EDP78: Jakob is BACK / Almgren 10,000m Masterclass / Dean makes his return to racing
Easy Double podcastShow Notes
It's a bumper episode this week as we break down all the action from the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham—plus plenty happening closer to home for the Easy Double boys.
Ryan is back in Perth but unfortunately brings an injury update, with a suspected femoral neck stress reaction putting the brakes on his marathon build. Meanwhile, Dean finally pins a number on again—and casually runs 14:52 at parkrun on his return to racing.
Then it's into a huge week of European athletics: 🇳🇴 Jakob Ingebrigtsen is back. After all the uncertainty around his fitness, Jakob produces a brilliant tactical 5,000m victory—and suddenly the Jakob vs Josh Kerr conversation feels very alive again.
🇸🇪 Andreas Almgren's incredible 10,000m. Forget waiting for a kick—Almgren takes on a stacked field from the front, runs 27:23 and completely dismantles the race. We break down the tactics and some inside insight Ryan picked up from Jordan Donnelly before the championship. - 🇮🇪 Mark English finally gets his European gold, delivering another tactical masterclass in the 800m.
🇮🇹 Nadia Battocletti dominates the 5,000m and 10,000m double and further establishes herself as one of the very best distance runners in the world.
🤯 One of the most unpredictable men's 1500m finals you'll see, with Stefan Nillessen taking gold and Andrew Coscoran producing a huge finish for his first major medal.
🏃 Championship marathon carnage on an incredibly tough Birmingham course.
🆚 We debate Josh Kerr's decision to skip Europeans and whether his selective racing approach could ultimately hurt his legacy compared with Jakob's extraordinary championship record.
💉 Plus, another doping case hits athletics and we discuss what it means when athletes are caught through biological passport abnormalities.
🎥 Ryan and Dean share a couple of running watches from the week, including Josh Kerr's Breaking the Mile film, old-school marathon training and why—despite everything that's changed in running—so much remains exactly the same.
⛽ And a look at the maths behind marathon fuelling, why "hitting the wall" isn't quite as mysterious as it once seemed, and how modern fuelling strategies are changing what's possible over 42.2km.
Plus the usual training chat, questionable takes and Double Trouble to finish.
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