Running 44@60 - tips, ideas and advice for your first ultra marathon or marathon

As this goes live there is just over three weeks to my adventure to the Loch Ness Marathon and of course it is on the same day – October 2nd – as the London Marathon so shout out to regular listeners Carrie Gleinster, Andy Williams and Craig Beale who are taking part in London. Shout out also to regular guest Tracy Waite who is putting together an amazing project called Paddy's Mill Wellness...

Have you ever you ever thought about what it's like to pace a big marathon? In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Gary Dixon shares his story of becoming a marathon pacer. He's done 62 so far including London, New York, Chicago and the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Alongside that he's just run his 250th Marathon so Gary also shares tips and advice for those setting out o...

Running the Serpent Trail 50k and then two weeks later the Black Rat 50k whilst recovering from a shinty injury.  On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast avid listener Rob Thompson shares his experience of running not just his first ultramarathon but his second as well because having waited a number of years to do that first ultra Rob did 2 in 2 weeks. First up he did the Serpent Trail a 50km...

Jacob is a listener of the Running 44@60 podcast and he got in touch to say he was planning on Friday (Good Friday) April 7th 2023 to run the Manchester to Liverpool 50 mile ultra which follows the Trans-Pennine Trail , the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. Jacob has had Crohns disease for the last 17 years and as this podcast goes live in July 2022 he's up to 10km in training.  On...

The Smugglers Scuttle has to be one of the most entertaining whilst still tough runs certainly that I've ever done. From most of the marshals and many of the runners being dressed as pirates to the fact that halfway you were obliged to pick up a small bottle of rum, to pirate coins, to gemstones and a teabag and placed them in a special small little bag and then carry them back with you to th...

The South West Traverse Extreme is a 90 mile run from Lands End to Lizard Point and back. 2022 was the first time it had been run. Jim Spencer successfully completed the run and shares his adventure in this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast. We recorded the episode on June 25th whilst setting up that day's Trelissick parkrun. Jim shares tips on eating - beans on toast - how to cope with le...

I was lucky enough to take part in the South West Coast Path Relay over the Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday. It was part of the National Trails Relay events organised by Endurancelife. There were four other relay events but the South West Coast Path one at 627 miles and 68 legs was by far the biggest. I applied to take part back in April and had asked particularly for leg 35 which started at the end...

A few years ago Carrie Glenister donated one of her kidneys. Then in March 2021 Carrie started Couch to 5k but got fed up with the pace of the programme.  So instead she went from Couch to Ultra Marathon in six months.  The Ultra was the Saints Way a 28 mile self navigated challenge from Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall to Fowey on the south coast.  But that wasn't enough. So Carrie set...

Tracy Waite is a personal trainer based in Cornwall . Tracy has individual personal training clients as well as running a Community Interest Company - the Waite Room - which helps people get active - from a Wednesday walking group to an outdoor training group called PAC 4 Men. Tracy has recently also launched as part of the CIC ' Soul Runners ' which she explains in the recording. When T...

In February 2019 Susannah Gill not only competed in and completed the World Marathon Challenge but broke the women’s record of running the seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Susannah shares her World Marathon Challenge story from running the London Marathon for the first time to progressing to some ultras before taking on the challenge....

Absolute 360 started in 2013 when Umberto Bergonzini, a sports enthusiast, resolved to follow his passion and create a multifunctional line of clothing which could be worn for a variety of sporting activities, from running, yoga, gym to extreme sports like skiing or snowboarding. I first met Umberto at the Cornwall Running Show in April and then again at the National Running Show South in early Ma...

Tracy Waite is a Cornwall-based personal trainer who works with clients 1:1, online and via a start up programme. Tracy also runs two Community Interest Companies aimed at physical and mental health well-being - Physical Activity Community (PAC) for Men which is a socially prescribed service and a Wednesday Walking Group. Find out about these groups via Tracy's web page the waite room c.i.c I...

Tristan Stephenson is a UK-based ultra runner who finished first in 2021 in the Serpent Trail and South-West traverse . Tristan began 2022 by taking over 30 minutes of the course record of the 100 mile Arc of Attrition finishing in 20:01:43. In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Tristan talks about his running journey as well as sharing advice and tips to current and prospective ultra runne...

Yesterday - Easter Sunday - I had a stand at the inaugural Cornwall Running Show organised by the fabulous duo of Bys Vyken Events and Tracy Waite Personal Training .  A big thanks to Dave, Sally and Tracy for fabulous organisation and a great day. Big thanks also to everyone who bought a copy of 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon - all proceeds to Children's Hospice South Wes...

This episode was going to be an on the run recording during the KVK (Kernow Vertical Kilometre) which took place on April 3rd but Covid nabbed me and I wasn't able to run. Next year instead - (thanks Freedom Racing for the opportunity to defer) So the recording for this episode took place on April 9th at the Heartlands parkrun. I had a great time in glorious weather. A big thanks to the organ...

This episode was going to be an on the run recording during the Falmouth Half Marathon which took place on March 13th using my super duper new on the run recording device called the F2 Field Recorder from Zoom - (no relation to Zoom online recordings). However as a podcaster you live and learn especially when it comes to the technical side and somehow yesterday I managed to press the wrong button...

Bys Vyken Events   run by David Andrewartha is renowned for its imaginative, interesting, challenging and somewhat quirky running events in Cornwall. From the Cousin Jack to the St Eval Kart Circuit Marathon to the Smugglers Scuttler to the Fordh Sen Mighal and the United Downs Raceway Dave's events take in a huge variety of terrain and venues. And each of them come with his almost legendary...

Run4Adventure hosted by Loyd Purvis is one of the foremost running channels on You Tube covering everything from reviews of shoes, clothing and equipment to live recordings during and on races. With over 24,000 subscribers the channel has grown at a rapid rate so much so that Loyd is now working on it full-time and aiming to produce three new videos a week. If you want to check out a race or a pie...

The Arc of Attrition is one of the foremost ultra running events on the UK calendar. It offers two distances – 100 miles and 50 miles.  The 100 mile event starts at midday on Friday in the Cornish fishing village of Coverack and winds its way along the coastal path via Lands End to the finish at Porthtowan on the north coast. Competitors have to reach the finish by midnight on Saturday. There are...

The Arc of Attrition is one of the foremost ultra running events on the UK calendar. It offers two distances – 100 miles and 50 miles. The 100 mile event starts at midday on Friday in the Cornish fishing village of Coverack and winds its way along the coastal path via Lands End to the finish at Porthtowan on the north coast. Competitors have to reach the finish by midnight on Saturday. The 50 mile...

Most people in the ultra running scene will know Ferg as a tenacious ultra runner and the founder of Mudcrew who put some of the UK's most iconic ultra running events from the Arc of Attrition to the  Roseland August Trails (RAT) and the South West Traverse. In this episode Ferg talks about the events plus his own ultra and trail running adventures. You can find out more about Mudcrew here an...

It's the last episode of the Running 44@60 podcast for 2021 so time to reflect on my favourite top 10 runs of 2021. Including my 100th Park Run , the Red RAT , Birthday Marathon and of course the Classic Quarter. Hopefully you will be inspired by some of the top 10 and target them in 2022. When you've completed your big target event in 2022 why not come on the podcast and share your expe...

Running 44@60 podcast listeners share their running plans for 2022 - have a listen and be inspired to go for some of the races they talk about.  Thanks to everyone who contributed to this episode: Phil Begnett, Tom Larkin, Jim Spencer, Rob Thompson, Colin Bathe, Craig Lutton, Rachel & Stuart Thomson, Stewart Harding and Andy Williams - although sorry Andy but when I was doing the editing I dra...

This is a reminder that if you want to feature in the December 5th episode sharing your plans for 2022 please send them to me via: podcast@trevorleemedia.co.uk  – simply send me a 60-90 second audio clip and I will include you in that episode – please try and get it to me before the end of Friday the 3rd. Shout out in this episode to the Running is BS podcast who gave me a shout out on the episode...

The North Coast Challenge is 145 miles from Masland Mouth which is the border between Cornwall and Devon to Lands End. It was first run by local legendary ultra runner Steve 'The Pirate' Wyatt in Dec 2013. Since then only Wendy Chapman in 2018 had completed it in the Winter season. Until now when Jim Spencer started at 10pm on Bonfire Night. Jim talks yes through his 53 hour adventure wh...