London Marathon 5 times so knows everything about the course and is one of her favourite races. James has been on the sidelines as many times so also knows the course backwards!  We cover top tips on how to get to the start, the course profile, how to best run it and and insight into what to expect.  Wishing everyone the best of luck for London Marathon.    Join The Running Hub Community  Apply for 121 Online Coaching with The Running Hub  Watch us on YouTube Follow us on In ..read more

In this week's episode of the podcast we chatted about how you can prepare best during race week for your target race, including physically, mentally, nutrition, kit and more!  If you've got a spring half or full marathon coming up then this episode is for you.    Join The Running Hub Community  Apply for 121 Online Coaching with The Running Hub  Watch us on YouTube Follow us on Instagram - @therunninghubcommunity  Shop our website www.therunninghub.co.uk ..read more

In this weeks podcast we are joined by running coach Chris Knighton.  Chris was born in Boston and first watched the marathon as a small child. Years later he has qualified multiple times to run the race and has coached lots of athletes to BQ's.  In this episode Chris joined me to talk about:  How to qualify for the Boston Marathon and what makes it so special  Race day tips, a course profile and how to best run the race Marathon mindset tips for anyone running a marathon soon.  A great episode and lots to take away!  LINKS  Chris' website Chris' Book Follo ..read more

In this weeks episode we're joined by registered dietitian and nutritionist Alex Larson.  Alex supports endurance athletes with practical and simple nutrition advice for lifelong health and performance. Alex understands that it can be tough balancing work, life and training, but how important it is to fuel our bodies to achieve the best out of training and for optimal performance.  We chatted about how she trained for an ironman whilst also going through some significant life changes as well as how to fuel for peak training, how to recover quicker from long runs and how to utilise nu ..read more

In our Spring Marathon Series of 2024, last week we chatted through the peak marathon training phase, this week we are talking about the final part; the taper.  This makes up the important last few weeks before race day! We share our top tips to make sure you're in peak condition for your marathon.  We also discuss the successes of the weekend including Tokyo Marathon, our sixth star finisher Sammy and how Eliud Kipchoge finished 10th, what does this mean for the Olympic year?    Join The Running Hub Community  Apply for 121 Online Coaching with The Running Hub  W ..read more

In this weeks episode of the podcast we discuss the peak phase of marathon training. This is the penultimate phase of your training plan and is where you will be hitting your biggest training weeks before heading into the final phase of taper.  We discuss what the taper is and what it should like. What elements make up the taper and our top tips on how to successfully navigate through it.  We have more on the taper in our Marathon 101 course in The Running Hub membership. Join Here.    Join The Running Hub Community  Apply for 121 Online Coaching with The Running Hub&n ..read more

In today's episode of The Running Hub podcast, we discuss our goals for the Spring which includes a half marathon. We share what race we are aiming for, our targets and how we're going to achieve them,.  We also dig a bit deeper into what you can also do to aim for a faster half marathon this year.  There's a few things that got brought up for discussion. We're edging closer to the 200 mark for the podcast - should we do anything to celebrate?  B-Skips, should we do a mini series until coach Katie can do them?  Should coach Katie bake mini egg cookies for the parkrun meet u ..read more

Kelvin Kiptum, the current marathon world record holder, unfortunately passed away on Sunday 11th February in a car accident alongside his coach Gervais Hakizimana.  Kelvin had a short but exciting career in marathon running, where he debuted with the fastest marathon debut of all time. He ran the fastest marathon in history at Chicago and was on track to being the first person to run under 2 hours for the marthon in a certified race.  As the news broke we wanted to dedicate an episode to his legacy and show the impact he's had on the running world in such a small space of time. RIP ..read more

In this weeks episode of the podcast we had Georgi from @georgituckeryoga come on to chat about the benefits of practicing yoga on a weekly basis and how it can transform your running and functional fitness abilities.  Georgi practices yoga, cross fit and running and enjoy applying all three modalities to her weekly routine. Find out how you can become an all round better running by applying yoga to your training. If you want to jump straight into the chat with Georgi then fast forward ro 39 minutes in.    We also discussed the USA Olympic Marathon trials in the intro of the pod ..read more