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The final episode of the series. How did Damian do in Madeira at the European Masters Championships in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000 metres? We hear whether he was able to get to the start line, his reflections on the past 12 months and his plans for the future. As ever we hear from Richard Franzese and how he has been doing. He also weights in with his consdierable insights. 

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In this special espisode, we hear from the man from Mead on his feat of climbing Mont Blanc. It is the highest mountain in the Alps and Europe sitting at 4,805.59 m above sea level. It sits between parts of France, Italy, and Switzerland.

We get an insight into his preparation and a run down on how he did on this monumentous challenge! 

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This series will follow Damian Nevins as he targets the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

An earlier episode to cover the final preparations- just over one week to go! Damian is still on course to be on the startline. We hear about how he has dealt with recent setbacks, his competitors and his race strategy. Richard is balancing his return with various aches and pains but is still running and training!

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This series will follow Damian Nevins as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

Damian has managed a few more races. He is nearing crunch time before the European Masters. We hear how training has gone and the plan for the final month. Richard is slowly building momentum. The comeback is coming together!

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This series will follow Damian Nevins as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

A bigger gap between episodes than planned due to a number of reasons. However, Damian has finally completed his first steeplechase race of the season. We hear about this and the past 6 weeks of training. Listen to find out.

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This series will follow Damian Nevins as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

We hear how Damian did in his 5000m race and the implications for training and the season ahead. Did he take Richard's advice on more specifity in his training.?Listen to find out.

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Episode 3 is finally here after a 2 year hiatus! 

We are joined by resident shoe expert-Declan Traynor and we give you a deep dive into the following shoes.  Our aim to see if we can come up with a non-super shoe able to work across a range of distance but without a stiff midsole and big heel.

Hoka Rocket X

Adidas adizero pro

Adidas SL 20 (2023 model)

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In the segment 'Running Soulless' we discuss William Goodge and his achievements. Did he or di...

This series will follow Damian as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

Damian has been steadily progressing his training but the competitve season is not so far away. We discuss how to navigate the return from injury with limited running training alongside cross-training and the very specific preparation for competing over the steeplechase.

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This series will follow Damian as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

The comeback is on for Damian.  Catch up on how he training has gone as he navigates his way back onto 'the path to Madeira'.

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In Episode 5, we hear how how things have not gone to plan for Damian but Richard is on an upward curve with life and training. Tune in to hear about the fine line between top fitness and injury and the way back to full training. 

This series will follow Damian as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

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In Epsiode 4 we hear how Damian has done in his recent races from cross-country to indoor.  We discuss the races he is targeting in the upcoming months. There is random football chat and Richard fills us in on his own training.

This series will follow Damian as he targets competing in the 3000m steeplecahse at European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

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Epsiode 3 is here. Entries to the European Masters Championships have officially opened so more concrete plans are starting to be made. We'll hear how Damian has done in a few recent races of contrasting demands. How have the past 5 weeks training gone?  What is the balance like between training and the demands of life?

This series will follow Damian as he targets the European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

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Epsiode 2 of The Path to Madeira is here! A little later than planned. We hear what Damian has been up to and how his training is going.  We hear if he is getting 'back' into shape and the options for running in the Swedish winter.

This series will follow Damian as he targets the European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey.

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This new series will follow Damian as he targets the European Masters Championships being held in Madeira during October 2025. Richard of ‘Easy With Franzese’ fame will be along for the journey. We start off a recap of what Damian and Richard have been up to for the past 11 months and what is in store before the next episode! 

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The Run With Skill podcast is back after a sabbatical. In this episode, we welcome Arran Marshall as our special guest. He tells us about his running career, his move into coaching and how he has coped with chronic fatigue syndrome. 

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Damian is continuing his return to full fitness with a recent indoor 1500m to see where things are. This leads on to the deep dive training talk on the 'possibility' of him running 8.45 for 3000m by the end of January 2024.

As ever, Richard gives his honest opinion whilst we hear about his own fitness journey.

In this episode, the deep training talk is on '3000m in 8.45’

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We hear what Damian and Richard have been up to over the past fortnight. Has training been any good or 'snow' good'?

In this episode, the deep training talk is on 'Running Without Strava'

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With winter coming closer in Stockholm, what has training been like for Damian? Has Richard been out more on 4 or 2 wheels?

In this episode, the deep training talk is on 'how often should you race'

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Both Richard and Damian have been unwell. How has this affected their training?

In this episode, the deep training talk is on 'single vs double days´.

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What has Richard bought? What did Damian decide to do at the last minute?

In this episode, the deep training talk is on 'dealing with a plateau in performance´.

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In this episode, we hear from Jack Whitebury who has recently run a host of person bests. He has found the form of his life after becoming a father for the first time. We hear about his training and philsophy towards racing during this time. 

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How is Damian's return to running going? How is Richard's gym routine progressing?

In this episode, the deep dive training talk is on  'cross-country tactics´.

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What has been happening in the last month with Richard and Damian? Has the gym work and build up with running training continued? We blame the delay in recording the latest episode on mutual clashes of events combined with the US/Sweden timezone.

In this episode, we replace the deep dive training talk with our 'Gripes with runners´.

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How has the last fortnight been? Who has Richard seen live? Where is Damian on his return to fitness?

This week's deep dive training talk is on  'The Comeback from Injury´.

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We have been away for an unannounced 'summer holiday' but we are back. Richard has found his mojo again.  Damian explains the reason for the break in recordings.

This week's deep dive training talk is on  ’the off season’.

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Richard has been finding ways to increase his energy expenditure. Damian has finally had his ultrasound. Listen in to hear more from the dynamic duo.

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on  ’Tapering’.

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We are back to the usual fortnighlty update from Big Richard and host Damian. Has there been some cycling, jogging and running from the duo??

This week's deep dive training talk feature is  ’Building confidence in athletes’.

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One month has passed......Is Richard back training? Is Damian still waiting for the ultrasound?

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on 'strength training'.

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Richard is walking the walk. Damian is still waiting...

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on 'recoveries' in sessions.

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Richard has returned from his conference. How much running did he get done?

Damian has begun training again after his latest calf setback. How has the first week gone?

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on 'off road' running.

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In this episode, we hear from Charlie McFadzean who has recently completed the Atlas Mountains Race covering at total of 1330km and 21,000m of elevation. Not for the faint-hearted, Charlie had to overcome many battles in this epic race. It is hard to describe this race with words- listening to Charlie's recollection of events add many layers to his story. We hear how Charlie prepared and coped with this race, his experiences and his background.

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Richard has kept running on the downlow but is still running with his group.

Damian has been watching 'Kung Fury' a pastiche to the 80s and directed by a Swede. His training has been a little up and down.

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on 'stretching'.

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Richard- inspired by the last episode- has smased out a long run and also found a rival exercise for' who let the dogs out'

Damian has been skiing a fair bit and has made some progress or not.

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on 'running drills'

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Richard and the host recap on their training with a few changes to the target races.

This week's deep dive training talk feature is on 'the long run'

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Julian Critichlow is our guest this week. He tells about his how he has had such longevity in running from his early days to his hugely successful Masters career.

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We hear from Alex Lepretre who is the proud owner of two England vests with more hopefully to come. Alex tells the story of his rise in the sport, his past training and future goals. We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Charlotte Mackey is a newcomer to club athletics but has taken the step with some aplomb. We hear about her journey into distance running as well as the relevance and importance of psychology in preparing for and dealing with training and competition.

Below is an article on the 'hot cross bun' which Charlotte talks about in this episode.

https://www.mentologyltd.com/lockdown-vs-the-injured-athlete.html

For those who are interested in reading in more detail this paper from the 'Sport Psychologist Journal' click on the article below:

Applying Evidence-Based Principles F...

Declan Traynor is back. Phil benson may also return. We review four trail shoes from a range of brands: 

Nivii Terra TT

Saucony Sense4Pro

Nike Wildhorse

On Cloudventure

There is a new segment 'Running Soulless' where we pick a running related topic to discuss.

Golden trail series

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Welcome back. It has been 7 months since we last recorded. In the last episode, 14:37 5000m man Richard Franzese was aiming for a December parkrun in England. Did he make it?

We hear a summary of his last 6 month's training and a common goal for him and the host.

Every episode, we will be discussing a new topic. This week is 'dealing with injuries in the short term'.

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The comeback episode features Mark Cursons, recent England Masters xc representative (not GB International as I mistakenly mentioned in this episode). Mark talks us through his career inchighlights and mastering the masters running scene. 

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