Endurance

Eorl Crabtree is a rugby league legend, from playing for England to his Super League club team Huddersfield Giants. Eorl is now the Managing Director of League 1 club Midlands Hurricanes. A proud Yorkshireman and great supporter of the various charity rides by Martin Mansell over the years The Yorkshire special series for the Endurance podcast was arranged as Martin Mansell prepared to race 2000 m...

Mitch Hutchcraft swam the 35km width (21 miles) of the English Channel, cycled about 12,000 km (7,456 miles) from Europe to Digha in India. He then ran 900km (559 miles) to Kathmandu in Nepal, before starting his 360km (223-mile) trek to Everest. Worth also getting a hold of Mitch’s new book ‘Limitless’ Recorded live at the Kendal Mountain Festival in London in front of a live audience by Tom Grun...

From Olympic gold in Tokyo to coaching and motherhood, this is a wonderfully candid conversation with Jess Learmonth MBE, near her home in sunny Yorkshire. Jess is a European, Commonwealth, Olympic and World Triathlon Series medal winner. The Yorkshire special series for the Endurance podcast was arranged as Martin Mansell prepared to race 2000 miles around England for a new World Record in suppor...

You can’t win if you don’t enter From working on the oil rigs to pulling on the Scotland skinsuit at the Commonwealth games in 8 months. This is the inspiring story of Kyle Gordon, and what it took to take a work sabbatical to take on his dream of being a professional bike rider. Recorded near Inverness at Lovat Farm Cafe (Beauly) by Tom Grundy with support from Reuben Mantle Made in partnership w...

Angus Young. One of the biggest names in ultra endurance and gravel racing in the UK and a man I had the pleasure of battling at GB Duro. Recorded live at the Adventure Travel Show in London, the full episode will launch Saturday 2nd May at 9am across YouTube, Apple and Spotify. Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy with support from Reuben Mantle Made in partnership with Enjoy Travel and co-hosted by M...

Dr. Shaunna Burke Phd is researcher, and mountaineer whose life stands at the intersection of high-altitude adventure, psychological resilience, and ground-breaking cancer-exercise science. In 2024 Shaunna was diagnosed with incurable stage-four breast cancer. Rather than retreat, she leaned into her training, science and mindset. She designed a tailored diet and exercise plan, running to her chem...

Neil Laughton is a former army officer, entrepreneur and adventurer. He has completed the Explorers Grand Slam climbing the highest mountains on all seven continents and reaching both the North and South Poles. He holds a number of world firsts and Guinness World records for his expeditions on land, sea and air. Having been friends with Neil Laughton for twenty years, it was a pleasure to welcome...

Ex-pro cyclist Molly broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the British coastline by bicycle in 21 days, 10 hours, and 48 minutes. Over 7,700km (approx. 4,784 miles). Clockwise around the coastlines of England, Wales, and Scotland. She cut 17 hours off the previous record set by Nick Sanders in 1984, which had stood for over 40 years and is the first woman to hold this...

In conversation with an old friend from the UK gravel cycling schene, Josh Ibbett Recorded live at the Adventure Travel Show in London, this is a fantastic introduction to bike packing and gravel riding. Worth checking out Josh’s own Ultrascape Podcast which covers news and discussions from the bikepacking and ultra cycling community Filmed and edited by Tom Grundy with support from Reuben Mantle...

Imagine a 70km or 43 mile freshwater swim in 28 hours, non-stop! Recorded live at the Adventure Travel Show in London, this is our first conversation about open water swimming and what an amazing guest to introduce the topic - Amy Ennion is one of the UKs best known open water swimmers and coaches. New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday at 9am to watch on YouTube and listen across Spo...

Rob Wainwright has had many chapters to his career.  From boxing at Cambridge, being a medic in the army, having 32 caps for Scotland in rugby union, half of which he was captain, then becoming a farmer on the remote inner hebrides island of Coll and in the past decade becoming a campaigner and fundraiser to find a cure for motor neurone disease.  A natural leader, where Rob goes, many follow and...

The Sarah Ruggins episode of the Endurance podcast. This is an absolutely wonderful conversation with a lady who looks like she was born to ride bike. A pleasure to ride a few days across Gran Canaria together before sitting down for this podcast recording. Sarah smashed the Lands End to John O’Groats and back record last year and has now set her sights on the Europe record. Filmed in Gran Canaria...

The Jamie Ramsay episode of the Endurance podcast is published Saturday 14th March. Filmed at the Adventure Travel show in London this is a real treat - the ultimate switch from a life that was unfulfilling to taking on his dream, starting with a 17,000 mile run the length of the Americas. New episodes of the Endurance podcast each Saturday at 9am to watch on YouTube and listen across Spotify, App...

Winner of a few of the toughest extreme triathlons on the planet - the Norseman and the Celtman. It was a pleasure to ride with and interview Eilidh about her unintended road to extreme ironman distance events and how she is reframing adventure now. Filmed at the Lovat Farm near Inverness - well worth a visit if you are nearby for a coffee and cake, after pedalling the Ba Sportive route, organised...

Duncan Covey’s highlights reel from pedalling the plant might sound like a list of good reason to avoid such trauma, and yet he shares with such pride and positivity the learning and motivations from facing such setbacks and hardships.  Endurance starts in the mind and Duncan shares candidly what he went through and learned from his first pedal powered odyssey in this 8th episode of Season 2 of th...

Luca Kuhn is a Swiss born, London based entrepreneur and bike rider, who set up Ride Luca in 2020 - she saw a market dominated by gear that was often designed with men in mind, leaving women’s fit and needs as an afterthought. Luca wanted something different and has build a thriving community of riders and advocates. Empowering women on & off the bike. In this episode, filmed in Mallorca, we f...

Kenton Cool is a renowned British mountaineer and one of the world’s most accomplished high-altitude climbers. An IFMGA-certified mountain guide, he is best known for summiting Mount Everest a record-breaking number of times for a non-Sherpa climber. In this episode, filmed in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, we explore motivation when you lose your community, and the chapters...

Helen Rennard is a highly accomplished British winter climber and mountaineer. Over the winter of 2025 she has completed all 282 munros (Scottish mountains over 3000 feet) in 80 days and 9.5hrs, beating the previous record of just under 83 days shared by Martin Moran (1985) and Anna Wells (2024). Filmed in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, this is a fascinating conversation abo...

Jack Carlin. From Paisley and football dreams to Olympic medals and mishaps. It was a real privilege to be amongst the first to interview Jack after his retirement from professional track cycling and get his incredibly candid reflections on what it took… The breaks The camaraderie The purpose Track sprinting maybe the antithesis of endurance cycling, but there is a lot to learn from a professional...

This week’s we speak to Renee McGregor from Kendal Mountain Festival – a leading voices in sports nutrition, RED-S, and hormonal health. Renee opens up about her own childhood and how that has informed and inspired her worked with elite and amateur athletes, as well as democratising her knowledge through being a prolific writer and speaker. Bringing together research and her own experience as a tr...

'Adventure in its purest form, is simply a way of thinking' Watch and listen to learn the 10.5 pillars of endurance according to Sean Conway Successes, dreams and hiccups - welcome to the madly inspiring world of Sean Conway, the Zimbabwean born, Irish endurance legend who lives in Wales. Founder of the Sean Conway Endurance Club, supporting amateurs taking on their first 140.6 full Ironma...

'The relief was immense: no longer was I talking, thinking or worrying about this. I was just actually doing it. I, Jenny Graham, was riding around the ACTUAL world!' 18,000 miles in 124 days. Solo & Self Supported to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world. We welcome Jenny back on the Endurance podcast for the 2nd time, this time sharing her passion for community building...

This episode is all about breathing – something we know is important, but normally don’t think about. Dr James is a Respiratory Physician & lung doctor at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and also a specialist sports respiratory clinician at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health , at University College London. James is a Doctor Doctor! A medical doctor who went back to University for a...

Eoin has worked as a Paramedic for 20 years in London and currently works for WEM and the International Red Cross. He is the Trauma Lead for WEM and a Pre-Hospital Mass Casualty Incident Management Paramedic. His expedition & educational endeavours have taken him to six of the seven continents and teaches pre-hospital trauma and expedition skills. Eoin has undertaken various global expeditions as...

Baz is the Co-Founder of The Well-HQ, alongside Bella Smith and Dr Emma Ross who we heard from in Episode 3 of the Endurance podcast. This is a really important conversation about female health, but not one to listen to with younger children, unless they are comfortable with adult language. Baz is an inspiring women’s health and fitness coach, specialising in the areas of pelvic floor, and women’s...