The Best Athletics Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Nick Bester, founder of Best Athletics chats with Cian Oldknow - A very talented athlete who was the first South African in the Olympic Marathon! This episode delves into her experience in the OIympic Marathon Race - You won't believe what she has to say!

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In this episode of the Best Athletics Podcast Nick Bester speaks with Piet Wiersma - This years winner of the Comrades Marathon!

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In Episode 3 of the Best Athletics podcast, Founder Nick Bester and Best Athletics coach and registered nutritionist Sam Mare catch up with our first special guest, NN Running and Nike elite marathon runner Jake Smith! We chat about his recent experience of dealing with injury, adapting to cross-training and his running comeback. We also get to find out about Sam’s journey with Best Athletics and what’s coming next!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

In this week's episode Coaches Dan Barratt and Anya Culling bring you our first instalment of Coaches Corner! Answering questions submitted by our members, Dan and Anya cover a range of running topics, some June highlights and updates on what's going on in the club this week!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

In our very first episode, podcast hosts and Best Athletics coaches Nick Bester, Anya Culling and Dan Barratt discuss the birth of the Best Athletics podcast and their running and coaching journeys so far including Anya's recent 2:34 England debut at Copenhagen marathon and Dan's first year as a Best Athletics coach. Tune in to hear the discussion on all things Best Athletics, recent race results and what's next in the Best Athletics world!

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In this weeks episode Nick Bester chats to Amie Walker, a full time Best Athletics employee, Running Coach and Distance Runner after returning from her trip to the ‘Home of the Champions’ in Iten, Kenya. Amie shares with us her experience of running with the Kenyans, key learnings from her experience, effects of training at altitude and how a typical week of training compared to her home town of London. The podcast also shares everything going on in the world of Best Athletics. Nick also brings onto the podcast one of our amazing members, Tom Penzer Adams as he chats too us about his epic challenge of 8 marathons in 8 consecutive weeks for Muscular Dystrophy UK (Sponsor Tom here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/tom-penzer-adams-8-marathons-in-8weeks) Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

Episode 10 of the Best Athletics Podcast - Founder of Best Athletics Nick Bester chats with Mark Lewis a huge fitness YouTuber. Nick and Mark delve into the attempt of the Kipchoge Challenge, how the world of YouTube algorithms and editing works, Runners mentality and when his next race is. There are lots of useful nuggets in this conversation and some key takeaways. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM

Episode 9 of the Best Athletics Podcast welcomes 2:16 Marathon Runner Charles Lawrence. Charles recently broke the 50 Mile world record in the Tunnel Hill 50 Miles in Vienna, Illinois in an incredible 4:48:21. Nick Bester speaks with Charles who gives us an insight into his journey of breaking the 50 mile world record including how he approaches his training, the 13 months of managing injury whilst hitting cross training hard and achieving his Olympic qualifying time in the marathon! Charles also shares his everyday nutrition as well as his fueling strategies for the marathon and his 50 miler. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/paradise-island License code: MC1LBQ4WGVN1YOKM