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EP 197. Samantha Jory

Run Canada Podcast - April 27, 2024 09:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Samantha Jory is ridiculously humble for a runner who started running during COVID, started racing in 2022, and is now one of Athletics Canada's top-ranking women in the half marathon for 2024. Sam has always loved team sports and had active parents who were role models for her growing up in Bri...

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#111 Paris 2024 3 Months To Go!

Anything but Footy - April 25, 2024 23:00 - 39 minutes
The countdown continues to Paris 2024 - and we're en-route! We'll probably use satnav and gps to get us to our destination this summer, so it's right that the Olympic movement has said it wants to be front and centre and leading the way in ensuring AI benefits sport and isn't detrimental. We've b...

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Alice Dearing in her own words

Anything but Footy - April 24, 2024 23:00 - 23 minutes
The Team GB history maker is stepping away from competitive swimming. 27 year old Alice Dearing became the first black woman to swim for TeamGB at an Olympic Games. She also set up the Black Swimming Association to diversify her sport and keep encouraging everyone to learn to swim - a basic life ...

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#71 Great British Bosses - Leslie Rance

Anything but Footy - April 21, 2024 23:00 - 24 minutes
It's back in the Olympics in 4 years time and we're pretty good at it! But the return is still so fresh, we don't really know how it'll all work! Also getting their head around it is British Lacrosse, the national co-ordinating body for men and women's elite lacrosse in the UK. And as a brand new...

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EP 196. Live from TCS Toronto Waterfront Speaker Stage: Chix Run the 6ix

Run Canada Podcast - April 20, 2024 09:36 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Chix Run the 6ix may have been born when the world was telling us to stay apart, but the heart of what they do is all about community. From the speaker stage at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, moderator and co-founder Amanda Richardson and her panel talk about how (as genuinely busy people)...

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#110 Paris 2024 100 days to go!

Anything but Footy - April 16, 2024 23:00 - 36 minutes
The flame is burning, the biggest British team so far has been named by Team GB, and it’s 100 days to go! Just your average week during Olympic year, as John and Michael round up all the latest Paris 2024 news! We’re joined by some of the 33 British swimmers confirmed by Team GB - hear from our r...

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#70 Great British Bosses - Jack Buckner, Hugh Brasher & Paul Foster

Anything but Footy - April 15, 2024 15:30 - 18 minutes
UK Athletics has officially teamed up with the London Marathon and Great Run Company to create a new major events company, and deliver world class athletics events. UKA CEO Jack Buckner has told us it'll help fix some of the financial issues of the organisation. 'Athletic Ventures' will deliver...

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EP 195. Cheryl Zealand

Run Canada Podcast - April 13, 2024 08:45 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Cheryl Zealand is smart, funny, kind, and one of the biggest boss ladies I know. If you live in Manitoba and are active, you probably already know her as the owner of Cranked Energy, producers of freshly made high protein energy bars that she spent years perfecting the recipe of. Since Cranked i...

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#109 Paris 2024 Aquatics GB Olympic & Paralympic trials

Anything but Footy - April 07, 2024 22:50 - 38 minutes
Aquatics GB swimming championships were dubbed the first fully integrated Olympic and Paralympic trials for Paris this summer - and what a show from the British swimmers!  Adam Peaty Matt Richards Duncan Scott Freya Colbert Abbie Wood Kathleen Dawson Anna Hopkin Alice Tai and Stephen Clegg are ju...

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Unlocking Hurdling Success: Coach Wickard Reveals the Power of Tier1Athlete’s Hurdle Calculator

TEXAS TRACK DAD PODCAST - April 05, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour
Coach Justin Wickard Founder of Tier1Athlete explains benefits of using his well known Hurdle Calculator. Icy Breeze air condition coolers World's first portable air condition portable cooler.....great for hot summer days and more Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a ...

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#69 Great British Bosses - Joel Lavery

Anything but Footy - April 05, 2024 08:57 - 21 minutes
It's dubbed the biggest global networking event in sport and it's in right here in the UK in Birmingham - the home of the last, and what could be the very last, Commonwealth Games in 2022. The week-long Sport Accord World Sport and Business Summit is supported by the International Olympic Committ...

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"Speedster" Keelan Wright takeover TexasTrackDad Podcast

TEXAS TRACK DAD PODCAST - March 28, 2024 15:00 - 33 minutes
Join us for an exciting interview with a talented young sprinter as she shares her experiences in track and field. Discover her journey from starting track at eight years old to overcoming injuries and achieving personal records. Don't forget to subscribe for more inspiring stories like this! I...

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Aquatics GB more than just a new name

Anything but Footy - March 28, 2024 12:06 - 19 minutes
One of the most successful Olympic and Paralympic sports in this country is changing its name to better reflect what the organisation does. British Swimming is now Aquatics GB, with the five disciplines of swimming, diving, para-swimming, artistic swimming and water polo. The organisation is also...

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EP 194. The Road to the Half Ironman with Emelyn Jade, Episode 3

Run Canada Podcast - March 23, 2024 09:33 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
We have reached the third installment of our chat with Emelyn Jade and we find her ten weeks out from her race. Things are heating up: she's swimming three days a week, getting in some brick sessions and long runs, and learning how to fuel herself properly through all of it to have successful ou...

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Inside Scoop: Mike Cunnigham's TexasTrackDad Chat

TEXAS TRACK DAD PODCAST - March 22, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour
Join us as we chat with Mike Cunningham, the TexasTrackDad, as he shares his insights and experiences in the world of track and field. This podcast is perfect for track and field enthusiasts, coaches, and athletes looking for tips and inspiration. Don't miss out on this inside scoop with one of ...

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#108 Paris 2024 Great Gymnastics & Goodbyes

Anything but Footy - March 19, 2024 11:33 - 42 minutes
It could've been a new and old type podcast, but we're 'en-route to Paris 2024' so it feels only right to cerebrate the great gymnastics in Liverpool and say a great goodbye to a legend! 20 yo Ondine Achampong is the new women's all round champion and three time gold medalist after a brilliant Br...

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EP 193. Gaby Estrada and Fast & Female

Run Canada Podcast - March 16, 2024 09:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
If you don't already know Gaby Estrada, get ready to meet your new favourite boss. Gaby and I last spoke a year and a half ago when she had just officially taken on her new role as Executive Director of one of my favourite not-for-profit organizations, Fast & Female. Gaby and I caught up on what...

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#107 Paris 2024 Thumbs Up For Games

Anything but Footy - March 12, 2024 15:46 - 34 minutes
En-route to Paris 2024 and no doubt there's a few bumps in the road to come, but a big thumbs up from the International Olympic Committee this week for the Paris 2024 organisers. Parisians maybe yet to be persuaded but the Games will be a huge success. We hear about 2 more British boxers who'll b...

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EP 192. LIVE from TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon: Women in the Marathon

Run Canada Podcast - March 09, 2024 10:12 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In the third installment of recordings from the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon stage: Women in the Marathon. This event was the second live discussion held by Canada Running Series to examine women's challenges in getting to the start line, this time focusing on the marathon. Moderated by Miche...

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Making Live Sport Matter

Anything but Footy - March 06, 2024 14:43 - 21 minutes
Plans have been revealed to start the process of trying to bring the Tour de France back, as well as the World Athletics Championships, to this country. The announcement of 70 global events in 32 sports inc 18 World Championships was made at the London Stadium in Stratford by UK Sport - the Gover...

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#106 Paris 2024 Award Winning Brits!

Anything but Footy - March 03, 2024 14:49 - 37 minutes
Glasgow know how to put on a show - we experienced it first in 2014, where the first idea for this podcast came about when Michael and John met properly! Now a decade on, the Scottish City and the Brits put on a show on another super Saturday for British Athletics with a double gold for Josh Kerr...

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EP 191. Lauren Mantha

Run Canada Podcast - March 02, 2024 10:24 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Lauren Mantha is deep in the midst of figuring out her path in life and trying a bunch of new things along the way. This is how running came to her: she likes to be active and fit and is open to new experiences. You will notice we talk a lot more about her career than usual on the show: she is s...

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New Team GB sailor selected for Paris 2024

Anything but Footy - February 29, 2024 19:48 - 18 minutes
Hannah Snellgrove is the latest athlete from British Sailing to be picked for Team GB for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Is this special edition of the podcast, we join the 33 year old from Lymington who'll be making her Olympic debut in Marseille, as she visited Twyford St Marys Primary School, answer...

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#105 Paris 2024 5 Months To Go!

Anything but Footy - February 26, 2024 17:40 - 32 minutes
Time just keeps ticking and never stands still. Neither does sport. It's 5 months to go to Paris 2024 Olympics and we catch up with Team GB's chef de mission Mark England - on their last minute plans for Paris and getting Games ready! We hear why a single room in the Athletics Village could give ...

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EP 190. Ailsa MacDonald

Run Canada Podcast - February 24, 2024 09:55 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Ailsa MacDonald has already had an incredible athletic career, but in so many ways, she's just getting started. As someone who has been sporty since birth, Ailsa has done it all: cycling, road running, triathlon, Ironman, and now she focuses her talents on ultra distances and trail running. She...

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#104 Paris 2024 The Long Jump & World Athletics Indoors

Anything but Footy - February 22, 2024 00:00 - 32 minutes
It's been quite a few days since the release of our latest podcast - Great British Bosses with Jon Ridgeon! Michael rounds up some of the reaction as John points out this isn't just about the future of the long jump, but all 'less popular events'. So here we go again then another bonus episode th...

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#68 Great British Bosses - Jon Ridgeon

Anything but Footy - February 19, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutes
Great British Bosses is all about having conversations with the leading people in the UK who run sport, so it's an even bigger honour to introduce this episode's guest as someone who actually runs a sport across the world - Jon Ridgeon, the Chief Executive Officer of World Athletics. Ahead of the...

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EP 189. Runners We Love with Melanie Murzeau

Run Canada Podcast - February 17, 2024 10:24 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This week was Valentine's Day, so to keep it on brand, I asked my SOLE mate, founder of Black Runners of the GTA & the Scarborough 5K Melanie Murzeau to spend some quality time with me.  Melanie and I both came up with a list of four runners that we love and came back together to discuss our p...

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#103 Paris 2024 More British Swimming Success

Anything but Footy - February 15, 2024 12:28 - 35 minutes
A mixture of success and sadness on the podcast this special episode. The World Aquatics Championships keep delivering in Doha for British Swimming with more Paris 2024 Olympic places booked, and more medals won. As the swimming starts we hear from Adam Peaty on his return to the Worlds for the f...

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#67 Great British Bosses - Anna Watkins

Anything but Footy - February 12, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutes
This is the podcast where we speak to the men and women behind the scenes of British sport. Our guest this week, is the ideal guest and we're sorry its taken us so long to get her on! 2012 Olympic rowing champion with Katherine Grainger and now in charge of supporting and assisting athletes durin...