Sean and Cal speak with a Lake District based fellow runner who loves the hills and fells of Cumbria . Rupert Bonnington is also Director of Mountain Fuel Nutrition, the teams fuel of choice! Rupert talks about how he got into running and what its like to run in the fells. He explains about his current injuries. When speaking about Mountain Fuel, he talks about the products offered and the differences between them. With fuelling on the cards for marathons, Rupert talks about how he recommends fuelling. He talks about his father and how he inspired him keeping him active, but is mountaineering ..read more

Cal, Katie, Sean and Dave talk to a Saddleworth Runner who recently completed the Winter Spine Race in 6 days and 12 hours. Whilst raising £4000. With PBs of 5k 20:27, 10k 46:21, HM 1:41, M 3:47. Danielle talks first about how she got into running and how her brother had to make sacrifices for his 1st birthday. She talks about how she got to join Saddleworth Runners and how they helped her with fell running and how good they are as a club. Danielle then talks about the Spine, from hallucinations, to messages from home. The team talk about their training after 4 weeks of not recording and lots ..read more

Katie and the female Ambassadors met with Ali Lavender, Alice Willson, Katie Syrett, and Sophie Mellor to talk all things women and running. Ali talks about running while pregnant, Katie talks about her advice on helping females of all ages focusing specifically on pelvic health, Sophie explains the struggles post birth with breast feeding and running, and Alice talks about how having children has given her purpose to show them how strong and powerful mummy can be. This episode is in collaboration with Running Bear. Running Bear is an independent running specialist, with a passion to make a di ..read more

Dave, Hayley, Cal and Fraser speak with an athlete and coach. Nia placing 2nd in MACCL U17 Women in 2023 and 2024, Derbyshire 3,000m Track Champion, making her 10k road debut in Sept 2023, and getting 37:07 at Knutsford 10k becoming the 4th fastest u17 lady in the UK. Barry has been running for 20+ years with 22 marathons, 3 ironman Triathlons and is the head coach and chairman of Start2Jog Running Club. Nia talk about how she got into running and what progress she has made so far, as well as being as committed as possible. Nia also explains why she doesn't run with a watch. Barry talks about ..read more

Sean, Cal, Dave and Katie speak with a Chorlton Runner who has 610 Parkruns as well as 284 volunteering credits. With PBs of 17:57 for 5k, 37:26 for 10k, 83:43 for half and 3:31:09 for a marathon, Naz talks about all things Parkrun (including the new changes to records) and about how he loves parkrun so much. Naz also talks about how much he gives back to the community whether thats running, or at his local Mosque. Running through a small injury in his knee, Naz explains what exercise he does apart from running, and its a lot. The team talk about big announcements. Joining the ambassador team ..read more

Sean, Katie, Cal and Dave went to a lactate threshold test at Salford University. The team talk about what they expected and what actually happened, as well as how the data will help them in their training. Discussion point around RunBritain rankings and how they are measured with a great demo by Dave. Also with the usual race reviews and training from the team. Dave talk about his foot, Katie talks about getting the mileage in, Cal is tired already from marathon training and Sean is ready to kick his off after some great times in 5k, 10k and half ..read more

Sean, Cal, Katie and Dave catchup and review the year. Talking about all the guests, sponsors and event we have had this year. It’s been amazing seeing kit and meeting runners. We have some listeners join us for a beer and food before we recorded. With questions like what our favourite running achievement this year, best local talent, who to look out for in 2024, best lesson learnt and even whats our go to christmas recovery food... Thank you to all our listeners. See you next year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ..read more

Dave, Katie, Cal and Sean speak with a Salford Harrier who is the highest performing senior British man at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. Joe is currently 3rd in the current world ranking in mountain running. He speaks about how he got into running, who helped him along the way, and how much he still loves running. Joe also tries to explains about his Casio watch, if he is on strava or not, and how many miles he does in a week. He talks about his battles with Dave and other names on memory lane, and how it felt to take a big win. The team talk about whats been happening in ..read more

Dave, Cal and Katie speak with a Stockport Harrier. Sally has PBs of 16:42 for 5k, 34:14 for 10k, 74:14 for half, and 2:37:48 for the marathon. Sally talks about her time in Berlin for the Marathon and the build up to it including key sessions. She also discusses proud PBs, her go to shoes for race day, and her go to recovery food. Sally also discusses her plan to create a run club for women. The team talk about end of year Christmas episode and how Movember is going for the boys of the team, some say its only visible in certain lights apart from Daves. Sean is away in the lakes after Conwy ha ..read more

Sean, Cal, Katie and Dave speak with two Chorlton Runners. Rachel Burgon has PBs of 19:33 for 5k, 41:11 for 10k, 1:28 for half, and 3:09 for the marathon. Russel Astle-Coates has PBs of 16:42 for 5k, 35:03 for 10k, 75:39 for half, and 2:53:55 for marathon. Rachel & Russel talk about how their started running and what diets they both follow. They both also talk about shoes (obviously) and we find out who has the most pairs. Rachel talks about her marathon experiences, how her work can help with her running, and her strength work. Russel gets an fanboy letter from Michael Harris, his concern ..read more