Author Adharanand Finn chats with BBC newsreader, Runner's World columnist and marathon runner Sophie Raworth about why she loves running, why a scientist told her she had 'good-looking' knees, and how she made a deal with her dog so it would r

'You need to invest in your own health' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner and movement expert Paul Tierney

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 26m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Irish ultra runner, coach and form expert Paul Tierney about running extremely long races, once hallucinating that he was running next to himself, finding the best tasting polenta in the world, and why if you w

'I always try to get back to that flow feeling' - interview with all-conquering British trail runner Jon Albon

Dec 20th, 2023 1h 1m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with world trail running champion, multiple world Skyrunning champion and obstacle racing superstar Jon Albon. Despite hailing from the flatlands of Essex, Albon has won some of the world’s biggest mountain races an

'Sometimes I just thank my body' - interview with new British marathon sensation Calli Thackery

Nov 9th, 2023 1h 9m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Calli Thackery after she ran the second-fastest marathon ever by a British woman, in her first ever marathon. Calli tells us about her unusual route to the top of the running world, via a scholarship to New Mex

'The Kenyans are made of bones and flesh just like me' - interview with Italy's new marathon star Iliass Aouani

Oct 6th, 2023 1h 12m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Iliass Aouani, who recently broke the Italian marathon record, running 2:07 in only his third marathon. The former Syracuse University standout talks about his Moroccan heritage, running in super shoes, missing

Is ultra running bad for you? Interview with leading exercise scientist Nick Tiller

Sep 5th, 2023 1h 38m

Author Adharanand Finn speaks to Nick Tiller, exercise scientist at Harbor-UCLA and author of The Skeptics Guide to Sports Science. They examine the value of scientific consensus, the power of the placebo, and take a deep dive into running tren

'There's no limit to how far you can push yourself' - interview with Grayson Murphy, the World Mountain Running Champion

Jul 21st, 2023 1h 9m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with the double World Mountain Running Champion Grayson Murphy about how she learned to trail run by playing football, what it feels like to run away from a world class field, and how she deals with the comedown aft

'I felt I had the key to infinite power' - tales from a six-day race in France, with Bob Hearn

Jun 8th, 2023 1h 18m

Author Adharanand Finn shares stories from his recent six-day race around a 1km loop in France, including recordings he made during the race. He also talks to the race winner, Bob Hearn, from the US, to get another perspective on the madness of

'I did it ... and I had a horrible time' - tales from the Self-Transcendence 3100

Apr 11th, 2023 1h 18m

Author Adharanand Finn talks to three finishers of the world's longest race: the Self-Transcendence 3100. Kobi Oren, William Sichel and Susan Marshall recall the pain and ecstasy of running 3,100 miles around one block in New York City. Music b

'You can't go into an ultra marathon thinking it will be easy' - interview with Tom Evans

Mar 20th, 2023 1h 20m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with ultra runner Tom Evans about recovering from injury, finishing third at the UTMB, and how he copes with the pain cave. Music by Starfrosch

'Maybe the final life stage of running is to get faster again' - interview with author Richard Askwith

Jan 27th, 2023 1h 29m

Host Adharanand Finn chats to award-winning author and runner Richard Askwith about his new book The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running. Music by Starfrosch

'I raced in a stadium in front of 112,000 people' - interview with five-time Olympian Jo Pavey

Dec 16th, 2022 1h 6m

Author Adharanand Finn chats with five-time Olympian and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey about training for big races with two kids in tow, racing against drug cheats, and running with kangaroos. Music by Starfrosch

'That tough part, that pain, is where success is' - interview with Eliud Kipchoge

Oct 26th, 2022 1h 2m

Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, chats with the greatest marathon runner in history about his diet, why the East Africans are such strong distance runners, and what goes through his mind while he's running. Music by Starfros

Talks from the Love Trails festival, and tales from the heart of the CCC

Sep 13th, 2022 1h 22m

Recorded live from Chamonix in France a week after Adharanand ran the 100km CCC race, this episode also features talks recorded at the Love Trails festival by authors Sabrina Pace-Humphreys and Hannah Phillips. Music by Starfrosch

Interview with fell running punk and author Boff Whalley

Jun 16th, 2022 1h 18m

Author Adharanand Finn talks to punk rocker, fell runner and theatre performer Boff Whalley about tumbling down mountains, mass trespassing and his latest book, Faster! Louder! Top ultra runner Damian Hall also joins the show to talk about The

'If Kipchoge puts down a break, hopefully I can stay with it' - interview with rising star Jake Smith

Apr 7th, 2022 54m 36s

Author Adharanand Finn talks to young British half marathon sensation Jake Smith about accidentally running his first marathon, training in Uganda, and gunning for an Olympic medal in the marathon. Music: Starfrosch

'The whole of the sky, the whole of nature, had my back' - interview with ultra running legend Dan Lawson

Feb 11th, 2022 1h 16m

Author Adharanand Finn talks to record-breaking ultra athlete Dan Lawson about running the length of the UK, designing running shoes from the waste scraps of old ones, and embracing the wonderful power of the universe. Music: Starfrosch

Interview with Zane Robertson

Jan 6th, 2022 1h 6m

Author Adharanand Finn talks to Olympic athlete and 59-minute half marathon runner Zane Roberston about moving to Kenya age 17, beating the best in the world, and getting one back over his critics. Music: Starfrosch NOTE: In March 2023, Zane Ro

'The Self-Transcendence 3100 is my dream race' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner Camille Herron

Nov 19th, 2021 1h 21m

Adharanand Finn talks to multiple world-record breaking ultra runner Camille Herron, and also to Abichal Sherrington, one of the few British runners ever to complete the world's longest race. Music: Starfrosch

How Robbie Britton helped me run 24 hours around a track

Oct 10th, 2021 1h 25m

Host Adharanand Finn has some big news to share about his next book, which leads him to take on a 24-hour track race, with some help from top ultra runner and coach Robbie Britton. Music: Starfrosch

'My husband died in my arms, so I ran around the world for him' - interview with Rosie Swale-Pope MBE

Jul 15th, 2021 55m 42s

Rosie Swale-Pope MBE talks to Adharanand Finn about her many running adventures, including her record-breaking run around the entire world. Produced by @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch.

Interview with Irish track legend Sonia O’Sullivan

Jun 10th, 2021 1h 17m

Adharanand Finn talks to one of the greatest track runners of all-time, Sonia O’Sullivan, the winner of three world titles and an Olympic silver medal during her glittering career. She is now coaching athletes in the US in preparation for the T

'When you run through a night, or two nights, you go to some weird places in your head' - interview with Damian Hall

May 5th, 2021 1h 41m

Adharanand Finn talks FKTs, being an inspiring parent, the hero complex and writing books about running with one of the world’s toughest ultra runners, Damian Hall, who holds the record on the UK’s 268-mile Pennine Way and has finished fifth at

Interviews with comedian Eddie Izzard and Feldenkrais form expert Jae Gruenke

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 33m

Adharanand Finn talks barefoot running, epic challenges and dung beetles with comedian Eddie Izzard, while Jae Gruenke teaches us how Feldenkrais can help you to run better. In January 2021, Eddie Izzard ran 31 marathons on a treadmill in 31 da

Kenya vs Ethiopia - interview with Out Of Thin Air author Michael Crawley

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 30m

Michael Crawley is the author of the brilliant new book on Ethiopian running, Out of Thin Air. A 2:20 marathon runner and an anthropologist, Michael spent 15 months embedded with a group of top Ethiopian athletes, running with them, eating thei