Imagine getting a place in the London Marathon ballot and then realising you actually have to run 26.2 miles?

This was Rob! After always dreaming of getting into the London Marathon, when the ballot place landed in his inbox, it was everything that Rob needed to train for London.

Starting out with ChatGPT and then stumbling upon our podcast. Rob realised that AI would only get him so far.

He joined the Hub last summer and joined forces with James. He went from strength to strength and learnt a lot along the way before marathon training even properly started.

Having to train around shift work too, James always made sure Rob was on track, holding him back when needed and also pushing at the right time.

The team and partnership between them lead Rob to having a great marathon training block and awesome race, even in tough hot conditions.

This is a wonderful story to share with you today on the podcast and we hope you enjoy the conversation.

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In this week's episode Coach Josh joins us on the podcast to talk about the London Marathon double event in 2027.

The London Marathon are hosting a 2 day event next April. We discuss the impact this may have for runners, on London, the charities and the positive and negative comments we've heard.

We then go on to chat with Josh what it's like to run a Good for Age or Championship place and how to get yourself on one of these start lines.

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Coach Hayley joins us back on the podcast to talk about how runners are curious about triathlon, where to start with adding in 2 more disciplines, and what to do if you're seriously considering an Ironman?

Hayley and James are less than 2 months out from Ironman Copenhagen so discuss the realities and wins they've achieved along the way.

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Looking to run a faster 5k or 10k this summer? In this weeks episode we break down the importance of a dedicated block for a 5k, how to train for one, what sessions ACTUALLY help you get faster, the science behind training for a 5k and our top race day tips - including how to race it.

We also discuss Cape Town becoming the 8th star, how our wonderful community have got on in races recently and a short debrif on James' recent 70.3 at Grafham Water.

In this episode we are joined by Faye Morton. Faye joined the Running Hub over a year ago after the initial disappointment of her first marathon.

Faye's journey started after her first pregnancy and has been running for the last 4 - 5 years.

Since then she's completed two marathons and with the help of The Running Hub knocked over an hour off her finish time.

Listen to Faye's inspirational story.

Earlier this week James and I went to do some VO2 max testing to find out our training zones.

For years we've worked off of effort and pace metrics. Will this data be useful for us? And have we been running our runs correctly for all of this time?

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Cape Town Marathon was at the weekend, bidding to become the 8th World Marathon Major.

As it's less than 12 weeks to go until Ironman Copenhagen, James joins us in the hot seat to discuss everything IM and triathlon.

What made him start this journey, what he's most scared of and what training is going to look like.

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We are fresh off the back of the Running Hub Retreat in Portugal, so thought it would be a great opportunity to chat through the week, the key sessions, what people learnt and some insight into next year.

We also discuss how to fuel for evening races. There's lot of opportunity to race over the summer and fuelling for it can be challenging.

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