Martin returns to the show to talk about completing the 270km (168mile) Pennine Bridleway Challenge! A really awesome new ultra event organised by Ranger Ultras. Really great to have Martin back on after hearing about his Paris by night ultra we have been in contact when he attempted the Dragon's Back Race in 2021 and now he needed a tough challeng…

Welcome back Howard Dracup. For many people when they see Howard's name in 3rd place on the new 160 mile race, The Spine Challenger North, they won't be surprised. Howard is a proven ultra runner with a strong track record. However, it has not been easy over the last couple of years. Howard talks very openly about his struggled with fatigue and sle…

Lovely down to earth chat with second place lady Elaine Bisson. The Spine Race is a gruelling 268 mile race through hills and mountains. Terrain varies from rocks, to bogs, to streams, to flagstones and even a little bit of road! A superb performance from Elaine earned her 2nd place finish! Some wonderful ideas and advice from one of the few compet…

Dougie Zinis followed on from an incredible 2021 with 2nd place at the Winter Spine Race in January 2022! Dougie shares his story and tips in his usual very understated way. Dougie won the 2020 Spine Challenger, 5th Place at the 2021 Lakeland 100 and has run the fastest ever double Bob Graham Round!Autor: Running Your Stories

I had only been running regularly for about 5 months when The Spine Race grabbed my attention and captivated me. 5 years later I finally got to reach the finish line and collect my medal. This is my story. I decided to tell it, to get it out before I chat with others about their race so I don't try to steal their limelight. Hopefully some useful ad…

The 26 Lake, Meres and Waters is a less known route in the Lake District. Andy recently became only the 18th recorded completion and the 2nd fastest run of all time! Andy chats about the planning, training and preparation, the amazing crew of supporters and generally what it takes to complete such an epic run! Great chat and great introduction to a…

Anna Troup AKA #SuperTrouper returns to the show to chat about breaking the record for the fastest lady to run the Pennine Way #penninewayfkt which was a follow on from breaking the ladies course record at the Summer Spine #summerspine and winning the Lakeland100 all in less than 3 months! Lovely as always to chat with Anna, we talk about the adven…

Becky Howard joins Kev to chat about her amazing story, going from a badly broken leg to running a Bob Graham Round in 2 years! Always inspirational to hear from someone who loves the outdoors, hills and mountains as much as Becky does.Autor: Running Your Stories

Gav gives a very honest, over sharing, insight into his brilliant 5th place at the Summer Spine Challenger a 110 mile race up the Pennine Way national trail from Edale to Hardraw!Autor: Running Your Stories

Great chat with Carly about her running story and running philosophy. Carly shares her amazing journey from an illness that made 400 metres of walking extremely difficult to now being a very happy and capable runner. Carly has built this phase of her life around running as a running coach and nutrition coach. Such an uplifting person to chat with. …

Laura shares very openly and honestly about her experience of living with bulimia for 16 years! Laura is in a great place now thanks to help from First Steps https://firststepsed.co.uk/ a charity specialising in helping people to understand their eating disorders. Trail running has been one of the pieces to the puzzle of being in a happier place. L…

Calderfornia with Alison Walker! Alison is a remarkable, talented runner who you will hear on this podcast is also very modest. You could easily listen thinking that Alison is an average mid pack runner but she holds the Malaysian women's 100km record, recently completed the 300km "Smog Graham Round" and has finished in the top 3 of a number of 100…

It is such a pleasure to chat with another amazing lady who is so modest about her ability and capability. I always love catching up with Steph and am excited to share this chat with you about the challenge that Steph, Jill and Helen are planning in order to raise money for Cave Rescue Organisation and Mind the mental health charity! Steph is the c…

Friend of the show elite runner Howard Dracup joins Kev to chat about Solo Unsupported running, in particular long winter solo unsupported challenges. Both speaking from experience share what went well and what lessons were learned along the way. With no races going on in the UK due to Covid and support being difficult due to lockdown solo unsuppor…

Mental health is becoming an even bigger issue during the Covid crisis. In particular men's mental health. Andy's Man Club is a UK charity that creates space for men to talk #itsokaytotalk https://andysmanclub.co.uk/ Sinead and Gav are taking on the challenge of running 30 miles a day on hilly trails for 7 consecutive days in order to raise money a…

Maria Harron joins me (Kev) to chat about her Virtual London Marathon and mental health. Maria chose to fund raise for Andy's Man Club a men's mental health charity in memory of a friend, Mike, who took his own life earlier this year. There have been a lot of great VLM stories going around, great achievements, this is a local story that caught my a…

Episode 42 is all about the Hardmoors 60! Guest host Sinead Battarbee steps in to chat with Mark Thistlethwaite and Kev Robinson about how they got on running in the HM60. We chat about the race and the changes made to allow it to go ahead during these extraordinary times of COVID pandemic. Staggered starts, outdoor checkpoints and not knowing what…

With the UTS (Ultra Tour Snowdonia) cancelled Howard needed something to fill the void. "What about the Steve Parr Round?" asked Paul Willson. Just 5 days later Howard set off to not only complete the round but to break a record that has stood since 1984! The Steve Parr Round is 61 Lakeland Summits, about 116 miles, about 42,550 feet of ascent! How…

From July 2019 Jacob had to stop running due to "Gilmore's Groin", a debilitating injury that left him unable to walk for more than 15 minutes. Following surgery on 18th December 2019 Jacob has been focussed on training and getting back to his best. By August 2020 Jacob not only completed the gruelling Hardmoors 110, a 110 mile trail race. But he w…

Sabrina Verjee - What an amazing athlete and example being set in our sport. Sabrina set out to try to set a new record for ascending "All of the Wainwrights". There are 214 mountain peaks in the Lake District in the UK that Alfred WainWright wrote about in his 7 volume book. A few people have run them all, the route covers 318miles and over 4 time…

Welcome back Kim Kennedy! With no races on Kim took on a Fastest Known Time (FKT) project. Kev joined in at the last minute and together we ran a mixed team fastest known time on the Mary Towneley loop. Check out https://fastestknowntime.com/route/mary-towneley-loop-united-kingdom for more detail. Previous recorded time was 11hrs39 minutes for unsu…

We welcome Gwynn Stokes to Running Your Stories to catch up about his recent Weardale Way Fastest Known Time and his running in general. The Weardale Way, 78 miles, and over 4000 ft of vertical gain completed in the time of 16h:45m:13s. We also chat about Gwynn's past events such as The Montane Spine Race, The Lakeland 100, Dragon's Back, Cape Wrat…

Great chat with Joe.Athletic AKA Joe Sweeney talking about how he's thriving in lockdown by challenging himself to run a sub 40 minute 10km! We include some chat about Joe's native New Zealand and his home when he can get back, Paris! Joe has a great attitude and I really enjoyed this inspirational chat, I'm even considering trying a fast flat 10km…

Guest John Lambe chats with Kev about adapting training during the Corona Virus lockdown in the UK. The chat goes on to talk about the need for support, tolerance and understanding for everyone in our communities. John is influential in the local running scene having set up a group to introduce people to trail running. John promotes social activiti…

To say that Anna Troup has had an amazing 12 months of running would be a massive understatement. In Episode 34 we chat about Anna's amazing last 12 months: "The Oner" 83 mile Ultra, 1st lady, 4th overall; Wendover Woods 100, 1st Lady, 2nd overall; Lakeland 100, 1st lady; Exodus (105 miles in the Brecon Beacons), 1st lady 2nd overall; Arc of Attrit…

After 3 years of working towards it, in January 2020 I (Kev) attempted The Montane Spine Race! 268 miles of tough trails, with a heavy pack in brutal mid winter conditions! Dropping out after 120 miles sets a new furthest distance covered but was obviously not the desired outcome. So many lesson's learnt and the best of all how great the trail / ul…

Richard Staite. Calm, understated, calculating. Richard currently runs ultras such as TDS, cycles (whole tour de France route), and competes in Iron Man races. That is just the tip of the iceberg! Richard describes how he loves the process of learning a sport, developing himself and others around him. A method, drive and love that has led Richard o…

The tables have turned! In this episode Milly Troup asks the questions as she interviews Kev about his recent 4th male, 5th overall finish at the Hardwolds 80, an 80 mile trail race in Yorkshire! Milly goes on to ask about Kev's training and looks forward to Kev taking on the epic 268 miles of the Montane Spine Race in January! If you'd like to kno…

Milly Troup, at 16 years old has just completed the Javelina Jundred 100 mile race. We catch up with Milly a few weeks after the race to reflect on her life changing experience. Milly's maturity can perhaps be summed up big highlighting that not once in the interview does she talk about winning the trophy for being the youngest finisher. Milly has …

Anne Marie Lord is an accomplished ultra runner who recently completed a treble of runs across England, Scotland and Wales. Each of those nearing 200 miles! Anne Marie is well known in her local running community for supporting other runners, encouraging all runners, especially women to progress. Anne Marie has an infectious enthusiasm for "being o…

Huge thanks to Shelli for chatting about this sensitive subject. This episode talks about some of the difficulties of mental health, "it's OK not to be OK". The episode had been planned for some time but we discussed whether to postpone in light of another tragedy in the running community. However we feel that it is very important not to delay talk…

Emma started out not wanting to run at all. Deciding that she'd be try something for a bit of fitness and then decided to realise her dream of running a marathon! We share Emma's story of the ups and downs through the first marathon, on to a few more and then the leap to "The Wall!" A 69mile Ultra! Juggling with a busy life, 3 kids, full time work,…

Anna Troup is a fantastic British ultra runner part way through an amazing 2019, 2nd at Arc of Attrition, 1st at Wendover Woods 100 and 1st at Lakeland 100 only 2 weeks later! Currently preparing for TDS and the big project in October. In October Anna will be running with her two inspirational daughters Milly and Bella in the Javelina Jundred! When…

Kev is joined by ultra runner James Penson to discuss training ahead of Kev's Lakeland100 attempt. After months of training, mind, body and nutrition we're keen to share the theory that Kev has been working to before the event that will put it to the test. The Lakeland 100 is 100 miles through the English Lake District mountains. 7,000 metres or 23…

Sinead Battarbee was looking for a sense of community and so 5 years ago founded Marsden Racers UK. This is the first in a series of podcasts exploring some of the running clubs that we all love. Marsden Racers started as an idea and has grown into an inclusive running community in Marsden, West Yorkshire, UK. In this conversation we chat about how…

Laura Williams is an "ultra librarian"! University librarian by day trail runner by night! And Ultra runner on the weekend. Laura is an inspiration to so many people with her wonderful attitude of always taking the next step. Her Laura's story from a few miles, into 10km, half marathon, road marathon and then discovering trails and the wonderful ou…

Multi Day events are very different from running a long way all in one go. Recently Abbie has completed over 100miles on the Cotswold Way as a 4 day challenge and Kev has completed the Wainright level of the Silva Great Lakeland 3 Day Event (GL3D). This is a chat about those events, sharing details and experiences, maybe you will be inspired to try…

Wouter Huitzing is an ultra runner with some pedigree. Winning the Montane Spine Challenger in 2018 with a new course record and 2nd in 2019! Starting on Easter weekend Wouter set out to run 498km to set a fastest known time to complete the Pieterpad trail in his native Netherlands! Wouter is perhaps still better known in adventure racing but has f…

Running Your Stories welcomes Gavin Dodd. We catch up with Gav after a great performance in the Manchester Marathon. We chat about his intelligent training which is resulting in personal best results at all distances up to marathon. We talk about his training program, running slow to run fast, motivation and why speed over distance. Enjoyable as al…

Running Your Stories is delighted to share Mark Baines' story of his running and how he has progressed from being told he might never run again after an accident to completing a number of Ultra Marathons. We catch up with Mark as he is progressing towards his first 100mile Ultra!Autor: Running Your Stories

Lisa is a friend of the show and inspirational middle of the pack to back of the pack ultra runner. Since sharing her epic story on episode 4 Lisa completed her 50th Marathon / Ultra on her 50th birthday! What can you do after that? Lisa took on the 268 mile Montane Spine Race, an unsupported ultra in the middle of winter! Kev chats with Lisa about…

Welcome Martin Slack to Running Your Stories! Martin is an experienced marathon runner who switched to ultras. His latest achievement has been completing the Paris by Night ultra which is quite a different format to most. We discuss different formats of race, Martin's history, training methods and volunteering.…

Welcome Abbie Dagg to Running Your Stories. Abbie is a podiatrist and runner. Abbie loves running of all kinds, roads, trails, cross country, fell running. 5km, 10km, Half Marathon, Ultra Marathon. Recently something has “clicked” for Abbie and her times are falling, confidence is growing and enjoyment is at an all time high. We discuss Abbie’s sto…

Running Your Stories welcomes Kim Kennedy. Kim has had a phenomenal 2018 not only completing her first 100mile Ultra Marathon but placing 2nd as well! Through other great achievements and on to finishing first lady at Dusk Till Dawn, Ladybower 50 and White Rose 100. Kim is an excellent Ultra Runner with an interesting story. Kim started running to …

Running Your Stories welcomes Rachel Ross Russell. Rachel's story starts at school, goes through tough army years and then into motherhood where Rachel became a force to be reckoned with on the road. Disaster strikes in the form of injury that stopped Rachel running altogether. Now re-invented as a trail runner with a totally different outlook Rach…

Running Your Stories welcomes Rachel Ann Cullen. Rachel is the author of "Running for my life" which tells Rachel's story of a lifelong battle with mental health issues. Finding running changed Rachel's life forever. This chat introduces the book, catches up on Rachel's story since and delves into some of the lessor talked about topics in life and …

Running Your Stories welcomes Sally Watts. An inspirational story of not just couch to half marathon but overcoming shoulder surgery and managing a long term knee issue. Sally has found the belief and determination to keep running through injuries that would have stopped most people. Sally has such an infectious positive attitude we're sure that yo…

Running Your Stories presents an episode with our usual host Kev. Kev gives and update on the lessons learned from early this year and how they have been put into practice. The story follows a recap of lessons. Then focuses on the Hardmoors 60 race. A 63 mile trail Ultra down the East coast of the UK. The story covers training, nutrition, the race …

Running Your Stories presents the story of Carl Howells. A runner with a great philosophy of "running makes you happy", "run for enjoyment". This attitude has taken Carl a long way, including setting course records, winning ultra events and representing Great Britian at Spartathlon, one of the toughest races in the world. Carl shares some great ins…

Running Your Stories Episode 9 features Amjid Khan who has recently put in 12 hours of running at "Hell On The Humber"! Listen to Amjid's story of his running including his Ultra in the desert in Jordan! Ultra Running can often be a mental game, it takes things to another level to run back and forth across the Humber bridge for 12 hours! You can re…