Episodes
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Waterford man Barry Keane chats about his time at Butler University in Indiana, ambitions for his career and considerations for a post collegiate life
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Olympian and National record holder over 800m Louise Shanahan chats about her 9-year old dream of being an Olympian, how to persevere through a baron spell, her PhD, love of baking and more. You can follow the podcast's Instagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/morethanarunnerpod/?hl=en
This episodes outro track is 'Hearts and Minds' by Pillow Queens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdaOzXqxW3A&list=OLAK5uy_katqsPFvP3JN54VhAwhsTTObXagyWvRhU&index=3 -
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John Connell is the author of 'The Running Book' and 'The Cow Book', a number-one bestseller and winner of Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. He is an award-winning investigative journalist, documentary producer and weekly columnist with the Irish Independent.
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Cobbled together all the best gems from 2021 (well, 4 months of 2021)
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Joined by Cathal Dennehy and Ronan Duggan to recap Eurocross 2021
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wsgdREDoDP0qgtD9pUmd6?si=1hhQi4aLT1KwfE2_zMMZRw
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Colin Harmon is the founder of 3FE coffee, successful author, barista champion, and running influencer
In this chat we discuss:
- The 3FE running club
- Choosing who to work with
- "We are all marketing scum"
- Hospitality post covid
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Support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner
Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wsgdREDoDP0qgtD9pUmd6?si=sUFHFHZAS-qPu4G_fQ4xOQ
Newlywed David McCarthy is back! David's energy and passion for the sport and what he does is infectious. David talks about coaching at the Aspire Academy in Doha, are champions born or made, group training, and more.
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Support the podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wsgdREDoDP0qgtD9pUmd6?si=VauE8bjVTYKlA965YvrZUg
Kevin Dooney, one of the country's leading distance runners joins to discuss:
- Going full-time
- US scholarship to Yale
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https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner
Aoife Cooke is the 5th fastest Irish marathon runner of all time. In this interview we cover:
- Training and plans for 2021
- Aoife's scholarship to the US
- Returning to the sport after 7 years
- Standing proud as a LGBTQ+ athlete
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You can help keep the show sustainable by helping here: https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner
David Gillick is an Olympian, 2 time European champion and Irish record holder.
In this interview we cover:
- Personal branding
- David's athletic career
- Identity
- The year ahead
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You can help keep this sustainable here: https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner
In the words of Cathal Dennehy, "Rory Chesser is one of the nice guys of Irish athletics". Rory is a 7 time national champion in the steeplechase. He has seen and done it all in athletics and represented Ireland at the European Championships in the 1,500m in Barcelona.
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You can can help in making this sustainable by supporting here: https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner
"allow yourself to reconnect with why you love the sport, what's your why in in why your doing what you're doing?"
Tony Griffin has many strings to his bow. Tony is the founder of the SOAR foundation, a best selling author, and a hurling 'All Star' winner to name a few.
Tony has a new book; 'The Teenagers Book of Life'. "The Teenagers book of Life speaks to the mind, heart and soul of every teenager, offering meaning, comfort and hard-won insight". Available from February 18th.
In this interview Tony chats about how the new book came about, his work with the SOAR foundation, and his struggle with identity as a hurler. Plus the some great tracks that help tell his story.
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Any support would be greatly appreciated through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morethanarunner
The interview with Mick was recorded prior to the passing of Jerry Kiernan. Mick came back on along with Kevin Dooney to chat about Jerry. R.I.P.
Mick 'The Claw' Clohisey is an Irish Olympic marathon runner.
In this interview we chat about his 2020, being a dad, drifting away from the sport, becoming an Olympian, and what lies ahead.
Mick also picks out some of his favourite tracks throughout, every song featured on the podcast so far is compiled in a playlist that can be found here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6wsgdREDoDP0qgtD9pUmd6?si=PqVy_5j3TPC7ypo-74z-TQ
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Cathal Dennehy is a freelance sports journalist. His writing has featured in the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Runner’s World, World Athletics, Spikes, and the Guardian.
In 2019, Cathal won the Irish sports journalist of the year.
In this chat we touch on the state of play in athletics at the moment, Cathal’s career as a freelance journalist, how the sport retired his promising life as a runner, and the possibility of a return of Jumping The Gun.
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Going back to where it started, listening to music and having cans. Joined by Conor Dooney, Cillian Kirwan and Mikey O'Connor, chatting all things music and playing our songs that we feel summed up our year.
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Feidhlim Kelly
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Ian O'Riordan is a sports journalist for The Irish Times. We chat about growing up with his dad Tom as an Olympian, his time as a competitive runner including his scholarship at Brown University and the current state of affairs in journalism and Irish athletics.
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Kate Veale shares her remarkable story from the highs and lows of the sport and finding joy on the path to Tokyo 2021.
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No introduction needed for Sonia, a giant in Irish sport. We chat about how she feels about being a household name, the responsibility of being a role model, her time in Villanova and her illustrious professional career.
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