Episode 46: Running for Fun or Running for Goals? Time Trials or Races? - Plus The Tour of Merseyside

This week the Two Men on the run catch up on their running, give us the lowdown on their race against each other from a couple of weeks back, and discuss the balance of running for fun and running to achieve a fast time or win a race, and can you actually run for both hmm?

Are time trials better than races?

Plus Matt breaks down this year's Tour of Merseyside results which saw an exciting battle at the front end. Plus Matt tries to convince Jon-Jo to enter next year's Tour alongside him.

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About the Podcast

Two Men On The Run

Talking all things running and athletics from two runners

Two Men On The Run - Training partners Matt Crehan and Jon-Jo Doherty discuss all things running, from training and diet to historic races and legends of the sport. The show will feature a special gust interview every 6 weeks, while the rest of the episodes will feature discussion from the duo on the latest running and athletic news, running related issues close to their hearts and quite a lot of the time absolute nonsense.

Matt is owner of Made to Run an independent specialist running store which you can check out here https://madetorun.co.uk/

Jon-Jo is not only a runner but a music maestro and you can check out his and his groups music here at Jon-Jo and friends - https://www.facebook.com/Jon-Jo-Friends-1153442728138942/

About your hosts

Matt Crehan

Matt Crehan is an avid runner, owner of Made to Run - St. Helens Specialist Running Store and one of the 'Two Men on the Run' Podcast Team alongside his co-host Jon-Jo Doherty.

Matt primarily races over 5k, though has plans to move up towards the marathon shortly, and see if he can do what his mother did and qualify for the Olympic Games, as she did back in 1988.

A couple highlights from Matt's running carer so far:
5k PB of 14:22
Half Marathon PB of 1:05.31
Winner of the 2019 Tour of Merseyside (6 races across 7 days total of 52 miles)
2019 Northern 5000m Track Champion
Winner of the St. Helens 10k, 2018, 2019, 2020.

Jon-Jo Doherty

I’m a Liverpool Harrier and Coached by Club Coach Tony Clarke. I’m also a member of Finn Valley in County Donegal, and with the assistance of former Irish Olympic team Captain Patsy McGonagle, I’ll be aiming to represent Ireland.

My recent successes include the 50th Parbold Hill Race, and the Harrock Hill series. I’ve represented Merseyside and Donegal at County level.

I look forward to post Covid, and the opportunities of faster times, and increased performance.