Bad Boy Running

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bad Boy Running, Jody and David speak with Welsh ultrarunner and adventurer Huw Jack Brassington about his many race experiences, including The Ultra Gobi and Welsh ultra The Dragon's Back race. Huw completed Special Forces Hell Week and is also a former Team GB Triathlete (sshhh). Huw has been the subject of a film on his Dragon's Back experience (you...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is an absolute treat with a great runner and all-round nice guy, Harvey Sweetland Lewis. Harvey has done it all, representing Team USA at the 24 Hour Ultrarunning Champs, competing in some of the biggest races in the world including winning Badwater Ultramarathon. David met Harvey on the Marathon des Sables and has been trying to get him on the show for a whil...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode Jody and David speak with Mike Seamsn, founder of The National Running Show set for Birmingham NEC in January 19-20. Ok they come clean. This is their attempt at trying to takeover a national event for runners for their own nefarious purposes... and they may have just done it... In this episode you will discover: Why Mike set up the National Running Show Why...

Send us Fan Mail Wow, we've got an inspiring episode today on BBR. Allie joins David to speak with National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and ultrarunner Mirna Valerio, who is helping redefine what being an athlete means. Despite enduring body shaming and racism, her message spread through her blog Fat Girl Running and she has inspired others with her running achievements in some of the t...

Send us Fan Mail Jody and David once again speak to blind ultrarunner, adventurer and Stateside Do-Badder, Rhonda-Marie Parke (she got married!). She's back and talking about completing her latest challenge, the 500k Vol State Ultramarathon that runs through five states. Oh yeah, and she did it all UNGUIDED. There be much insanity in this episode. In this episode you'll discover: Why you...

Send us Fan Mail Allie Bailey joins David Hellard as they grill James Elson, who is not only race director of Centurion Running that runs classic 100 and 50 miler races, including the South Downs Way 100, North Downs Way 100, Thames Path 100 and Autumn 100... ... but he's also an incredible ultrarunner himself having competed in some of the world's best-known and toughest ultras.  In thi...

Send us Fan Mail Allie is back on podcast duty with David as they speak with guest Anna McNuff on the running and cycling adventures she's completed.     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 our Fa...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes Jody and David find themselves without a guest. They sit and wait diligently on Skype but the guest is a no-show. (It's usually because they're realised at the last minute what the show is about and are running for the hills. Pretty fair, we reckon.) So the chaps use this time to catch-up on what's been going on in the world of BBR and general weirdness. I...

Send us Fan Mail It's another returnee to the Bad Boy Running podcast. After the DNAFit episode with Andrew Steele where Jody and David faced off to see who had the best genes (David won), Andrew returns to talk about his time as an Olympian. Andrew spent 12 years as an Olympic athlete competing in the 400 metres and 4x400 metre relay for Team GB and won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Oly...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a bit of a treat... and is very different from other episodes published. In this instalment of BBR, Jody and David speak with Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster about her epic charity bike ride two years ago through the Amazon which ended in near-disaster. Just weeks later, she was lying in a hospital bed in a coma fighting for her life as she battled malaria wit...

Send us Fan Mail Yes! It's the episode you've been waiting for... ... the LOWDOWN on what happened in South Africa when David ran the legendary Comrades Marathon (and ended up down on one knee at the finish line!) There's no Silk Cut for this episode (obvs)... but there is something new. STINGS. If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you befor...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode Jody and David are talking food (or fuel) depending on how you refer to your race nutrition. And there are few people as qualified to talk about race nutrition, especially for ultras as Renee McGregor, performance dietician and author of books including Training Food and the Fast Fuel series. Hang on to your macros, as Jody and David squeeze every ounce...

Send us Fan Mail We've a race report-packed episode this week featuring Jody's crack at Centurion Running's Thames Path 100 - the 100 miler from London to Oxford, while David inexplicably decides to race the day after his 40th birthday party at the Red Bull Wings For Life. There's no Silk Cut because it's all David and Jody. Plus chat about Brighton Marathon, UK Athletics...

Send us Fan Mail It's a cracker of an episode this week with Jody and David speaking to the legendary Thomas Blanc, OCR athlete, adventure runner and now quality manager for Spartan. They specifically discuss Thomas's recent running of Survival Nicaragua and everything competitors had to do on this crazy-ass race.  Here's what you'll discover: Why a career in agriculture and fa...

Send us Fan Mail Ok, this has been a long time coming due to various technical issues with the recording but finally it's here. Jody and David sit down with Matt Fitzgerald, author of multiple running books including 80/20 Running and Racing Weight. They're specifically focused on 80/20 in this episode and the importance of managing intensity when training. There's loads of great st...

Send us Fan Mail The chaps speak to Dumbrunner, aka Mark Remy, the voice behind one of the In this episode he reveals: An exclusive announcement about an alter ego he used to keep that has never been revealed before Why he decided to set up Dumbrunner (and why it's 100% reader supported) Where he finds his inspiration Why he HATES the use of the word "fuel" instead of food What wind...

Send us Fan Mail It's a catch-up episode with Jody and David and, for once, they're talking about running.   In this episode you'll learn: Why Mike Bushell is clearly playing for laughs at the Commonwealth Games How BBR have managed to end up at the Running Awards again (and still with no sign of a trophy...) David reveals another romantic gesture from an old flame that went horribl...

Send us Fan Mail The guys speak with former Running Bug head of content Rhalou Allerhand (at the time of the podcast. Rhalou's now back at Runner's World) about running journalism, what people want to read about and some weird races you not have heard of. When we say this episode is surprising, we REALLY mean it. Right away the conversation takes a turn Jody and David never expected and...

Send us Fan Mail This episode marks an important moment in the history of Bad Boy Running - it's the first time EVER the whole BBR team have recorded together and WITH their guest. This week we speak with Andy Palmer, race director of acclaimed White Star Running, which is renowned for its strong community and the amount of personality in its races. In this episode we discuss: Why David consi...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second part of the episode where David interviews Will Rial, international athlete manager for sports management agency, Run-Fast. If you've not listened to the first episode, we'd suggest you go back and listen to that first before this one. The discussion continues with David discussing with Will: How sports management agencies draft in the right type of ru...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bad Boy Running podcast, David interviews Will Rial, international athlete manager for sports management agency, Run-Fast. The discussion is all around what happens when How scholarships are divided between US colleges How sports management agencies draft in the right type of runners How they manage runners to maximise the money they get from races What's t...

Send us Fan Mail David returns from a running weekend in Spain to talk about his race with Briggsy and Jody recounts Libby's Brighton half marathon endeavours in this partner-focused episode. But not before taking aim at a certain Radio 1 DJ... In this episode you'll hear: Why Greg James might be the new Eddie Izzard (and why he's the unluckiest guy on earth picking this time to do...

Send us Fan Mail This episode has a true international feel to it, as Jody and David discuss David's recent trip to Somaliland via Ethiopia... ... during which David won the Somaliland International Marathon. Among the topics up for discussion on this episode are: David's uber-romantic Valentine's Day gift for Briggsy The unbearable difficulty of getting your hands on a pair of Nike...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second part of the DNAFit testing episode. If you've not listened to the first part, we suggest you go back and listen to that first... otherwise, nothing from here on in is going to make sense. In this two-parter, Andrew Steele of DNAFit joins Jody and David to reveal the results of their fitness DNA tests. Will David prove to be the super-human we all knew he wa...

Send us Fan Mail In this two-parter, Andrew Steele of DNAFit joins Jody and David to reveal the results of their fitness DNA tests. Will David prove to be the super-human we all knew he was? Will Jody still have an excuse for his poor performances and lack of speed? Listen in and find out who WINS The Battle of The Genes. A few weeks ago, Jody and David provided swabs to DNAFit who tested and prod...