Cal, Katie, Dave and Sean speak with a local legend! Tony Hillier is a Stockport Harrier, and a man who has been running and coaching for many years. With PBs 18:34 5k, 37:16 10k, 1:18:50 half, and 2:52:46 for the marathon. If there is a local race, he is there! Tony talks about how he started running, then tackling marathons. He reminises about the "old" days were its was no gps, chip timing, and you just had to accept the time given. Tony talks about coaching and starting HRC which has seem some great runner emerge from the community. He discusses age categories for men and women as well as how long he thinks he can keep running for.

The team talk about local races and there have been a few. Some BIG news coming in this episode too with a local race on the calendar. Sean has a bigger smile on his face with Berlin Marathon training in full swing, Dave races 3 times in a short period, Cal is doing more strength work and getting ready for holiday, and Katie isnt ready for a road race but is ready for 3 races in 5 days.

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Sean, Gav, Cal and Dave speak with Hayley Simpson and Mark Bousie for a review of The Tour 2024 and how it went for them. Along with the chat, the Katie and Emma spoke with runners over the 4 days bringing the interviews back for 2024.

The team talk about their training in the last few weeks. Cal talks of Podiums eye balls out, Dave had a good run out at Hyde 7 and Sean ate his body weight in fish, chips and burgers on holiday in the lakes.

This episode of LRP is in collaboration with Quest Events , organisers of The Tour! Quest Events are proud organisers of this years iconic tour and committed to making it even bigger and better than before! Look out for Quest Events as one of the race organisers of local running events going forward!