Running Industry Podcast #25 - Season 2 Review

So, as we hit Episode #25 of the Running Industry Podcast, Season 2 comes to an end - and what a season it has been! 

As we rounded into 2021 and our second season of the podcast the foundations had been set with our brilliant guests in Season 1 who showed faith in me as the presenter and the Running Industry Podcast as a concept and gave up their time to let me illuminate their stories and brands, in the wonderful world of running.

Season 2 has also seen a fair few changes, a new identity, some format changes with the Weekly News *(which by the way will continue amidst out little hiatus of special guests between season 2 and 3!) and the new ‘Brand Spotlight’ episodes.

So, as the guests for Season 3 are lined-up I’d like to take a few minutes to once again thank the Season 2 guests and highlight a few of the episodes so that you can revisit the our back catalogue of stories, interviews and brand focuses.

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Season 2 kicked off in January with Raccoon Events CEO Mike Seaman. Mike heads up the team who organises The National Running Show
IG @mikeseaman2709
Follow The National Running Show via
IG + Fb @nationalrunningshow
www.nationalrunningshow.com

Episode 12 saw us interview Jason Henderson the long-time editor of one of the most historic sporting magazines in the world, Athletics Weekly
Tw @Jason_AW
Follow Athletics Weekly via
IG @athletics.weekly
www.athleticsweekly.com 

One of our most popular episodes of 2021 came from former GB marathoner and now ASICS Frontrunner Manager in the UK, Holly Rush
Follow Holly via
IG @rushtbynature
www.rushbynature.com

The Brand Spotlight episodes have been a really great addition this season and ones that a tech and product geek like myself really enjoyed doing. The most recent one with Pete Cable from SCOTT Sports and I was so impressed with Pete’s inside-out knowledge of the manufacturing process of the SCOTT footwear
IG @pjcable
Follow SCOTT via
IG @scottrunning
www.scott-sports.com 

In episode 17 – and the first event Brand Spotlight show - I spoke to UK marketing manager for big US run brand Saucony, Gareth Lloyd
IG @runlondon
Follow Saucony via
IG @saucony + @sauconyuk
www.saucony.com

Rupert Bonington from nutrition brand Mountain Fuel and Steve Vernon from New Balance were both contrasting yet similar in their lazer-like focus on achieving their goals – one as a brand owner and manufacturer and one as a coach. 

I loved the way that Rupert took us on a journey of how his dislike for what was out there in the market place forced him to ‘disrupt’ and invent the famous Mountain Fuel Jelly ‘gels’
FB @rupert.bonington
Follow Mountain Fuel via
IG @mountainfuel_uk
www.mountainfuel.co.uk

And you definitely need to check out Episode 21 with Steve Vernon where he inspires us with his athlet