Nine questions for Molly Caudery 

Stuart Weir loves to do interviews. He spoke with Molly Caudery, the World Indoor Champion in the pole vault in 2024. Molly Caudery won in Doha, but had a small issue in Rabat and withdrew just prior to the competition. We wish Molly a speedy recovery. We thank Stuart Weir for his amazing interviews. 

Nine questions for Molly Caudery 

RunBlogRun #1, Is it still a challenge to get your poles from A to B?

Molly Caudery: Yeah, only in the last year have I had that luxury to be able to have different poles in different parts of the world. I’ve got a set in the UK and a set in America and a spare set in the UK in case anything ever goes wrong. But nothing in China! So for World Indoors, I did have to travel with my poles, which is always difficult. We managed to get confirmation from Air China that I could fly with them to Nanjing via Beijing. So it wasn’t too bad. It was very smooth actually because we know how it works and poles are always difficult to get around the world. I know other people had to take 30 hour flights to make sure that they could get here with three or four different airport stops. So yeah, it’s a huge challenge as a pole vaulter but one that we’re used to. So you just kind of have to adapt to that and be diligent with planning.

RunBlogRun, #2, Talk a little bit about Scott Simpson, what does Scott give you and how does the relationship work?

Molly Caudery: Scott is, in my opinion, the best PV coach in the world. He’s amazing. He takes all the stress off of me when it comes to stuff like travelling with poles and programming for the year.  I have such a great relationship with Scott,  like I put my full trust in him in a competition. If he says to do something like ‘move up a pole’ or ‘change my grip’ or ‘move my run-up’, there’s no questions asked. I just do it. I think that’s very important. He’s great at listening, so if I say I’m tired in a training session, he’ll  adapt the session straight away just like that. We’ve got a really good relationship where he listens to me and I listen to him and  it just works great. He’s had so much experience, so technically he knows exactly what I need and what to work on, and that’s  been amazing.