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Eilidh Doyle

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Running, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jenni is joined by Scotland’s most decorated track and field athlete of all time. Yes, it’s Eilidh Doyle. She’s seen the podium at European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic levels, and not only dominates in 400m, but 400m hurdles too. Eilidh is one of the few thanking lockdown for an extra year in preparation for the Olympics after giving birth a year ago. In this episode of RunPod, Eilidh and Jenni chat about how pregnancy and birth affected her running and training afterwards, her hopes to add the the medal collection in Tokyo, the very impressive just 3 second addition to her 400m time that hurdles adds, plus a ton of helpful tips for hill running and new runners alike. A fantastic listen with another incredible athlete who we’ll all be cheering on in 2021.

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0:00.0

This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands.

0:09.1

Hello there, welcome to RunPod, where runners unite, all of them, all levels, fast, so, plodders, sprinters, gazelles, thumpers, bouncers, zigzagers, professionals, amateurs, newbies, long-term

0:21.9

runners, wannabes. I mean, I could go on, but you get the message. All runners are welcome,

0:26.1

all abilities. I'm Jenny Falconer. I'd say I'm an enthusiastic runner. Somebody's better than

0:31.3

others, but the enthusiasm's always there. Today on Runford, I am joined by someone who is,

0:37.0

well, I'd say Gazelle-like, super speedy

0:39.7

and a true pro. She is Scotland's most decorated track and field athlete of all time. She's

0:45.5

had success at Olympic Commonwealth, World and European levels. Her speciality is 400 metres and

0:52.7

400 metre hurdles. She is the wonderful Ailey Doyle. Hello there.

0:57.5

Hi there. How are you? I'm good. Thank you. I'm good. Thank you for having me on the show. I'm looking

1:01.6

forward to this. Do you know the last time I think I saw you was when you were Ailey Child? Yes. It would have been back in

1:07.4

2014 I think when we did the baton really for the Commonwealth Games.

1:11.9

So, yeah, which feels like ages, ages ago.

1:15.7

I know, it was such a long time ago. It was so funny. So Ailey and I were welcoming the baton

1:21.0

into Scotland with Daly Thompson. So weird thinking back. Do you remember we played Daly

1:26.8

Thompson's decathlon with Daly Thompson?

1:29.5

Do you know, I've got a photograph of that.

1:31.0

I took a photo at the time, and it just seems so surreal that you're sitting there playing his decathlon game,

1:36.7

and he's actually showing you how he's playing it as well.

1:39.3

It was one of those, I need to just stop and just take this moment in,

1:43.0

because this is never going to happen again.

1:44.6

I know. It was really, really cool. What an exciting time. That year was massive for you. Oh, my goodness.

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