The Big Run

Got a great episode in store for you today with former guest Matt Yates.  Matt is Olympian, Commonwealth Games Medallist, Sub-4 minute miler, The Run Yard founder Matt Yates.  A few weeks back I put out a call for your questions and Matt gamely sat down with zero prep and took them on. In this conversation, we cover speed, nerves, technology, ultras and so many other things that can all contribute...

Hello and welcome back to The Big Run.  I hope you have a good weekend of running ahead.  Our search for Performance of the Month in partnership with SOAR running continues apace. We want to give two lucky people a brand new marathon system. Details of which can be found below.  Plus there's a tasty 15% off at SOAR until the end of the month with the code bigrun15. Today's guest is Lloyd Kempson....

Hello and welcome back to The Big Run... Todays guest is Ryan Willms Ryan is a Creative Director, podcast host, holistic life coach and magazine founder. He uses movement as a tool for self-exploration as well as performance. Originally from Canada but now based out in LA he works with hugely established brands to create rich and meaningful experiences. In this conversation, we touch on his early...

Welcome to the second monthly entry into The Big Run Journal.  This month's theme is legacy.  The legacy of a legendary event, the legacy you want to leave for your family and building the legacy of something brand new, from the ground up.  Kicking us off we have Emily Barber reading "Rupi & Liv" by Verity Ockenden, a poem Verity wrote after being inspired by the legacy of another artist's work. ...

Todays guest is Luke Caldwell.  Luke competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games achieving 13th place in the 5000m and 14th in the 10,000m. He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado and is a member of The Roots Running collective that boasts an impressive stable of Athletes alongside Luke.  The team there helped Luke achieve an impressive 2:11:30 marathon debut.  In this conversation, w...

Nick Tiller (MRes, Ph. D.) is a senior researcher in respiratory medicine & exercise physiology at Harbor-UCLA. He writes and speaks about exercise, health, pseudoscience, and critical thinking, and explores their intersection in his column for Skeptical Inquirer Magazine. His book, The Skeptic's Guide to Sports Science, was named as one of Book Authority's "Best sports science books of all time"....

Hello and welcome back to The Big Run, I hope you enjoyed last Saturdays journal, work is underway for next months feature.  Please do reach out if you think there are any interesting stories that you’d like me to cover for future episodes. You can reach me at thebigrunpodcast@gmail.com NB this conversation was recorded when I was in the throws of covid and I struggled greatly to string a sentence...

Welcome to the first Monthly entry into The Big Run journal.  The loose thread stitching together this month's entry is desire.  The desire for adventure, the desire to find joy in what you do. Whatever it means to you.  Kicking us off is decorated actor and knight of the realm, Sir Simon Russell Beale reading "Glory, Glory, Glory!" by a former guest, talented runner and supremely g...

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Todays guest's are Ben and Mary Bridges aka "This Messy Happy"  ‘This Messy Happy’ is thier way of letting you all know that life is messy, but you can always find the happy if you really want it. Popular on YouTube sharing their story, training and advice Ben and Mary now live in Thailand after moving there last year for work.  From taking on Ultra's, connecting and inspiring runners al...

Today's guest is an ultra runner, coach and was until recently the CEO of The Kings Head Theatre. A popular fringe theatre venue in North London was the starting point for such acting talents as Joanna Lumley and the late Alan Rickman. An advocate for making space for women within running and a real inspiration within the running community Please welcome to the show Fiona English You can follow Fi...

Todays guest is running YouTuber Ben Felton.  Ben's running journey is relatively new but his growth on YouTube over the past few months has been rapid.  As our his PB's. He recently bagged a 15.34 at 5k and continues to share his running journey with his ever-growing YouTube community. I sat down with Ben last week to hear his story. We talked about his time in Sweden, quitting the day...

In this special episode in collaboration with A Runners Life, I sat down with Marcus Brown to reflect on marathon training and share some clips we recorded post long run.  It's an open and frank discussion about the things we have learnt training for the marathon distance and a look back at  the staple of any block - The Long Run.  I hope you find this discussion useful and informat...

Charlie Krarup is the managing director at Adventure Base who specialise in creating and delivering quality experiences in breathtaking environments for a whole variety of groups and individuals.  Sir Richard Branson has joined them on a few adventures!  Charlie is no stranger to adventure himself. A frequent runner, Iron Man and all-around athlete he also was a runner up in the second season of t...

In this podcast in collaboration with A Runners Life, I put Marcus Brown in the hot seat to ask him your questions!  From footwear to nutrition, marathon training, work/life balance and cultivating a mindset to deal with the challenges of 26.2. We covered a lot and there is some great insight to be found here.  It was a real pleasure to sit down with Marcus and always a pleasure to have...

Today's guest is Ultra Runner, Coach and speaker Gary House.  Gary is a successful Ultrarunner who has helped hundreds of runners get their sh*t together to help them become better Athletes.  In this episode, we talk about how Gary became the runner he is today, how he is taking his ultra background and applying it to the marathon distance and we also learn about his biggest failure and...

Today's guest is club runner, actor and writer Ella Road.  Ella Road is a writer and actor from London. Her first play ‘The Phlebotomist’ premiered at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in Spring 2018, and transferred to the Main House in Spring 2019. The play was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate theatre and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Pri...

Joseph Tuffin is an 800 / 1500m runner who recently surprised himself at the podium 5k event last week with a new PB. Splitting his time between being a full-time software developer and a promising young athlete.  Joseph is now self-coached and he experiments with his training (throwing in the odd 20 mile race!) in order to yield impressive results often surprising himself.  I hope you e...

Welcome back to another podcast deep dive edition of Different Gear Live powered by SOAR Running   and welcome to the very first Run Testers end of year awards! From the best racing shoes, trail shoes, running watches and headphones the team is here to reveal their picks of what's made the top spot in 2021. There is also a chance to win a pair of Dual Fabric Tights from the good people of SOA...

Today's guest is Fatima Musa .  Fatima is a runner, film buff and a member of the ASRA run club.  ASRA is a community space centring on Muslim women in sports, wellness and sisterhood. They are also expanding their team! Head over to their Instagram bio to find out more. https://www.instagram.com/asra.club/?hl=en In this episode, we explore Fatima's running journey, ASRA and the work tha...

Today's guest is GB Athlete Verity Ockenden.  Verity competed at the women’s 3000m at the 2021 European indoor champs taking home a bronze medal.  She competes across a multitude of middle distances.  Verity is also a hugely talented poet that uses running as her creative muse as well as using her poetry to help with performance. You can follow Verity here https://www.instagram.com/...

Steven Sashen is the co-founder and CEO of Xero Shoes • www. XeroShoes.com. Steven and his wife, Lena Phoenix, started the company after discovering the comfort, benefits, and FUN of natural movement, by getting out of thick, padded, motion-controlled shoes. Prior to jumping into the footwear business, Steven was an internationally-known Internet marketing expert, Search Engine and Social Media ma...

Welcome back to The Big Run and the latest live instalment of Different Gear Live with The Run Testers powered by SOAR Running.  This is the deeper dive extended podcast edition with bonus content and more questions answered.  If you didn't get a chance to see @mikesawh show off his new pants, @allrounder.fitness explain why he buys every GoPro, hear if @nickharrisfry would pick the Nike...

Emma Manton is an actor a writer and practitioner, and of course a runner.  She is also the driving force behind Running with Refugees a charity that uses running via virtual events to help raise vital funds for refugees. Its been going from strength to strength since 2017 and recently joined forces with Amal .   ‘ Little Amal ’, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl, was creat...

Phill Hewitt has 40 plus marathons to his name and is a successful journalist and author.  Back in 2016, he suffered a severe trauma that resulted in him living with PTSD. It was through running that he has been able to learn to cope with the event and has inspired him to reach out to others who have found peace and healing through movement.  These collected stories form the basis of his book Outr...