TRACK! Episode 43 - Hannah Irwin

01/10/22 • 41 min

This week on TRACK! we are delighted to have an interview with an Northern Ireland international athlete - who has run 73.23 for the half, 32.49 for 10km, and who ran a PB of 15.49 for 5,000m this very weekend indoors in Sheffield - Hannah Irwin. Cat and Hannah sat down and discussed running, training, racing and Hannah’s experiences in the sport. Thanks for giving up your time Hannah and thanks to all of you for listening. Much love. Team TRACK! X

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TRACK! Episode 42 - Dan Robinson - The Oregano Project

This week on TRACK! We are delighted to be joined by a man of many talents; Dan Robinson. Dan is an accomplished runner, with personal bests including sub 9 minutes for 3km, a 31.18 10km, a 69 minute half marathon, and a sub-2.30 marathon. Dan is also a coach with a number of years experience with some high achieving athletes. Alongside this, Dan has a full-time position at the University of Wolverhampton within the Sport & Exercise Science department, in which he has a particular interest in sports psychology, with a research profile centred on, amongst other topics, emotional regulation during endurance performance and psychological strategies to aid performance. Despite all of this however, the main focus of our chat today is on a non-for -profit cafe and organisation called the Oregano Project - a project designed to provide employment opportunities and support for refugee runners and locals struggling to hold down positions that Dan is at the heart of alongside Lucie Tait-Harris, an accomplished runner in her own right

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TRACK! Episode 44 - Will Battershill

This week on TRACK! we are joined by GB athlete Will Battershill. Will is a sub-4 minute miler, has PBs of 7.55 for the 3km, 8.32 for the steeplechase, 14.12 for the 5km and 28.52 for 10km. WIll is also a graduate of Harvard, is currently studying at Birmingham University, and last week won the mens individual and team BUCS XC championships.

In a shortened pre-show George and Ben discuss George's latest races including BUCs XC and talk about his SweatElite debut, the upcoming Reading HM and warm weather training camps in Portugal! Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoy. X