Runner's World Podcast

For the first time ever, the European Athletics Championships are coming to the UK, continuing a fantastic summer of track and field.

To guide us through the event, Lloyd Kempson joins us once again and makes us all feel very excited about the event and why it's bigger than just what happens on the track (although that will be excellent too).
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It's one of those phrases that pops up in running and seems to cover off a multitude of different things relating to training and injury, so we got Dr Richard Blagrove to come back on and explain all.

We're talking hamstrings, glutes, calves and also a whole load of other muscles and how to train them for running.
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Just incase anyone is missing a trick and not trail running, Rick and Ben chat through the best ways to take the plunge and start running off-road.

We discuss kit (it's the same kit you have already), why trail running is good for your soul and other non-performance based metrics like having fun. We do also think it makes you faster, but it's mainly just because it's nice.
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The Olympic champ joins us to talk about taking on some big challenges this year, what motivates her to keeping running, the harsh reality of training, why she has to ignore other people's opinions and a future career as a DJ.
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Running isn't for everyone, we get that, but we also think it can be brilliant and we wouldn't want anyone to miss out for any of the benefits.
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