Talking about Scottish running
We're joined (once again!) by none other than Sean Chalmers – fresh off his Edinburgh Half Marathon win and a new course record to boot! Always a great guest, and even better when he's smashing records. Meanwhile, Kyle's been in recovery mode – and if you know Kyle, you know that probably means too much information. Tune in to hear the full story... Lewis has been keeping busy winding Kyle up and proudly Team Managing the Scottish squad at the Loughborough International – plus supporting athletes in training and racing across the board. Enjoy!
Kyle has been hard at work race directing the Moray Coastal Trail 23 and 50 mile races at the weekend but he also ran the Ultra X Scotland 50k the week before - his first ultra in 2 years! Meanwhile, we also speak chat with Sports Dietitian Gemma Holloway & Moray Road Runner Lawrie Currie - 2 athletes who were competing at the Moray Coastal Trail 50 at the weekend! Lewis Walker email: Lewiswalker.performance@gmail.com Gemma Holloway IG Handle: @this_dietitian_runs
We have a jampacked interview with numerous interviews at Run Balmoral at the weekend including the Fit Like Joggers, the Run Balmoral RDs, Fraser Clyne, Kyle's wife for good reason and McDoogz! Not just that, Kyle was also racing for the first time in a while. We also roundup the weekend of racing including London & Manchester marathons aswell as the 10,000m Champs. Enjoy!
Lewis & Kyle chat to Kevin Campbell from Costorphine AC who is having one helluva season on the dubs and road! Kyle does some more parkruns and rambles about his heal he has done nothing about. And we also bring back out Listener Q&A section! Enjoy!
Lewis and Kyle join rising North athlete star Ross Gollan who just keeps running faster! We also recap on the Euro & World Indoors Champs, what we have been up to and everything else in between!
Our first podcast back since last year and we are joined by 2:15 marathoner and recent Scottish bronze half marathon medallist Ryan Thompson of Cambuslang. All the usual running ramblings and pub like banter! Enjoy!
Episode 225 - Guaranteed TRS ramblings! A long overdue episode but it's been a busy one for Kyle & Lewis! Find out what they've been up to and the plans for the future!
Episode 224 brings on Shettleston Harrier and 2023 Scottish 10,000m champion Jamie Burns! Lewis and Kyle recap on their favourite moments from the Olympics and Kyle previews the Speyside Way Ultra Marathon this weekend! Enjoy!
Episode 223 brings you guest co host, 2:11 marathoner and multiple Scottish champion Fraser Clyne! Fraser is no stranger to the show and was one of our first guests on the podcast many years ago! We talk about the Olympics, Fraser's running group Hidden Peak Running and why it has a place in the running community. Perhaps one of our shortest episodes of recent times but by no means short of golden nuggets and content! If you'd like to get in touch with us you can get us on our socials or tartanrunningshorts@gmail.com! Enjoy!
In this episode, we pay tribute to our friend and multiple interviewee Ali Hay, who sadly passed away a few weeks ago. Our thoughts are with all his friends and family. We also bring on Cambuslang Harriers and TRS superfan Mark Gallacher! Tune in to hear about his journey from a 30-a-day smoker to a Masters Champion! Lewis discusses all things Olympic Trials with a wee rant, while Kyle opens up about his recent heart scare and its impact on his running. Enjoy the show!
Firstly, we are sorry that the episode came out late - Kyle was admitted to hospital after a wee heart scare and held the audio recording close to him - possibly to make Tom stay! Anyway, this has zero edits but there is some news in there and a TBC recording with Mark Gallacher that we plan to do in the next show! Enjoy!
Episode 220 comes hot when the season is starting to heat up - we chat about Megan's recent run @ the Night of the 10k's, Kyle recaps the Moray Coastal Trail 50 and Lewis has been on a weekend bender in Aberdeen! Remember to sign up to Scottish Running Week - www.scottishrunningweek.com Listen now!
Episode 219 - Kyle & Lewis catch up with Inverness Harriers Mhairi MacLennan who finished 1st Brit and a sub 2.29 mara! Meanwhile, Kyle recaps his London experience and seeks out some motivation from Lewis!
Hot off a call up for the GB Team at the World Cross Country Championships, Falkirk Victoria Harriers athlete Scott Stirling joins us to chat about his amazing step up to one of GBs top endurance athletes! Not only does he operate at a high level, but he holds down a full time job as a trainee GP. Meanwhile, Kyle gets ready for London, Lewis is nursing through injury and Tommy is getting ready for Run Balmoral! Enjoy!
Coach Lewis brings on none other than his very own athlete and newly crowned British 100k Champion Dougie Selman. Some of you may know the outcome but the execution of his win is simply outstanding. For any distance runner out there, this interview is a must to listen - Dougie leaves no stone unturned when it comes to how he got the win! Meanwhile, TRS is looking forward to participating in Scottish Running Week (more details to follow) taking place on the 3rd to 9th June. Make sure you sign up here: scottishrunningweek.com Enjoy!
This week we have none other one of Scotland's leading Physios to talk all things running and physio - and everything in between! This one is not to be missed! Meanwhile, Tommy is back and we catch up on all the usual running updates! Project Physio details are here: https://www.projectphysio.net/ Enjoy the show!
After the success of Josh Kerr and Jemma Reekie at the World Indoors, Lewis and Kyle are biting at the bit to chat all things running. So not only do we recap our highs but we also talk to S&C coach to some of Scotland's top endurance athletes Rory Downie. Get yer notepad ready to take some worthy notes!
With the absence of Tom and Lewis, Kyle brought on the better half - his wife Debbie! Amongst the recap of their Tallahassee Marathon exploits, the RDs for the race jumped on and so did newly crowned National XC Champion Alice Goodall! Enjoy the episode!
In Episode 213 friend of the show and top marathoner Ginie Barrand joins us! We chat to Ginie about her fantastic form on the roads over the last year and her physical and mental approach to marathoning. With Kyle on holiday, Tom and Lewis catch up on the return of Jake Wightman to racing action indoors over 1500m as well as the US Olympic Marathon trial over the weekend.
We have TRS Runner of the Year Paul Forbes on the show - and as always he provides some great words of wisdom for you listeners. Tom gets his finger out for London Marathon and Kyle talks a big game for the Tallahassee Marathon in early Feb! What's more - Lewis talks all about Goal Setting so go get your notepads out folks - this is a super informative episode!!
It's new year which can only mean one thing....TRS Runner of the Year! With another year of fantastic performances from Scottish athletes, we have plenty to disect across the usual categories before crowning the listener voted TRS Runner of the Year! With the new year also comes a lookahead to our ambitions for 2024. If you're listening and you'd like to share your 2024 ambitions or what you'd like to hear on TRS then please get in touch! Happy new year and all the best for your 2024 running!
We sit down with GB XC star, Andrew McGill, on his incredible silver team medal triumph at the European XC Champs. We also breakdown Megan Keith's world class performance too! Next up, we uncork a conversation with the acclaimed author of 'The Wine Runner' and devoted TRS fan, Colin Renton. Brace yourself for a fascinating 12-month journey where Colin seamlessly combines the worlds of wine and running—often, quite literally, on the run! Find his book at your nearest bookstore or online! And if that's not enough, Kyle recounts his recent exploits in the East XC championships in Aberdeen.
Episode 209 - The three musketeers are back, and we've got a special guest! Professional Scottish Squash player Kat Allan joins us to dish out all the deets on Nutrition for Runners.
Episode 208! Lewis and Kyle chat about our recent running form or lack thereof! Kyle has been busy Race Directing at the Dava Way 50k and speaks to the male winner Julian Barrable! Lewis delves into the world of post-run recovery, sharing insights from an intriguing article. Get ready to recover like a pro with the 'Doc Talks' including the potential involvement of ice baths and foam rollers! Strap in, lace up, and hit play!
In Episode 207, we're bringing back an old favourite.....Club Night! And who better to start with than the world famous brown clad HBT! Ivor Normand, club stalwart, joins us to talk everything about the trotters history, training in and out the pub, races and famous members. Our apologies for the audio on this one, some issues have occured resulting in an echo. Kyle is back and recapping on his 20km UTMB series race in Nice while both the boys are looking ahead to XC.
In Episode 206, we've got an interview with Scottish 10k Champion John Bell who speaks with Kyle about his background into running and insights into his training today. An inspirational listen! It's an old school episode this week with just Kyle and Tommy chewing the fat including recap of Kyle's multi racing weekend and buggy running as Tom's twins make their parkrun debuts! Available now!
We have another belter of an episode in the form of GB International and recent 4th place finisher at the Euro U20 champs, Natasha Phillips! Meanwhile Lewis and Kyle chat all things World Champs including Josh Kerr's amazing win! Kyle also sums up his RD duties at the Speyside Way Ultras that took place at the weekend! Enjoy the show!
In episode 204, we're talking about running motivation in the context of a recent study on mental health aspects of running. 8 Scottish athletes have been selected for the World Championships and we talk about their chances. Kyle has been running a local race and Tommy is back with a debrief on his Wrexham run!
We have a jam packed episode where Lewis and Kyle chat with newly crowned under 23 10,000m champion Alice Goodall! Lewis also headed to the Campus 5k and not only interviewed the winners but also took part in the 5k - stay tuned to find out how he performed! Kyle also competed in a hill race and Tommy was racing down south at a 10k! We also chat about some incredible recent Scottish performances and an interesting article on the evolution of world class endurance training. https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/aop/article-10.1123-ijspp.2023-0131/article-10.1123-ijspp.2023-0131.xml Join our new community running group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/794729288767416
In Episode 202, Lewis is fresh back from the rainy British Champs in Manchester to talk through the results and stories from the ground. Tom and Kyle are getting back into a bit of a training groove finally, and we've got news and results from across Scotland to talk about as well as a lookahead to the U23 Euro Championships. Available now! Photo cred: Scottish Athletics
We have another belter of an episode with the recently crowned West Highland Way Champion Alison McGill on the show! Her interview is fascinating and we dive deep into some of her Psychological strategies that she used, whilst Lewis talks about the theory of them. Below is the article: https://explore.bps.org.uk/content/bpssepr/18/1/4 Meanwhile, Lewis previews the UK Champs in Manchester this weekend and Kyle shares a little more about his WHW performance. Enjoy!
5 years ago never did we think we would record 200 episodes of TRS but here we are still creating content and pushing out interviews thanks to you guys. It's been a blast and here's to 200 more! After Tommy and Kyle talks about our pits and peaks since the start of the pod we dive straight into Kyle's West Highland Way Race. We are also joined by a Kyle's crew chief, Fit Like Joggers and Brewdog Run founder David Scott! Strap yourselves in as it's one bumpy ride! Enjoy!
We have another great episode this week and Tommy and Kyle are joined by UK Athletics Chair and West Highland Way Race Director, Ian Beattie to talk all things WHW! If Kyle wasn't already nervous and excited about running 96 miles on Saturday morning, he sure is now! WHW Tracking link is here: https://www.geotracks.co.uk/live/1596 We also ramble about world records including a wee rant from Tommy and sum up Scottish performances at the World Trail and Mountain Champs!
Steven Beattie has an incredible story of being a former criminal in Glasgow and having many close encounters with death. But he ultimately transformed his life through the power of athletics & running. To mark the start of National Running Week, Steven opens up on his former self constantly being sent to prison to becoming a national champion and now studying to become a doctor. We hope this episode inspires you to donate to exactly what Athletics Trust Scotland intentionsb are with our #transforminglives project so we can change the lives of those, like Steven, through the power of athletics & running. http://athleticstrustscotland.org.uk/donate NRW 5k challenge: https://www.entrycentral.com/nationalrunningweek
In Episode 198, two become three as we welcome Doc Lewis Walker to the team as a permanent co-host! Bringing some actual expertise as well as shining a light onto Kyle's training, we're very excited about the addition! We catch up on Kyle's prep for the West Highland Way which is only nexth month, reflecting on final physical and mental prep. We've also got the Edinburgh Marathon Festival results to catch up on as well as a discussion on the merits of warm weather training as Lewis prepares to head to Club La Santa for a break!
Lewis Walker (aka The Doc Talks) co-hosts the show and we chat about Kyle's win at Ultra X Scotland (and a few other tales!)! Kyle's Moray Coastal Trail 50 took place at the weekend and he interviews the men's winner Jacob Snochowski! Lewis talks about his own training and some golden nuggets that every listener needs to hear and finally we roundup with national champs on the road! Sign up to National Running Week on 5th June - https://www.entrycentral.com/nationalrunningweek
We are slightly late due to having some technical difficulties but we come with newly crowned Scottish Marathon champion Sara Green of Gala Harriers! We also talk about Kyle's return to form at Balmoral 15 mile trail race and Tommy has a marathon rant! We also talk National Running Week, which takes place form 5th June! Get your TRS Shorts on and get your club involved! https://www.entrycentral.com/nationalrunningweek Enjoy!
Episode 195 and we go straight into an exclusive interview with the newly crowned British Road Relay champions - Central AC (aka - the yellow train) We interview half the team including Olympian Andrew Butchart, Commies athlete Al Hay, sub 4 minute miler Ben Macmillan, TRS interviewee regular Hamish Hickey, Cameron Milne and Luca Fanottoli! We also recap on Tommy's run at Manchester Marathon so stay tuned to find out how he went!
In Episode 194, the latest guest to arrive on the yellow train is Hamish Hickey! Fresh from his Scottish National 10 miler championship win, Hamish catches us up on his recent hot streak as well as his background in running. Tommy is into his marathon taper and gives a final reflection on the block as Manchester looms, while despite not being in action this year Kyle briefs us on the Anglo Celtic Plate 2023 edition! We've got Scottish and British records, doping news and usual ramblings to catch up on. Its a long run episode for sure!
Episode 193 (we think) and half the TRS team were repping at the Inverness Half Marathon! Tune into find out how Tommy goes and listen to a fascinating insight in the form of newly crowned champion Fraser Stewart!
Episode 191 brings fresh from the National XC Champs, Scottish Men's Champion Logan Rees to the show! Logan recounts his big win at Callendar Park, tells us about his background and looks to whats next. The boys have been racing too - Kyle is back from Disneyland and the Tallahassee Marathon with a story to tell, while Tommy has his own tales from the mid pack following an enjoyable return to Callendar Park for him. Plus Scottish records, ramblings and results.
In the absence of Tommy, we have masters phenomena Alastair Walker on the show to guest host and talk about the ridiculous amount of records and titles he keeps achieving. Lots of 'take homes' for any athlete of any age here! We (Kyle) also recap on the inter district XC, indoors and other ramblings...enjoy!
Our first episode of 2023 and we have recent European U23 silver medallist and last year's TRS Runner of the Year Megan Keith on the show! With over 500 votes, we announce the 2022 TRS Runner of the Year along with some category awards decided by Tommy & Kyle! Enjoy!
On this show, we have the talented mountain running siblings, Scout and former Euro Uphilll Champ, Jacob Adkin! They chat to us about their recent exploits at the World Mountain Running Champs in Thailand as part of Team GB. Meanwhile, Tommy has been dubbing at the East XC champs and Kyle gets exciting news live on TRS! Oh...and if you want to buy some shorts, here is the link: https://tinyurl.com/TRS-Shorts
Episode 188 covers parkruns, the 'dubs' and ultras! And...we bring you newly crowned Scottish Short Course XC Champion & sub 4 minute miler, Ben Potrykus! Kyle was also on Race Directing duties at the last of the Moray Way Ultra series races for this year - the Dava Way 50k! Meanwhile, Tommy hits the jackpot! Enjoy!
In Episode 187 we're joined by Chris Russell and Ritchie Gardiner of the Scottish beer mile team fresh from their exploits at the world champs in Belgium! The guys tell us about beer miling, their training and the world champs which saw Ritchie finish 5th in a Scottish record! Closer to home we've had the national cross country relays at Cumbernauld to catch up on. We look towards spring as plans start to come together for racing in the new year....and before!
In Episode 186 we're joined by Loch Ness Marathon champion Dougie Selman fresh from his victory! As well as the win itself we catch up with Dougie on his background, training and whats coming next. Running Rants are back! We throw in a rant of our own as well as listener rants and hope this is the start of more to come. Plus usual race results and our latest runtivities.
We are back! And Tommy has some fantastic news to share with you all. Spoiler alert - it's not a parkrun PB. Meanwhile, Kyle & Debbie have been celebrating their anniversary at Kielder Marathon. We also ramble about the latest news including cross country and all the recent marathons! Image by Events of the North.
Another episode coming at you...FAST...sub 4 minute mile fast! Ben MacMillan is almost half the age of the co-hosts and double the speed but can he run a fast beer mile? Meanwhile, Kyle takes part in not one, but two races on Saturday whilst Tommy takes parts in another parkrun whilst on red alert. Enjoy! (Photo by Bobby Gavin)
We have not just one. but four interviews in this episode from the winners of Kyle's Speyside Way Ultras race to a short interview with GB Ultra runner Jason Kelly who is setting off for the World 100k Champs this weekend! Before all that however, Kyle gives a recap of an incredible weekend at the Speyside Way and Tommy has been dressing up for our pub athletics banter from the euros to his ding dong at parkrun! Enjoy!
Episode 182 comes off the back of a month of major athletics wall to wall! Kyle is fresh from a jolly to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and as well the Athletics Trust Scotland launch we talk all about the heroic Scottish performances there and at the Worlds in Eugene. Closer to home we've got the Scottish Senior Track Champs in Aberdeen as well as results across Scotland over the past few weekends. Not much running for us, Tommy is heading towards a new world of excuses bingo and Kyle has the seeds of a race target in mind.
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