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Send us Fan Mail Zach Bitter is an American ultrarunner who has a list of accolades to his name. He recently smashed the 100 mile world record... and he reckons he can do it even faster! Listen to David's interview with Zach just a few weeks after his incredible achievement. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join th...

Send us Fan Mail You know the best place to do an interview? A busy bar. If you're weren't exactly enamoured with BBR's sound quality, you're going to love this episode. But what a Do-Badder way to record an episode with Kris Van Der Velde director of the expansive Asian Trail Series.   Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you be...

Send us Fan Mail Greg Whyte is a sports scientist and trainer who has become best-known for helping hapless celebrities overcome insanely difficult physical and endurance challenge in the name of charity. But before all his work with the likes of Eddie Izzard (yep, him), David Walliams and Davina McCall - to name just a few - on Comic Relief, Greg was an accomplished athlete and Olympian in modern...

Send us Fan Mail   Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to the Bad Boy Running Podcast Facebook group, here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609232602668375/ To join, just answer three questions e...

Send us Fan Mail When you ask the question - "what is the world's biggest running club?" - you wouldn't expect a club founded amongst the barstools of a drinking establishment. (Unless you were a Do-Badder, of course...) The Mikeller Running Club can claim to be the world's biggest running club with chapters all over the world and a simple philosophy of running together an...

Send us Fan Mail   Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to the Bad Boy Running Podcast Facebook group, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609232602668375/ To join, just answer three questions ei...

Send us Fan Mail We catch up with our own Anja Madhvani about her experience running the marathon des sables with TB and her road to recovery.  Love the podcast and these videos? Buy us a beer! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/badboyrunning Join the Bad Boy Running Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/badboyrunning Visit the Bad Boy Running store for merchandise: https://store.badboyrunning...

Send us Fan Mail It’s here... and it’s the one you’ve been waiting for! Finally, Jody and David get the one and only Jasmin Paris on the podcast. Jasmin is, of course, famed for her Spine Race overall victory and fir smashing the course record. But in this interview, the guys go all the way back and look at her stunning career trajectory. She’s a champ... just listen, ok?   Enjoy! If you enjoyed t...

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to the Bad Boy Running Podcast Facebook group, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609232602668375/ To join, just answer three questions eith...

Send us Fan Mail Nikki Love has notched up some pretty impressive running feats and she chases down adventure in the form of one epic challenge after another. Among her previous challenges included 7 marathons in 7 days, the JungleUltra in Peru, 63 marathons in 63 days, the DesertUltra and Running around Ireland (yep, that's 750 miles in 32 days). Allie speaks to Nikki about her many and vari...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Steele had an unusual journey into the world of ultrarunning many years ago. A competitive bodybuilder and martial artist, the shift to ultrarunning wasn't exactly on the cards until he was holidaying in the Lake District and a sign for a local trail route caught his interest. That route was the Bob Graham Round and he decided to make that his first foray into ultrar...

Send us Fan Mail Pamela Chapman Markle is a phenomenon. At the age of 55, she decided to take up running, thanks to the suggestion of a work colleague. However, when she went to sign up for the Rocky Raccoon 50 miler (a pretty punchy first race, admittedly), it was full. Undeterred Pamela signed up for the Rocky Raccoon 100 miler instead... (yes, a 100 miler as her FIRST race!) and the rest is his...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Allie catches up with Sarah Morwood, experienced ultrarunner, winner of multiples races and part of the GB Ultra team who had two horrific accidents but still managed to get back to winning ways. She's unstoppable and a proper badass. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Jo...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Anderson has a list of creds as long as a lap of Barkley. He's a Level 4UKA coach, Great Britain and England Athletics running coach, head coach for Polar, Saucony and fistful of marathons and founder of Running With Us. In short, Nick's one of the most respected and experienced coaches when it comes to running. So why is he anywhere near the BBR podcast, you ask? W...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re going to run crazy distances, what better way than to run them in style... and for Coree Aussem-Woltering, that means Speedos. After being on the dark side for a while in the world of triathlon, Coree found him home running ultras after pacing a friend and never looked back. Now a North Face athlete, he has clocked up wins and podium finishes galore but also champions th...

Send us Fan Mail BBR travels halfway around the world in this episode to discover more about the Hong Kong trail running scene. Jody and David speak to John Ellis, the Aussie-born Hong Kong-based trail running legend who somehow manages to juggle his desk job with hitting what are some pretty horrific/wonderful trails Hong Kong has to offer AND running his own sports brand Gone Running. In this ep...

Send us Fan Mail Training for ultras is hard. All those long runs and hours spent on trails trying to build endurance and maintain your conditioning. Now imagine having to do that in a war zone. Instead of miles of trails you can run on, you have to train by running a km loop around a dusty compound in searing heat. Or you only have access to a treadmill in a dark, lonely gym. Or a small undergrou...

Send us Fan Mail Former Army Major Rob Shenton served for over 20 years in theatres of combat including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and Northern Ireland.  Medically discharged in 2016 with depression and PTSD, Rob found running to be a way to deal with the mental health issues he lives with. He set about challenging himself to run the hottest, highest and coldest marathons on a three-part challeng...

Send us Fan Mail Liz McColgan MBE has a distinguished history of success as middle and long-distance track athlete, becoming world champion for 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Champs, silver medallist in the 1988 Olympics and twice gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games. She also had major success on the road winning New York City, Tokyo and London Marathons. In this very special episode of BBR,...

Send us Fan Mail Cal Major is on a mission to save our seas and oceans. A one-woman force of nature, Cal is founder of Paddle Against Plastic, a campaign designed to create awareness around the problem of plastic through her adventures. And what adventures! Recently, Cal completed an epic journey paddle boarding the length of the UK from Lands End to John O'Groats to raise awareness, collect...

Send us Fan Mail Rickey Gates has done some pretty interesting runs in his time - in fact, he's something of a pioneer when it comes to inventing new challenges for himself that inevitably leads to others following. In this episode, David and Jody speak with Rickey about his most recent challenge - running every single street in San Francisco, not an easy feat considering the hills the city i...

Send us Fan Mail Warning - this episode is a full shoe geek out, thanks to David's exclusive interview with Brett Holt, vice president of Nike Running Footwear. David was at the high profile launch of Nike's follow-up racing shoe and speaks to Brett about exactly what is different and why the changes were made. Here's what you'll hear: The exact feedback Elliot Kipchoge gave Ni...

Send us Fan Mail Richard Bowles is a British ultrarunner who has set a number of impressive world record running feats. Plus David and Allie talk about their recent trip to Bulgaria. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk r...

Send us Fan Mail Sussex Trail Events has built a bit of a reputation for putting on races that well... are a bit unusual. As well as it’s roster of trail marathons (read muddy riverside marathons) and the Downslink Ultra, the company has hosted a number of one-off races most would be mad to complete including the Car Park Marathon (the value is in the name but this was originally invented by BBR,...

Send us Fan Mail Carole Armitage is a runner and chocolate pioneering looking to prove the link between performance and chocolate.  And that's exactly the kind of thinking we like. In this episode, David talks the time to speak with Carole about chocolate and running and the compounds within chocolate that may help a runner's performance. There's also some classic Bants early on. [L...