Everything Endurance

Adam Kimble makes his second appearance on Everything Endurance shortly after joining the Beyond the Ultimate team as a Race Director! Kris and Will chat to Adam about his Great British Adventure in which he and Kris ran John O'Groats to Lands End with the 3 Peaks along the way. We also cover Adam's upcoming FKT in which he's looking to take a record from one Mr Killian Jornet. The conversation th...

This time last year, our team were in Kenya for the first, epic For Rangers Ultra.  This 220km, 5-stage race, crosses open wildlife reserves in the home of long-distance running. The race was put together by ourselves, Save the Rhino and For Rangers, a group who fundraise to improve the well-being of the wildlife rangers who form the thin line between the world's endangered wildlife and industrial...

On June 20th, Inov8 Athlete, Paul Tierney completed an astonishing feat in 6 days, 6 hours and 5 minutes. Paul took the record for the fastest time to complete all 214 of Alfred Wairight's Lake District Peaks in one go. Paul, a former police officer from Ireland, battled sleep deprivation, exhaustion, bad weather and an unquenchable desire for chips as he beat the previous record by almost 7hrs. I...

Whether you've already signed up for a self-sufficient ultra race or you're just curious about what it takes to drag yourself through one, we have the podcast for you. What do you pack?  What will you eat?  How do you prepare your feet for five days of battering? Having just returned from another Jungle Ultra adventure in the Peruvian rain forest, Will and Kris answer these questions and more as t...

Kristina Schou Madsen hasn't been ultra-running for very long but has progressed at amazing speed (no pun intended).  Alongside representing Denmark as a Trail Runner, Kristina was first female at the Beyond the Ultimate Jungle Ultra in 2016.  On the 23rd February this year Kristina broke a World Record, becoming the fastest female runner to ever summit Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the Afri...

Dr Al Ruddock is a physiologist at Sheffield Hallam University with a wealth of experience in sport science. He has worked with a range of individual athletes and teams from FIFA World Cup referee Howard Webb to the Commonwealth games medal winning England Table Tennis team.  He has also worked extensively in Boxing, helping Kid Galahad achieve his British, Commonwealth and European Titles and, mo...

Season Two begins with a great guest (not that they aren't all great)!Damian Hall has been a sports journalist with a passion for the outdoors for over 15 years.  Back in 2011, he ran his first half-marathon and something clicked.  Skip on to 2017 and Damian has been on the podium at The Spine, the Dragon's Back and the 2016 British Athletics Ultra Trail Championships.  He has also made the top 20...

Sean Conway  is an endurance adventurer, author and motivational speaker.  He is also the owner of arguably the greatest beard in Britain. He was the first person to cycle, swim, and run the length of  Great Britain , from  Land's End  to  John o'Groats .  In 2016 he completed the world's longest triathlon, a 4,200 mile journey around the coast of Britain all without accumulating barnacles. Kris a...

Jeff Smith is an adventurer, former professional Ice Hockey player and all round lovely bloke.  He is also the founder of bigmoose.co .  Oh, and he recently climbed Everest. The idea for bigmoose was born out of a very sad event in Jeff's life, the death of his best friend.  That event made him, in his own words, vow to get the most out of every minute of his time on planet Earth. This has led Jef...

Adam Kimble ran his first 5km race in 2009 which resulted in a second place in his age group, some painful cramps and the beginning of a life of running based adventure! Since then he has progressed quickly.  Among others his race CV includes coming third in the Yellowstone-Teton 100 in 2014, winning the Gobi March and setting a course record in 2015 and placing second in the 2016 Burning River 10...

After running LEJOG, barefoot and unsupported, Aleks made a choice.  To pick a life with a backpack and some sandals and a spirit of adventure over a secure life with a good income.  With that in mind he left the UK in August 2016 to run from the northernmost to the southernmost point of Europe with nothing but the sandals on his feet and the kit on his back. The former Science teacher ran through...

Brett kickstarted Exile Medics back in 2009 as a way to travel the world as a doctor. Starting in Brazil as a race doctor in the Amazon rain forest, his experience now covers every type of environment and terrain all over the world. Exile Medics takes enthusiastic medical professionals to the world's most challenging environments to provide medical support for expeditions and the most extreme even...

On the 14th of June 2010 Leigh Timmis left Derby, UK.  This was the beginning of a circumnavigation of the world he thought would take around 3 years.  In late April 2017, after 7 years in which he covered more than 40000 miles, he came home. Will chats to this amazing traveler about his epic journey in which he endured raging storms at sea, freezing mountain passes, the sweltering outback and a r...

At the beginning of 2016 you could accurately have described Will as an overweight punk rock guitarist, a real ale enthusiast, and a kebab aficionado.  Very occasionally you could have thrown in 'reluctant jogger'.   Over the following year he dropped 16kgs (2.5 stone) and ran his first half marathon, marathon and ultras.  By March 1st 2017 he'd finished the Ice Ultra as first Briton, coming sixth...

Al Ruddock is a physiologist at Sheffield Hallam University with a wealth of experience in sport science. He has has worked with a range of individual athletes and teams from FIFA World Cup referee Howard Webb to the Commonwealth games medal winning England Table Tennis team.   He is also something of an expert in what Will refers to as 'The Punchy Men.'  Alan has worked extensively within Boxing...

On the first weekend in April there was a very special event in Crawley. On the 400m athletics track at the K2 Leisure Centre, the Freedom Leisure British Ultrafest 24hr Running Championships took place. A field of 30 runners competed in an event where they would each push to run the greatest distance they were able in a 24hr period.  More still came to run 12 and 6 hour versions of the same event...

In this episode Kris and Will get to chat to somebody totally inspirational.  Elise Downing wasn't an elite athlete or even a regular runner when she decided to set off alone and run all the way around England, Wales and Scotland! Along the way she met some amazing people, saw some beautiful views and ate an awful lot of cake.  She also pushed through some dark days and in doing so displayed an aw...

Beyond the Ultimate's resident media guy and Everything Endurance co-host, Will (aka @baldlygo), recently completed the Ice Ultra in Swedish Lapland. After making his way through 230km of Europe's last remaining wilderness we thought it might be a good idea to have him tell you about what he learnt on the other side of the arctic circle. So here is a special one off podcast of Will's Top Ten Tips...

In this episode Kris and Will get to chat to one of Will's heros.  The absolutely marvelous Mimi Anderson! Mimi is a multiple Guinness World Record holder, multiple course record holder and has appeared at Beyond the Ultimate events all over the world.  You won't find a more determined runner.  Mimi holds the world records for running Lands End to John O'Groats and for running the length of Irelan...

Shane Benzie of Running Reborn is a Running technique coach and movement specialist.  Think of him as the Indiana Jones of the coaching world, scouring the Earth looking for treasures of lost athletic lore.  He has scientifically studied the art of running in such far flung places as the Peruvian rainforest, the frozen tundra of northern Sweden and the plains of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda in searc...

In his first few years of running, Robbie went from his first marathon to competing for Great Britain in the 24hr Running Championships and finishing 3rd in the World. He is currently living and training in Chamonix, France where he also hosts running training camps.  He really loves big hills. Warning - There is some, shall we say, colourful language.