The Big Run

This summer… get ready to meet a different kind of track meet.  Where the world's fastest athletes meet a festival atmosphere.  The big run is proud to be partnering with On to bring you a series of preview podcasts around their global track night series.      This week we'll be building the excitement for ⁠Track Fest⁠ with episodes dropping each morning with key figures on and off the tra...

This summer… get ready to meet a different kind of track meet.  Where the world's fastest athletes meet a festival atmosphere.  The big run is proud to be partnering with On to bring you a series of preview podcasts around their global track night series.      This week we'll be building the excitement for Track Fest with episodes dropping each morning with key figures on and off the track...

This summer… get ready to meet a different kind of track meet.  Where the world's fastest athletes meet a festival atmosphere.  This is athletics for the entire running community.  The big run is proud to be partnering with On to bring you a series of preview podcasts around their global track night series.      From LA to London, Paris to Vienna we’ll be chatting to key figures on and off the...

This podcast is a celebration of all those people who line the streets of the London Marathon and was recorded entirely on location at last year's event in October 2022. For this episode of TBR, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the full appreciation of London on this special day for running. Myself and Tilly (former guest and legend) met early at Blackheath,  The aim was to traverse...

Hello and welcome back to the big run.  Today's guest is Robbie Balenger. A man not adverse to extreme challenges, his list of multi-stage ultra efforts reads long.  There are iconic races and unusual challenges such as loops around central park and outlasting a Tesla. Most recently a solo Speed Project effort saw him come in second in that iconic event. Still, he’s kept the momentum up and switch...

Hello and welcome back to TBR, today's guest is Damian Hall. Damian is a record-breaking ultramarathoner runner and author. He represented GB aged 40 and continues to record competitive results in the world's toughest races.  This conversation was recorded not long after he took the win at the spine race, which is certainly up there when it comes to tough. It traces the Pennine way and this year r...

Evening, trying something a little new on the pod for this mid-week entry… Shoe Reviews …. "in podcast format?" Well, let's try shall we?  I’ll keep it short, so you can understand whether this shoe might work for you. Offer my thoughts from a first run, recovery and some faster work and leave the rest up to you… Thanks to Aspire PR for providing the sample for review: See below for some extract f...

Hello and welcome to The Big Run. It’s a crisp February evening at Paddington recreation ground in London. Im here to meet members of Hot Boys, an all women’s running collective who were linking up for their weekly session. Founded by Kimiko Ninomiya, the group meets every Wednesday for a track session to help them towards their running goals while connecting them with other Women who share the sa...

Good morning and welcome back to this special episode of The Big Run in collaboration with Salomon running. As The Speed Project draws near we reached out to an all-women's team taking part and asked them to nominate a key supporter A loved one, a friend, a guardian, a cheerleader, a confidant, a comrade -  someone has been witness to their preparation, a sounding board for concerns and listen...

As the speed project draws near, The Big Run will be celebrating its return with two special episodes to mark the ten-year anniversary of this unique event. For the uninitiated, TSP is a 340 mile relay race from LA to Vegas where the only rules are there are no rules. Teams compete to see who can make it the iconic, “welcome to Las vegas” sign in the fastest time possible. A few weeks ago I went t...

Welcome back to TBR.  As a cold snap pushes across the UK what better way to build fortitude and inspiration than a conversation with top trail runner Ricky Lightfoot.  Ricky joined me a few weeks back to share where he's at with running at the minute, reflect on some key races and share tips of cultivating a mindset to get out the door when it's the last thing you want to do. 

TAKEOVER  Welcome to this takeover episode hosted by Phily Bowden, Jip Vastenburg and Ciara Mageean from team New Balance Manchester. Last weekend I headed up north to hand over the mics to the athletes and asked them to take over the podcast.   On the menu was a long run followed by pancakes and conversation courtesy of Phily’s partner Daniel. In this conversation, the teammates talk about mindse...

Hello and welcome back to TBR today's episode is with the new holder of the British 1500m record Neil Gourley We recorded this conversation a few days before his run at Birmingham and it’s a great insight into his journey over the past few years. From his background and training, he why there is strength in saying your goals out loud, how setbacks have fortified him and why faith from those who ar...

Hello and welcome back to TBR  Roger Robinson is a New Zealand academic, essayist, editor, runner, sportswriter, and sports commentator. Roger has won several national and world masters titles, including age-group records in marathons. He is also emeritus professor of English from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He is married to celebrated Boston marathon runner Kathrine Switzer.  He...

Hello and welcome back to the big run today's guest is Rachel McArthur Rachel is an 800m, 1500m and mile runner who had an incredible run back in march of last year at the NCAA Div 1 indoor championships with a 4:33 for the mile. However injury has caused some setbacks and she has been building back safely and slowly ready to return and show what she is capable of. In this conversation, we track t...

Today's guest is adaptive athlete and On trail runner Zach Friedley.  Zach entered the world of trail relatively recently after going on a journey of self-discovery from the redwoods of California to an ashram in India. He is now a fully-fledged professional trail runner for On and is leading the way for inclusion and visibility for adaptive athletes by running his own trail events and setting up...

Hello and welcome back to TBR... Today we are joined by Allie Ostrander.  Allie Ostrander is a professional distance runner specialising in middle and long-distance events. She competed for Boise State University in college and has since gone on to compete internationally, including representing the US at the 2019 World Championships in the steeplechase. In this conversation, we track through her...

On Thursday (9th of Feb 2023)  TBR was invited down to a busy regent street for the opening of On runnings brand new store in London, The store is a hi-tech interactive space with incredible design…I spent some time with On athletes before heading out on the run from the Swiss Embassy back to the bricks and mortar. This episode features interviews with Chris Thompson, Aimee Pratt, Georgie Hartigan...

On today's episode, Im joined by author, journalist and podcaster Adharanand Finn.  Adharanand Finn is the author of Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2015) and The Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). He has travelled the globe documenting all facets of running culture and crafting them into compelling and award-winning books. A keen runner himself, Adharanand has absorbed and...

Hello and welcome back… Todays episode is with David Kilgore, ultra distance runner, lost boys track club member, US trail team athlete, head of Outdoor Athlete innovation for On, a red bull athlete -  the list goes on… And the list that David is currently working through is the 2023 World Marathon Challenge. A logistical and physical feat to run seven marathons on seven continents in seven days....

Hello and welcome back the mid-week entry to TBR. Firstly some house keeping… *elevator music* If you are enjoying TBR please do leave us a review on apple or Spotify, it helps the show, plus give our Instagram a follow, where our DMS are open for feedback, collaboration and ideas.  Ok, that's enough of that…. In today's episode…we don’t actually talk about running… but runners dont talk about run...

Welcome to a bitterly cold Victoria park for a second time this week where I am joined by runner, coach, six-star finisher and London Community manager for Tracksmith  Amritpal Ghatora.  We recommend listening with headphones for the full experience In this episode, recorded live in the park, Amrit and I took a stroll to chat about his running journey, his love for the sport, how it changed his li...

Welcome back to the big run. Since the Valencia marathon, I’ve been struggling with my running. a niggle has been hanging around in some shape or form. it derailed my race. The weeks after haven’t been the best, I've ignored and tried to run through it. Made it worse….textbook. Its’ topic is a familiar one for many of us - running injuries. Whether it's a nagging pain in your knee, a twinge in you...

Welcome back to The Big Run... Today, we are joined by, Sanjay Rawal.  Sanjay is an accomplished filmmaker, runner and proponent of meditation, spirituality and the teachings of Sri Chinmoy. In this conversation, we discuss how he discovered meditation, its benefits, and how it has helped him in his spiritual journey and his running.  We also share some tips on how to get started with meditation a...

Hello and welcome back to TBR and welcome to another mid-week dispatch, this time, hot of the press from Houston Texas with American distance runner Parker Stinson. Parker toed the line on Sunday and ran an insane race. There was some brilliant racing and he caught the pack by mile 15 and stayed competitive till 24 coming in 4th with a time of 2:12:11 seconds. This marks another impressive step in...