The Final Split

A tribute to Ciara Mageean

A tribute to Ciara Mageean, a formidable athlete and great human being. Our thoughts and prayers with Ciara's family circle, Tom and close friends.

Episode 5: St Malachy's College Belfast (Penn Relays Hall of Fame)

One of the great stories of Irish Schools Athletics. Four years. Five US victories. And a Belfast school that keeps producing world class runners. Between 1997 (link to

Show 2: Featuring Emmett Dunleavy

Conor, Mark and Gerard are back with Show 2 of The Final Split, featuring guest Emmett Dunleavy and usual features including Training Talk, Parkrun Podiums, Social Media

Bonus Episode 4: Elizabeth Egan from trackathletes.ie

The cross-country season is underway, and there's plenty happening on both sides of the Atlantic. In this bonus episode, Conor is joined by Elizabeth Egan, co-founder of

Episode 3: John Creane aka Time on Feet (Interview)

John Creane: London Irish AC, Arthur Lydiard & Time on Feet In this episode of The Final Split, I sit down with former Irish international runner and coach John Creane t

Episode 2: Fintan Reilly (Interview)

Episode 2: Fintan Reilly In this interview, Conor sits down with one of the best-known figures in Irish athletics, Fintan Reilly. Fintan has seen the sport from almost

Episode 1: Callum Morgan and Eimear Maher (Interview)

Callum Morgan & Eimear Maher: From Font-Romeu In this interview, we head to the French Pyrenees and the altitude training base of Font-Romeu to catch up with two of Irel

Show 1: Conor, Mark and Gerard

Episode 1 of The Final Split Conor Curran, Mark Malone, and Gerard Heaney reunite for the first show to talk training, Irish running news, and the week’s biggest talking

The Final Split: Official Trailer

Ahead of our launch on Monday 5th October, we've stitched together a few bits 'n' pieces from our conversations over the last few weeks - and to test out the podcast shar