SMD Running

Episode 31 - James Shipley (ATW)

and have a brief non-running catch up before a preview of the 5k - both the Elite race and the Essex Champs contenders.

This was the perfect time to then have a chat with who started as simply a training plan company before taking the reins on a local 5 mile race - a decision that set him on the path to establishing ATW as a running and triathlon events coordinator who now organise 170 events per year!

(note, this episode was recorded before Essex Champs entries were reviewed and finalised - there is a category for U20 (17, 18 and 19 year old) which the younger lads mentioned and Lizzie Wellsted will compete in).

Episode 30 - Gemma Kersey

We had 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 that we had back then.

So finally we aligned our diaries and sat down to have a relaxed conversation about Gemma’s life in running.

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-come-lockdown-runner and subsequtnely World Championship Silver Medalist .distanceproject

Callum Elson of and explains the purpose of The Distance Project, how and why he returned from the US as a middle-distance runner and shared our views on the current state of Athletics and whether Grand Slam Track is good for the sport.

Episode 23 is here and this week we invited High Performance Coach into the virtual SMD studios to talk to us about his various athletic endeavours.

From semi-pro sessional footballer to Deca-Ironman and world strongman finals, there isn’t much Dan hasn’t done!

Listen to Dans story and how he became a performance coach and now a leader of coaches in his role of Head of Athletic Development.

New Episode Out Now! 🎙️

In Episode 19 we talked to one of the OG Running Content Creators about his early days as a vlogger to the current day with 114k subscribers on youtube.

Ben talks about living in Sweden, traveling to Jamaica and other parts of the world as well as the challenge of balancing content with his desire to improve as a runner which has lead him to using a coach for the first time in his training block for on 1st December.