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49 episodes

Damian Hall on the secrets to becoming an ageless runner

Ultra runner, author and green campaigner Damian Hall is still competing as an elite athlete at the very top of his sport at the age of 50....

57:02Apr 1, 2026

'Nature is my higher power' - author questions with Allie Bailey

Allie Bailey is an ultrarunner, coach, speaker, podcaster and the author of There is No Wall . She has run in some of the most extreme place...

01:00:12Dec 9, 2025

'Exploring feels good, it feels meaningful' - author questions with Alex Hutchinson

Alex Hutchinson is an award-winning journalist who writes about the science of endurance, fitness and health. His books include the New York...

54:23Nov 6, 2025

'It was easy to write … I was waiting to tell this story' - author questions with Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell

Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell is the author of These Heavy Black Bones , a prize-winning memoir of her brief but stellar swimming career in which sh...

45:29Sep 23, 2025

'Most of my books, I start off with a plan, then tear it up' - author questions with Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith is the multi-award-winning author of books such as Feet in the Clouds , Running Free ("a runner's journey back to nature"),...

51:44Jul 15, 2025

'There is a lot of connection between running and dancing' - author questions with Michael Crawley

Michael Crawley is a runner, writer and social anthropologist based in Durham. He has been a runner for over 20 years, and ran a 2:20 marath...

53:30Apr 14, 2025

'Being accused of doping was the worst thing I've ever been through' - interview with former marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe is one of the true legends of running, a former marathon world record holder, multiple world champion over the marathon and...

01:06:14Mar 5, 2025

'Ultra running is a rest from writing' - author questions with Damian Hall

Damian Hall is an ultramarathon runner, coach, activist and author. He has represented Great Britain, won the Spine Race and finished fifth...

52:19Feb 7, 2025

'An Olympic medal sets you apart' - interview with Irish running legend John Treacy

Ireland's John Treacy won two world cross country titles and a silver medal in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Over breakfast...

43:24Nov 19, 2024

'For 65 days I was cruising, then it all went wrong' - Adharanand Finn looks back on his 1,400-mile run around Ireland

Author Adharanand Finn chats with the founder of the Sanctuary Runners, Graham Clifford , about the highs and lows of his 10-week run around...

55:13Oct 10, 2024

'For a woman to set a challenge like this is so powerful' - interview with ultra runner Sophie Power

Author Adharanand Finn chats with She Races founder and record-breaking ultra runner Sophie Power about how jam tortillas fuelled a Guinness...

01:05:57Jul 17, 2024

'I ran in the world champs, then gave it up to start a band' - interview with running punk Jimmy Watkins

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Running Punks founder and viral video sensation Jimmy Watkins about racing his idols in the final of the W...

01:08:09Jun 10, 2024

From zero to the Olympics in four years - interview with marathon runner Rose Harvey

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Rose Harvey , who has just been selected to run for Great Britain at the Paris Olympics, despite only taki...

01:05:31Apr 30, 2024

'It's a fantastic freedom' - interview with BBC newsreader and marathon runner Sophie Raworth

Author Adharanand Finn chats with BBC newsreader, Runner's World columnist and marathon runner Sophie Raworth about why she loves running, w...

01:18:59Mar 15, 2024

'You need to invest in your own health' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner and movement expert Paul Tierney

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Irish ultra runner, coach and form expert Paul Tierney about running extremely long races, once hallucinat...

01:26:07Feb 1, 2024

'I always try to get back to that flow feeling' - interview with all-conquering British trail runner Jon Albon

Author Adharanand Finn chats with world trail running champion, multiple world Skyrunning champion and obstacle racing superstar Jon Albon ....

01:01:13Dec 20, 2023

'Sometimes I just thank my body' - interview with new British marathon sensation Calli Thackery

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Calli Thackery after she ran the second-fastest marathon ever by a British woman, in her first ever marath...

01:09:50Nov 9, 2023

'The Kenyans are made of bones and flesh just like me' - interview with Italy's new marathon star Iliass Aouani

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Iliass Aouani, who recently broke the Italian marathon record, running 2:07 in only his third marathon. Th...

01:12:42Oct 6, 2023

Is ultra running bad for you? Interview with leading exercise scientist Nick Tiller

Author Adharanand Finn speaks to Nick Tiller, exercise scientist at Harbor-UCLA and author of The Skeptics Guide to Sports Science. They exa...

01:38:05Sep 5, 2023

'There's no limit to how far you can push yourself' - interview with Grayson Murphy, the World Mountain Running Champion

Author Adharanand Finn chats with the double World Mountain Running Champion Grayson Murphy about how she learned to trail run by playing fo...

01:09:06Jul 21, 2023

'I felt I had the key to infinite power' - tales from a six-day race in France, with Bob Hearn

Author Adharanand Finn shares stories from his recent six-day race around a 1km loop in France, including recordings he made during the race...

01:18:36Jun 8, 2023

'I did it ... and I had a horrible time' - tales from the Self-Transcendence 3100

Author Adharanand Finn talks to three finishers of the world's longest race: the Self-Transcendence 3100. Kobi Oren, William Sichel and Susa...

01:18:49Apr 11, 2023

'You can't go into an ultra marathon thinking it will be easy' - interview with Tom Evans

Author Adharanand Finn chats with ultra runner Tom Evans about recovering from injury, finishing third at the UTMB, and how he copes with th...

01:20:17Mar 20, 2023

'Maybe the final life stage of running is to get faster again' - interview with author Richard Askwith

Host Adharanand Finn chats to award-winning author and runner Richard Askwith about his new book The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-L...

01:29:35Jan 27, 2023

'I raced in a stadium in front of 112,000 people' - interview with five-time Olympian Jo Pavey

Author Adharanand Finn chats with five-time Olympian and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey about training for big races with two kids in to...

01:06:07Dec 16, 2022

'That tough part, that pain, is where success is' - interview with Eliud Kipchoge

Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, chats with the greatest marathon runner in history about his diet, why the East African...

01:02:14Oct 26, 2022

Talks from the Love Trails festival, and tales from the heart of the CCC

Recorded live from Chamonix in France a week after Adharanand ran the 100km CCC race, this episode also features talks recorded at the Love...

01:22:30Sep 13, 2022

Interview with fell running punk and author Boff Whalley

Author Adharanand Finn talks to punk rocker, fell runner and theatre performer Boff Whalley about tumbling down mountains, mass trespassing...

01:18:07Jun 16, 2022

'If Kipchoge puts down a break, hopefully I can stay with it' - interview with rising star Jake Smith

Author Adharanand Finn talks to young British half marathon sensation Jake Smith about accidentally running his first marathon, training in...

54:36Apr 7, 2022

'The whole of the sky, the whole of nature, had my back' - interview with ultra running legend Dan Lawson

Author Adharanand Finn talks to record-breaking ultra athlete Dan Lawson about running the length of the UK, designing running shoes from th...

01:16:07Feb 11, 2022

Interview with Zane Robertson

Author Adharanand Finn talks to Olympic athlete and 59-minute half marathon runner Zane Roberston about moving to Kenya age 17, beating the...

01:06:44Jan 6, 2022

'The Self-Transcendence 3100 is my dream race' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner Camille Herron

Adharanand Finn talks to multiple world-record breaking ultra runner Camille Herron, and also to Abichal Sherrington, one of the few British...

01:21:40Nov 19, 2021

How Robbie Britton helped me run 24 hours around a track

Host Adharanand Finn has some big news to share about his next book, which leads him to take on a 24-hour track race, with some help from to...

01:25:11Oct 10, 2021

'My husband died in my arms, so I ran around the world for him' - interview with Rosie Swale-Pope MBE

Rosie Swale-Pope MBE talks to Adharanand Finn about her many running adventures, including her record-breaking run around the entire world....

55:42Jul 15, 2021

Interview with Irish track legend Sonia O'Sullivan

Adharanand Finn talks to one of the greatest track runners of all-time, Sonia O'Sullivan, the winner of three world titles and an Olympic si...

01:17:55Jun 10, 2021

'When you run through two nights, you go to some weird places in your head' - interview with Damian Hall

Adharanand Finn talks FKTs, being an inspiring parent, the hero complex and writing books about running with one of the world's toughest ult...

01:41:38May 5, 2021

Interviews with comedian Eddie Izzard and Feldenkrais form expert Jae Gruenke

Adharanand Finn talks barefoot running, epic challenges and dung beetles with comedian Eddie Izzard, while Jae Gruenke teaches us how Felden...

01:33:51Mar 24, 2021

Kenya vs Ethiopia - interview with Out Of Thin Air author Michael Crawley

Michael Crawley is the author of the brilliant new book on Ethiopian running, Out of Thin Air. A 2:20 marathon runner and an anthropologist,...

01:30:17Feb 9, 2021

'If you push yourself into that pain cave, you realise you can keep going' - interview with Jasmin Paris

Jasmin Paris shot to global attention in January 2019 when she beat the first male finisher by almost 15 hours in the brutal 268-mile Spine...

01:16:35Dec 31, 2020

'I get a weird feeling of withdrawal if I go even a day without running' - interview with bestselling author Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson is the author of numerous bestselling books, and was played by Ewan McGregor in the film of his book The Men Who Stare At Goats....

29:00Oct 28, 2020

'I have this thought sometimes: I could go faster, I could hurt more. So then I try to hurt more' - interview with ultra runner Zach Miller

Zach Miller is one of the world's best and most exciting ultra runners with a string of impressive victories, but he is most loved for his a...

01:25:39Aug 7, 2020

'I never look at my watch. I just start it and that's it. Then you run in freedom' - interview with Abdi Nageeye (part two)

Part two of our conversation with 2:06 marathon runner Abdi Nageeye, in which he talks about the best piece of advice Eliud Kipchoge ever ga...

44:40May 31, 2020

'I escaped civil war in Somalia. Twice' - interview with Abdi Nageeye (part one)

Abdi Nageeye, born in Mogadishu in Somalia, not once, but twice escaped civil war to seek a new life in the Netherlands. He now lives & trai...

57:21May 30, 2020

'The appeal of ultra running? I crave those intense moments' - interview with Beth Pascall (part two)

Part two of our conversation with top ultra runner Beth Pascall, in which she talks about the joy of running hundreds of miles at a time, ho...

30:09Mar 11, 2020

'When I first heard about ultra running, I was excited by how crazy it sounded' - interview with Beth Pascall (part one)

Beth Pascall has finished in the top four in both of the world's most prestigious trail ultra marathons, the Western States 100 in the US, a...

31:54Mar 11, 2020

'I miss the adulation of being a champion' - interview with 4-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington (part two)

Part two of our conversation with four-time world Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington, in which she tells us about life after retirement, m...

30:40Feb 12, 2020

'In every Ironman I ever did I wanted to quit' - interview with 4-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington (part one)

A genuine legend in the world of endurance sport, Chrissie Wellington became Ironman world champion on her first attempt just eight months a...

39:23Feb 12, 2020

'I thought, if I miss this shot, I can go running' - interview with snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan

Not a lot of people know it, but snooker legend Ronnie 'the Rocket' O'Sullivan is a seriously fast runner. He tells Adharanand about the dif...

31:19Jan 12, 2020

Series lift-off

Adharanand introduces the all-new The Way of the Runner podcast series in a short chat with his producer Dave Clarke on a wet morning in sou...

12:31Jan 1, 2020