Show Notes
There are 3 guarantees in life: death, taxes and banging weekly Easy Double shows. This week on the Easy Double podcast we bring an on the ground report of what went on at the Belfast Classic where some of Europe's top talent and Eoin opened up their track season.Over the other side of the world in Victoria, the cross country season began with round 1 being the Lakeside 5k which again produced some incredibly fast times. 📰 In running news, we learnt that cross country would not be part of the 2030 Winter Olympics being held in France, however there is still hope for 2034. Phil Sesemann announced an injury that results in Ellis Cross being called up to the GB Team for the European Athletics Champs later this summer.The Diamond League kicks off this weekend in Shanghai, China with a lot of Aussies and East Africans making for some pretty stacked fields. 👊In this week's Double Trouble we discuss the art of self sabotage and why runners do a certain thing knowing it will have a negative impact on results. Join us as we break all of this down and much more.If you'd like to support the show, join us on Patreon via the link below. As always, if you're enjoying the podcast please give us a follow, leave a rating, and share it with a fellow runner!🔗 Patreon: https://patreon.com/EasyDouble
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What a week of marathon running and no need to fear if you missed any of it as we have you covered. Perth Running Festival brought the goods with Dominic Ngenu’s strong solo win in the marathon, Dean racing hard in the 10K and finishing third, and impressive times across the board. Melbourne Marathon delivered the spectacle, Kipchoge doing Kipchoge things, Tommy De Canto showing experience and running a PB, and Jimmy Whelan learning the hard way that 2:08 ambitions on debut don’t translate. Chicago saw Clayton Young’s gutsy come-from-behind American record, Charles Hicks right there hunting, and the women’s race owned by Izzy Bat-doyle smashing the Australian/Oceania record in 2:20:38. 📰 In running news, the stories were everywhere. Perth’s got problems to fix, no kilometer markers on course, missing elite drinks, and a few questions about social media strategy. But the depth of Australian marathon running is genuinely unhinged. Seth O’Donnell solo 61:20 in the half. Nicola Sheridan from Ireland flying a 2:29 after switching to Sydney. The domestic talent pool is ridiculous. 📺 YouTube Diaries gets a big one this week. Marcus Malone dropped a 50-minute documentary called Ordinary Excellence, the Grant Fisher story. Long-form content done properly, childhood, college, coaching relationships, build-up to New York. It’s storytelling, not highlight reels. Shout to Joey Bowden for the tip-off. 👊 Double Trouble stays light as Ryan gets some grief!
Welcome to the fourth episode of our bi-weekly series, The Road To Dublin, where we follow three athletes building toward the Dublin Marathon on October 25th. The end is well and truly in sight as all the guys enter their tapers. We cap of the last 2 weeks of training and look into what the next two weeks will entail. It's super exciting times as all three look forward to race day! Please meet: Bri McGhee, a final-year dietetics student running her very first marathon. David Troy, the national 10k champion, gearing up for only his second time over the 42.2km distance. Will Boyle, an Asics frontrunner coming off an injury that ruled him out of London, now looking ahead to an exciting Dublin build. Follow along as these three chase very different dreams on the same course.... it's going to be something special.
A big one this week as we’re joined by Sam Maxwell — Managing Director of Emageo Group and Elite Athlete Coordinator for the Perth Running Festival — ahead of race weekend in Perth. Sam takes us behind the scenes of building an elite field: recruiting international athletes, appearance fees and prize money, pacemakers, visas, anti-doping and the challenge of growing Perth into a genuinely world-class marathon. We preview Sunday’s races, unpack the headline names coming to WA and hear about the longer-term ambitions for the event.