RUN RiOT podcast - talking all things running, mental wellbeing, and physical benefits

Tegan Pryce, Women’s ADHD Performance & Identity Coach, talks about her journey from decline of mental wellbeing at university, to using running as medicine for the mind, to diagnosis of ADHD, and to combining her lived experience with her professional life to become a coach.   Tegan first came to our attention when she ran 5 marathons in 5 days to help raise funds for Georgia's Voice, a chari...

Anyone who runs thinks it sucks at least some of the time. Those first couple km in particular suck, when your legs, heart and brain haven't yet got their act together. But that  suckiness  is at the centre of why running is so good too. Type 2 fun they call it - a little bit grim while you're doing it, but totally excellent and rewarding in retrospect. In this episode, we talk to Raziq Rauf, runn...

The theme for this year's Mental Health Awareness week is Action. Perfect for Ben Grey as his work involves getting people running and/or walking to help with their mental wellbeing. Dom talks about a recent new study that looks at how running can be as effectives as CBT or anti-depressants at helping with depressing. AND we announce an upcoming initiative that Run Riot is collaborating on wit...

A great discussion about the Run Talk Run initiative - on a mission to increase accessibility to mental health support through running & walking peer support groups - with Ben Grey. There is a link to the published paper references in this talk in the comments below. We talk about everything related to getting into running, the importance of running for your mental wellness, the upcoming Londo...

At the heart of this episode is Danny Bent’s idea of the  Unrace , a philosophy that challenges the traditional view of running events as competition. Instead of focusing on times, rankings, or podiums, the Unrace is about shared experience, exploring landscapes, building community, and discovering what happens when running shifts from “I” to “we”. We get there by taking a slightly unexpected rout...

Jeremy Kuhles talks very openly to Oliver Childs about his struggles with alcohol and how running proved a great release and opportunity to find balance in his life. Very grateful for Jeremy's candour AND his journey spanning over 2 decades in Tokyo learning about Japanese running culture.

This episode follows Jeremy K, a Westerner who arrived in Tokyo as a non-runner, but found himself slowly immersed in that world - from city streets to university tracks, and increasingly, into the under-recognised sphere of women’s Ekiden. Supporting a university team while training within elite circles, he brings a rare inside perspective to a culture built on teamwork, respect, and the symbolic...

What happens when an outsider stops observing Japan and begins to understand it through running? Japan’s running culture is rich, structured, and deeply rooted - from neighbourhood clubs to university powerhouses and the Ekiden relays that captivate the nation each winter. To those on the outside, it feels uniquely Japanese: disciplined, collective, steeped in tradition - and almost impossible to...

The first podcast of 2026, we started with a very special guest: author, broadcaster, radio presenter, sports reporter, and pretty decent runner - Vassos Alexander. We delve into what makes Vassos tick, getting our of your comfort zone, ultra running, and the importance of running for mental wellbeing.  

In this episode, we talk to Rhys King, aka the  Heavy Mental Runner . Rhys is no stranger to podcasting, having previously recorded the Heavy Mental Podcast with his wife for several years, a show dedicated to normalising mental health discussions. Those who know Run Riot know we don't just say 'Running is Release', we mean it, and we live by it. For us, running is so much more than times and dist...

Month 6. Episode 6. Six lessons that the Founders of Run Riot have learnt along the way. There is a distinct lack of running in this episode, as we step back and think about how far we’ve come and how far we need to go to build our running brand. We talk community, apparel design and obsessing about the detail. As well as – of course – what running means to us.

In this episode, we explore relationships, resilience, and what our mantra “running is release” truly means when life throws the unexpected your way. Our guest, Anna Gray, talks about how running has been more than just movement for her. It’s been a mirror reflecting her relationship with herself, a bridge to new friendships, and a steady rhythm through life’s toughest chapters. From the recently...

Why do we run? It’s such a simple question, but the answer isn’t always so easy to articulate. And the answer can differ depending on the particular life and/or environmental context we find ourselves in. Our latest episode features David Thomas, a man who wears many hats (and we mean that in the professional sense, not the literal sense of the Run Riot beanie he’s wearing in this episode) – he is...

Running is Release is more than just a tagline. We mean it. Running is that time to think, or that time for no thinking at all. Whatever you need on that particular day. One foot in front of the other, step by step, running supports mental and physical wellbeing. This latest episode features our friend Dan Russell, who talks about a terrific initiative he was involved in for  Campaign Against Livi...

You run. But why? Whenever you ask a runner this, you’re bound to get into a long conversation. Runners love talking about running. And in our second episode, we’re lucky to have spoken to Glenn Southam, Community Leader at  Run Social , a platform for socialising, networking and exercising. Run clubs and more Glenn might describe himself as an ‘average runner’, but our conversation shows he’s so...

This is our first episode where the founders of RUN RiOT talk about why they decided to launch a running brand in a world where there seems to be a new apparel brand almost every week.  The focus is less on times and distance and more on the mental wellbeing that running provides.  There is a place in the market for all types of runners, for those who run rather than necessarily those who identify...