S2/E8: Panos Gonos (RaceDirectorsHQ.com)

03/16/21 • 60 min

Episode 45 - Panos Gonos
Panos introduce himself as the Editor of RaceDirectorsHQ.com, but he's much more than that.
He started out in the running industry as a race director with the 2016, The Heroes Ultra, which sounds incredibly epic by the way, and which covered 100 miles through the Cretan mountains and villages retracing the steps of a famous abduction of a wanted German commander and war criminal. To read more on this fascinating story, here's the link to its wikipedia page and the race was also inspired by the Chris McDougall book, Natural Born Heroes
Panos and I also chat about the RD Hub Group on Facebook, where likeminded race directors get to chat about current issues affecting races on a local or global level.
This insightful discussion covers many topics including how will we feel when racing returns and the emotions that will accompany that first race.
So here we go with episode 45 or Front Runner Radio
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*Note: This week's episode was recorded during lockdown on the 1st February 2021 via Zoom and in live household environments, so please excuse any background noises. Please also be aware that certain topics/content discussed may have already been concluded or have different outcomes since the recording of this episode due to the live and fast-moving nature of said topics during lockdown.

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S2/E7: Jimmy Watkins returns

The Running Punk himself, Jimmy Watkins returns for a follow up conversation from last years chat when we first met (Can be found here)
Co-leader of the ever growing Running Punks, host of the Megabus to the Ritz podcast, coach, ex-international runner, ex-rock star and all round top man, it was great to welcome Jimmy back and just chat through what was a great 2020 for him.
We obviously talk about his amazing running reviews, the growth of the Running Punks, the return of the Megabus, and loads of other stuff. It seems that things can't be taken too seriously when chatting with such a positive man, this was a good conversation with plenty of laughter.
To find out more info on Jimmy and Running Punks, see below:
Twitter: @BiggyTimmkins
@RunningPunks
Insta: Jimmy Watkins
Web: RunningPunks.com
YouTube: Running Punks
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*Note: This week's episode was recorded during lockdown on the 13th January 2021 via Zoom and in live household environments, so please excuse any background noises. Please also be aware that certain topics/content discussed may have already been concluded or have different outcomes since the recording of this episode due to the live and fast-moving nature of said topics during lockdown.

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S2/E9: Ceri-Anne Brown

Episode 46 - Ceri-Anne Brown
Ceri-Anne Brown and I go back about 10 years. We started running together during 2011 and have remained friends since. Ceri-Anne is an ex-army medic, who travelled the world as part of her role and has undertaken a number of very tough roles. These days, she works in private practice and is a coach at Run4All based in Neath Port Talbot.
As well as training together, we have done a number of marathons together, Paris, Barcelona and Tenby to name a few and it was a good time to catch up and see how things are and how she's doing.
So here we go with episode 46 or Front Runner Radio
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*Note: This week's episode was recorded during lockdown on the 15th February 2021 via Zoom and in live household environments, so please excuse any background noises. Please also be aware that certain topics/content discussed may have already been concluded or have different outcomes since the recording of this episode due to the live and fast-moving nature of said topics during lockdown.