Conversations About Running

Conversations About Running


Latest Episodes

Narve Nordås - How to Run a 3.29 1500m
June 23, 2023

Norwegian middle distance runner, Narve Nords, recently became part of history at the Bislet Games, running in potentially the highest caliber 1500m ever seen, with 8 men running under 3.30. In finishing 8th in 3.29, Narve became the second fastest Nor

Victor Smångs on the Double Threshold System
April 12, 2023

In Episode 33 of Conversations About Running we chat with Swedish elite distance runner, Victor Urquhart Smngs. Victor started running at the beginning of 2019, and in just 4 years of training brought his 10km time down to 29.30 and his half marathon

Episode 32 - Ben Felton
March 26, 2023

Ben Felton (also known as Ben_in_Running on his social channels!) recently travelled to Iten, Kenya to join our team for a Kenya Experience camp. He returns to Conversations About Running Podcast for a second time to chat about his experience of high a

Adelle Tracey
January 21, 2023

In Episode 31 of Conversations About Running we chat with international middle distance runner, Adelle Tracey, from her high altitude training camp in Iten Her current training camp and reasons for heading to Iten feature heavily in this episode and we

Marathon Maverick - Jake Smith
December 23, 2022

In episode 30 of Conversations About Running Gavin & Callum talk to professional athlete for Nike and NN Running Team, Jake Smith. Jake is the 3rd fastest British Half Marathon runner of all time with a PB of 60:31 set when finishing 18th in the world cha

Emelia Gorecka
November 26, 2022

In Episode 29 of Conversations About Running we chat with Emelia Gorecka, 2x European junior XC champion, European Junior 3000m champion, and World junior bronze medalist over 3000m. Her 5000m pb is 1507! Emelia talks to us today about her success in athl

Ben Felton - YouTube & Fast Running
November 05, 2022

In this Episode of Conversations About Running we are joined by professional YouTuber, content creator, and fast runner - Ben Felton, perhaps more commonly known as Ben_is_Running! We chat with Ben about his extremely quick progress from relative beginner

Simen Halle Haugen Pt. 2
May 04, 2022

Simen Halle Haugen, one of the top Norwegian distance runners, joins us for part two of our discussion on the Norwegian double threshold training system. We suggest listening to part 1 before this episode if you haven't already done so. In this episode we

Simen Halle-Haugen on The Norwegian Training System
April 10, 2022

In this episode of Conversations About Running, Gavin and Callum are joined by one of Norway's top distance runners, Simen Halle-Haugen. Simen has a personal best over 5000m of 13.37 and has represented Norway at numerous international competitions, both

Episode 25 - Coach Hugo
December 02, 2021

We are joined again by world renowned coach and ex-pro marathon runner, Hugo van den Broek, this time to answer some questions sent in by our listeners. How should training be adjusted for master's athletes? What is the best way to approach strength and c