Great to chat to old friend and ex training partner Sam. A truly talented athlete with bags of natural speed and a great perspective on running, having been many times a national champion as a junior. Since then he has been a PE Teacher and is now a successful osteopath. Recently he has taken up cycling and it’s no surprise that he is improving rapidly ! We chat and laugh about the good times .. past and present.. and there’s of advice in there for athletes of all levels too. Enjoy! Follow us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/cambridgeendurancesports. Instagram here https://instagram.c ..read more

James Teagle has had a great season .. winning IM 70.3 Staffs and 2nd at Challenge London and is climbing up the Professional Triathlon Organisation Rankings with the World 70.3 Championships fast approaching. We have a great chat about what it takes to race at top level and how living and training in Cambridge is just the ticket Kames is also a coach and he gives some great training tips. You can follow him on Instagram here https://instagram.com/james_teagle?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Follow us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/cambridgeendurancesports. Instagram here https://instagram ..read more

Pete Thompson is the proud chairman of Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club. He is also a top runner with 30 years of racing under his belt. In the veteran ranks he has excelled and regularly achieves over 90% for his age-graded results. In this chat we talk about his journey into running and some of the old times training with coach Barry Matthews. Pete tells us about his best performances and favourite races . We then talk about what drew him to the role of club chairman and what the position entails. Pete is very humble so please give him a big pat on the back next time you see him out th ..read more

Please follow / subscribe to our show on Apple or Spotify. Give us a rating or review! Mike Salt and I go back nearly 30 years when we used to train together under the coaching of Barry Matthews. Mike takes us through his running career and tells us about his current practice and vision at the ‘Histon Hub’ . Highlights include going sub-4 for 1500 , numerous County Championship wins. finishing in the top 100 at the National XC Champs and much more. He also tells us how fast he thinks he could run a mile now ..aged 52! It’s not slow! Histon Hub here https://histonhub.co.uk/ Follow us on Faceboo ..read more

Louis Rolfe, 23, Cambridge born and bred, takes us through his short but extremely successful cycling career! Louis talks with honesty, passion and humour. He tells us about his early days as a swimmer and how he was picked up by British Cycling. From then on it was a rapid progression culminating in his Olympic and WC medals. It really was a pleasure talking to him. Please please share this episode! Follow Louis on Insta and Twitter @rocket_rolfe and on Facebook Louis Rolfe Paracyclist. Please like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Cambridge-Endurance-Sport-Podcast-112279984010325/ C ..read more

Mike is a friend whom I have been coaching for the last few years. I am always impressed by his relaxed attitude in the face of some of the most daunting triathlons in the world. Not only that he manages to involve his family who are a truly great group of supporters. I chat to Mike about his love for events, how he has kept motivated in this Covid period and then in detail about some of the events he has conquered, such as IM Lanzarote and Patagonian. Find Mike on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/mike.bishop.35325. Please get in touch with us too ... Visit and like our Facebook Page htt ..read more

Great chat to Ian that could have gone on for hours! Despite big hair, a penchant fir hamburgers and multiple calf surgeries Ian is bloomin’ fast. He tells us all about the ups and downs of his running career and you can hear his passion fir running coming through... and he is not finished yet! Ian is now a personal trainer and you can find him on social media or better still through his website here: https://iwfptpro.co.uk/ Please subscribe and rate or review on ITunes or other platforms. Visit and like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Cambridge-Endurance-Sport-Podcast-1122799840103 ..read more

The first lady on the podcast and I couldn’t have made a better choice. Mary has achieved amazing things in a long sporting career across several sports including running, rowing.and triathlon. Even more inspirational though is a story of how she is winning against cancer. We can learn a lot from Mary . Find her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mary.twitchett and @marytwitchett on Insta. She also organises the ‘5kYourWay’ in Cambridge. https://5kyourway.org/. Please subscribe and rate or review on ITunes or other platforms. Visit and like our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Cambridg ..read more

I’ve got a great interview for you which I grabbed with Kieran Wood before his flight back to the US to compete for Missouri in the track season over there. Kieran is very serious about his running. He sees his ability as a gift which he will do everything to take to its full potential. As you will hear he already has a phenomenal Running CV. It’s not every day that I chat to someone who has done a sub 4 minute mile. You can connect with Kieran on Twitter https://twitter.com/kieranwood95?s=21. In other news Ron Turning reveals that he has a dog called Moseley! Please subscribe and rate or revi ..read more

It’s a pleasure to watch the way this young man runs and it was also a real pleasure to chat to Jonathan. He is humble and quick to praise others but he has made massive gains over recent years and is now a truly elite athlete. Jonathan has also played a major role in making Cambridge and Coleridge one of the country’s most successful running clubs. He has a great perspective on training, racing and just enjoying running. I hope you get a lot from this interview. If you want to get in touch with him you can find him on Facebook here. https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.escalante.phillips.9. Plea ..read more