Got a great episode in store for you today with former guest Matt Yates. 
Matt is Olympian, Commonwealth Games Medallist, Sub-4 minute miler, The Run Yard founder Matt Yates. 
A few weeks back I put out a call for your questions and Matt gamely sat down with zero prep and took them on.
In this conversation, we cover speed, nerves, technology, ultras and so many other things that can all contribute to your performance.
This leads me nicely to our ongoing search for our performance of the month in partnership with SOAR running.
This spring SOAR are giving you – and a running partner - the chance to win a Marathon System each. That's a pair of their marathon shorts with integrated storage for up to 6 in-race gels, plus an ultra-lightweight Race Vets 4.0.
For your chance to win they want to hear about a performance by a training partner, or friend of yours, which has inspired you recently. It’s not just about smashing a PB or breaking the tape though. Performance can – and does – mean different things to different folk. So we want to hear about a performance that has inspired you, stood out to you, or overcome adversity. It doesn’t need to be race-related either, it can be training progress, a huge personal feat, returning from injury or embracing a new running challenge. We just want to hear why it’s inspired you, and is a worthy winner, in no more than 250 words!
To submit your nominee – and be in with a chance to win – simply email your tale to alex.i@soarrunning.com with ‘Performance Of The Month’ in the subject line.
Nominations must be in by Monday 11th April.
Plus there is still time to grab 15% off with the code bigrun15 at soarrunning.com when you punch that code in at checkout. 
Got that? Good. Now I’ll hand it over to Matt, enjoy the conversation and thanks for joining us for The Big Run

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