Danny Coyle: Abbott World Marathon Majors COO

About this episode

Danny Coyle discusses his role as COO of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and shares insights on his career in sports journalism and trail racing.

Danny Coyle joins Ben Kelleher , in our London studio, to discuss his role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and shares exclusive insight on what to expect for the future of the series. As well as this, they get into how Danny started off his career in sports journalism, his role as Director of Urban Mud Events: who produce London’s only 24-hour trail race - the Spitfire Scramble , plus, how he's always down for lacing up his own running shoes too… #RFTB is a BKDMC production, supported by Runna & Podcast Room . You get can 2 weeks free world-class coaching from Runna using the code: BKDMC . Recorded in London, England. New episodes drop on the first Thursday of every month at 5PM , wherever you get your podcasts. Enjoyed the show? Hit follow and you’ll be notified every time a new episode drops! We’d love to hear from you, be sure to drop us a message or leave a review. Listen & watch on the run, on the bus, or whilst you're running for it! For more information on Ben Kelleher's Deliriously Mad Challenges , as well as becoming a Deliriously Mad Challenger , our Rookie Runner's training plan , the TREAD playlist + much more, head here…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Kelleher

Guest: Danny Coyle

Topics covered

• marathon
• sports journalism
• running events
• career insights
• trail racing
• self improvement

Keywords

• Danny Coyle
• Abbott World Marathon Majors
• sports journalism
• Spitfire Scramble
• running
• trail race
• Runna
• Ben Kelleher

Sponsors

Runna

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abbott World Marathon Majors, Urban Mud Events, Podcast Room

Places: London

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