Rising British star Innes Fitzgerald: 'I started running during lockdown'
Last year she broke Zola Budd's 40-year-old European junior 5,000m record, and now she is getting ready to shake things up at the Commonweal...
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The Way of the Runner - conversations on running with Adharanand Finn
Award-winning author Adharanand Finn talks to runners of every kind about the joy and experience of running. Adharanand is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (...
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20 of 52 episodesStephanie Case on running as an act of protest
Stephanie Case is an elite ultra runner and the founder of Free to Run, an organisation empowering women in places such as Afghanistan and I...
Megan Boxall on running 200 marathons around the coast of Great Britain
Megan Boxhall set off from Suffolk in October 2025 to run 200 marathons in 200 days around the coast of Great Britain. Around day 150, she s...
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....
'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...
'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...
'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...
'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"),...
'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...
'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...
'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...
'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...
'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...
'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...
'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...
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...
'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...
'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...
'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 ....
'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...