Episodes

With Rich away on holiday, Hannah’s roped in husband, former British champion and full-time athletics coach Luke Gunn to review the British Championships in Birmingham, after Luke helped guide Sarah Calvert, Issy Boffey and Will Battershill to medals. Places for the European Championships were also up for grabs and there were plenty of talking points - from Keely Hodgkinson’s injury scare in the 400m (she has since said she left the Champs “healthy”) to the latest in the Amy Hunt v Dina Asher-S...

Great Britain and Scotland's Megan Keith joins us ahead of the UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, where the 24-year-old will be back to target another European medal this summer - a few weeks after another home event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Megan's been in terrific form in 2026, breaking the Scottish record at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo and impressing with a third place finish at the New York City Half Marathon March. It's been great progress from the Scot, who's boun...

We've split this episode in two, looking back at news over the weekend - including the heartbreaking season ending injury for Molly Caudery, Josh Kerr's preparations for the mile world record and Tara Davis-Woodhall impressing in the 100m hurdles at the LA Grand Prix - where she also set a new long jump PB. There's also an in-depth look at the Novuna UK Athletics Championships (British Championships!) in Birmingham this weekend, recorded before the final decisions were made for athletes to deci...

Hannah and Rich round up the latest action from the Diamond League in Rome, where there were mixed fortunes for the phenoms - with Cooper Lutkenhaus beating Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800m, but Gout Gout falling short in the 200m. There's reaction to Ja'Kobe Tharp breaking the 110m hurdles world record which had stood since 2012, and to a four-month ban given to Gudaf Tsegay for failing an out of competition test. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Hannah and Rich look back on a brilliantly chaotic and unpredictable Stockholm Diamond League meeting, which featured Audrey Werro posting the third fastest time ever to beat Keely Hodgkinson, Mondo Duplantis failing to win an event for the first time in three years, Amy Hunt clocking a sub-11 100m and Cooper Lutkenhaus justifying the hype around him. There’s also a throw forward to the Bislett Games in Oslo and a review of some of the big moments from Rome - plus a results round-up. Podium is...

Grant Fisher joins us to discuss his gradual transition to the roads, having made history at Paris 2024 by becoming the first American man to win medals in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the same Olympic Games. Fisher recently made his half marathon debut in New York, but his track career is nowhere near finished, and he's due to compete at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on 10 June. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maur...

Hannah and Rich look back at the Rabat Diamond League and ahead to the next few meetings in Rome and Stockholm, following wins for Max Burgin and Yared Nuguse in Morocco. There's also a round-up from the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in Bydgoszcz, where there was chaos, drama and falls in the women's 800m - plus discussion on the Hypomeeting in Gotzis and the British 10k Road Championships in Manchester. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Max Burgin joins us ahead of the start of his 2026 season, which he'll open up at the Rabat Diamond League. Having finished in the top eight at the Olympic Games in Paris and the World Championships in Tokyo, Max is ready to challenge at the very top end at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in the UK this summer. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maurten⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Australian athletics broadcaster Mitch Dyer joins Rich and Hannah to look at what’s going so right for his country right now, with the Olympics and Paralympics coming up in Brisbane in 2032. Gout Gout, Claudia Hollingsworth and Lachlan Kennedy are among those making huge strides alongside experienced athletes like Abbey Caldwell, Nicola Olyslagers, Nina Kennedy and Jess Hull. There’s a round-up of the Xiamen Diamond League, the Cape Town Marathon - and a look ahead to Rabat. Podium is proud t...

The USA's Paris 2024 Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Yared Nuguse joins us on the podcast to talk about his hopes for the 2026 season, having already qualified for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen. The American talks about bouncing back from missing out on the World Championships in Tokyo, athletics' inclusive culture, what went wrong with Grand Slam Track and lots more. Podium is proud to be sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

We’re so happy to announce that Britain’s 2022 world 1500m champion will be a regular guest contributor throughout the season around his race commitments, and his first task is to help Hannah and Rich dissect the first Diamond League meeting of the season in Shanghai - and look ahead to the next event in Xiamen. We catch up with Jake’s lead up to the season, which he’ll open at LA Track Fest, talk about the British 10,000m Championships, and loads more in a packed episode. Podium is proud to b...

After a few quiet weeks, it feels like the outdoor track and field season is finally about to kick into gear with the first of a Chinese Diamond League double-header in Shanghai/Keqiao, before next week's meeting in Xiamen. Rich and Hannah look ahead to what we should expect this season, how to make the Diamond League more relevant for casual fans and at some of the biggest match up to open this year's campaign. Diamond League 2026 calendar: https://www.diamondleague.com/calendar/ Podium is p...

It's a sad day for Podium - as Katie says goodbye to the podcast! But don't worry, we're going nowhere and there are exciting plans for the future - watch this space! Katie talks about why shy is stepping away from the pod, plus for one last time the team round-up news from a week in athletics - including the announcement there will be no cross country at the next Winter Olympics, World Athletics rejecting the IOC's recommendation to readmit Belarus to sporting competition, and Jimmy Gressier's...

Behind every extraordinary sporting achievement is a team, and after Sabastian Sawe's 1:59:39 at the London Marathon to become the first runner to go sub-2 in official race conditions, we're joined by Maurten's head of sports tech Joshua Rowe, to go behind the scenes of the achievement. Josh has been working out in Kenya with Sawe, his coach Claudio Berardelli and the 2 Running Group, to help get the most out of the athletes. We run through when sub-2 began to look possible, what could happen ...

Hannah and Rich catch-up on the World Athletics Relay in an electric Gaborone, where host nation Botswana brought down the curtain on a brilliant weekend with victory in the men's 4x400m - to the delight of a packed crowd. There's also analysis throughout of Great Britain's performances, having qualified five out of six teams for the 2027 World Championships in Beijing. Plus - record numbers once again enter the ballot for the 2027 London Marathon! PC Christel Saneh for World Athletics Maurt...

Hannah and Rich switch focus to the track and field season, which ramps up this weekend with the World Athletics Relay in Gaborone, Botswana. There's a full preview of that, plus a look back at some great early season performances - including Gabby Thomas on her return from an Achilles injury - and we also talk about Allyson Felix's announcement that she's coming out of retirement. With the Novuna UK Athletics Championships around 50 days away, we also catch up with long jumper Molly Palmer - ...

Hannah and Rich look back at what will go down as one of the most historic days in athletics - the moment not just one, but two athletes broke the sub-2 hour marathon mark for the first time in official race conditions. We hear from Sabastian Sawe, who blitzed a 1:59:30 to win by nine seconds ahead of a remarkable debut over the distance from Yomif Kejelcha, with Jacob Kiplimo breaking the former world record too. On the women’s side, Tigst Assefa shaved nine more seconds off the women’s only ...

After months of build-up, we have an in-depth preview for the London Marathon - with stacked fields taking to the start-line in Greenwich this Sunday. Can both the men's and women's course records fall? There's also a look back at the Boston Marathon, on what was a fast day for the point-to-point course. Listen back to our interviews with Sabastian Sawe, Phil Sesemann, Patrick Dever, Jessica Warner-Judd and Julia Paternain before Sunday's big race. Maurten fuel planner: https://planner.maurte...

Julia Paternain's marathon bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was one of the best stories that came out of Tokyo, having been shocked to find out she finished third in her just her second race over the distance to win Uruguay's first athletics medal at the World Championships. Ahead of her debut London Marathon, the former English schools champion and GB European U23 Championship representative talks to Podium about her upbringing in the UK, the attention she's received sinc...

Hugh Brasher, the CEO of London Marathon Events and co-founder of Athletic Ventures, joins us to talk about the possibility of a two-day event in 2027, the future of the race in a ever changing climate and London's bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championship. There's also an update on the London field, plus a full preview of the Boston Marathon, which takes place on Monday. Maurten fuel planner: https://planner.maurten.com/ Check out our new website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠podiumathletics.co.uk⁠⁠⁠...

Courtesy of our sponsors Maurten, the Kenyan - who’s tipped to become the next men’s world record holder and the first to dip under 2 hours in official race conditions - talks to Podium in a rare English-language interview ahead of his London Marathon title defence. Sawe discusses the intensive drug testing he’s been going through to shine a positive light on Kenyan athletics after a number doping scandals, and whether he really can go as fast as people are predicting. Maurten fuel planner: ht...

Hannah, Rich and Katie react to a busy week in athletics, including a round-up of the Australian Championships, where Gout Gout set a new 200m WU20 record, and there was drama in the women's 1500m. There's opinion on the creation of a World Marathon Championships, the Paris Marathon, the Doha Diamond League being rescheduled, a look back at the Race Walking Team Championships - and commentary on Josh Kerr's 3000m win at the World Indoor Championships, from Rich's 6-year-old... 📸 Erin Groll Ma...

Patrick Dever's part of a generational talent pool of British men's marathon runners - and he'll be lining up for his second go at the distance in London on 26 April. Since recording, Patrick's found out he'll be elevated to third place at the New York City Marathon in November - his debut over 26.2 miles - following Albert Korir's five-year doping ban. Training in the US, Patrick's gone under the radar slightly - but we spent time with him to find out more about his preparation, after swappin...

Hannah, Rich and Katie assemble for the first time in what feels like ages to look back at the past week in athletics. There's discussion about Jimmy Gressier's improved European 5k record, Nadia Battocletti just missing one in the 10k, there are marathon updates and a preview of Paris this weekend - plus we dive into some fast early season times from the sprinters, including Sha'Carri Richardson's victory in the unique Stawell Gift - and what novelty events we'd come up with. Maurten fuel pla...