From Pills to Hills Podcast

This week the boys are joined by the hardest girl in the valleys Courtney Jacquemai. For those of you who don't know Courtney she is an absolute savage ultra runner from South Wales and when she's not putting out fires in her day job (literally) she can be found chewing up the Welsh mountains. From being chased by a bear in America to jumping on tren and bumming men this is an episode you do not w...

This week the boys are joined by Jess Lawson Hughes Jess is the founder of the Rad Runners Club, initially set up for ladies who weren't confident running alone after dark and now has blossomed into a fantastic running community. They meet up on Tuesday evenings at Bar Beer Riff in SA1 Swansea and stomp the tarmac and sink a few bevvies afterwards. She has also run several ultra' marathons...

This week the boys are joined by Simon Malley Simon has done some of the toughest endurance events there is from Ironman, The Dragons Back and most recently podiuming at 3rd place on The Epona 100. Simon talks about his love of mountaineering, coaching people and helping them achieve their goals and more. He also sheds some light on future challenges he has planned for the future.

This week, the boys are joined by Richard Jones, whose first year in ultra running has been nothing short of ridiculous. In just 12 months, Rich has taken on and conquered the Pegasus Slam, the Sirona 100 and the brutal Wild Horse 200, achievements that most runners spend years working towards. Ryan and Mike dig into what drove Rich to take on such massive challenges, the highs and lows of ultra r...

The Boys Are BackAfter a seven-month hiatus, Ryan and Mike are finally back behind the mics. Ryan catches everyone up on his travels through India, Australia, and Sri Lanka, while Mike reflects on trying to complete his third ultra marathon and what went wrong. From travel stories and endurance running to completely unfiltered nonsense, the lads spend most of the episode doing what they do best: t...

This week the boys sit down for the last supper with Ryan heading on his travels the world. Talking about old times, ordering an Indian, future events and also a special guest appearance from "Pablo" the delivery driver. The boys will be taking a break for a while whilst Ryan pisses off, but will return soon. Thanks to all for listening

Episode 14 : Chris White This week the boys are joined by the podcasts number one fan Mr Chris White. Chris is a bit of a phenom, most people will book their first Ultra around the 30 mile mark, not Chris his first Ultra was The EDDUM 50 miler and anyone who has done that knows how brutal it is. To top this off 3 weeks later he ran his second ultra....... The Sirona 100, 100 miles from Barmouth to...

Episode 13 - Chris "Let's Go Run" Silvester This week the boys are joined by none other than Mr let's go run himself Chris Silvester. Chris plays a huge part in the South Wales Ultra Scene, whether it being by running in events and recording them allowing people a digital way to recce a course or by voulnteering and making sure people achieve their dreams and crossing that finish...

This week the boys sit down with Jordan Shields, a former tech-loving party lad who's given up the party lifestyle to chase fitness goals with Ultra-Marathons and Hyrox. Jordan talks about his journey to running Snowdonia 50k Ultra, Pegasus EDDUM 50 Miler a few weeks later and his plans to run a 100 miler in 2026.

This week the boys are joined by none other than Will Fraser-Coombe. (this was recorded before Will completed his massive 6/6 challenge) Will is and absolute savage not just on the trails but in everything he does. He is the mind behind Adventure Athletes and we talk about about his most recent 10 y fan challenge and his 6/6 challenge which he hadn't completed at the time of recording, all 6 o...

They boys are joined by Ollie Treviso who's a mad cunt, he is the first person to walk the entire Andes through it's 7 nations. Along the way he fell in a gorge, found a dog, got robbed and raised a lot of money for chairty. Prior to this has done numerous amounts of mad shit including; sailing on a random boat for weeks at a time, Land's End to John o' Groats and a load of other m...

Episode 9 : Mike Jenkins This week the boys are joined by none other than the Beast Of Barry Mike Jenkins or as he's more lovingly known by 'Jenks'Jenks is an absolute savage in the South Wales Ultra running community and has some serious races under his belt including Epona 100, Wild Horse 200 and the infamous Barry Prom 100.The boys delve into the biscuit world once again, Jenks tell...

This week the boys are joined by Hannah aka Han The Runner. Hannah is a bad ass ultra runner and author of No Run Intended book. The guys talk about how breath work changed Hans life, slimy fanny's and much much more..... We could very well get cancelled after this one.

This week the boys are joined by a couple of beautiful bastards Leigh & Rich. The boys are currently undertaking the Pegasus Slam, 6 ultras in 6 months. We talk about what got the boys into running, how they found the first ultra of the slam The Cannum, Mike being chased by dogs and Ryan off his nut again on CBD drink Trip. Loads of laughs this week was a pleasure having you on boys.

This week the boys are joined by Frankee talking about her super fast times, her army background and previous weightlifting routines. Ryan had one job to do and failed. Mike has a trippy turn of the drink ''Trip'

This week the boys are joined by Liam stones, not only is he related to Ryan he also a savage bastard (must run in the family) From being medically discharged from the Army to running 100km mountain races with a snapped anklee, Liam gives us an insight on why he challenges himself aand who inspires him to do these races.

This week it's just the boys, Ryan tells us about his recent trip to Morocco and his private chauffeur 'Dave' the taxi driver. Mike gives us an update on his ankle and speaks about the charity he wants to raise money for during The Pegasus Slam Lots of laughs and some deep and personal issues in this week's episode so tune in, it a cracker.

This week the boys travelled to see a true legend in Welsh ultra running history, Mr Rhys Jenkins. Rhys has completed some of the hardest races out there including The Badwater Ultramarathon 'the world's' toughest footrace. Not only is he a badass runner he's also a badass event organiser, along side his wife Cerys they have created a truly special running community in Pegasus Ultra Running where...

Episode 2 - Jimmy Watkins. This week the boys welcome their first guest Mr Jimmy Watkins, one of the co-founders of The Running Punks, an ever growing community of like minded people who love running as much as they do music. The lads talk about Jimmy not laughing until he was 22, Ryan being the most gullable person alive and Mike with his love of popular tory sweet Percy Pigs.

Welcome to Episode 1 of From Pills To Hills Podcast. This week Ryan and Mike catch up and discuss how they met, why they run ultra's, Ryan not knowing what Sorren is and Mike tells a detailed story of the time he shit himself in his car.