Runner's World Podcast

Rick and Ben are joined by Rachel to Jen and offer up suggestions of things that should go into Running Room 101. What are we talking about? Well, Ben is disgusted by a certain kind of sock length, so he tries to get it into Room 101. Rick is frustrated by a certain race format, but does it go in? Rachel has a real issue with gel flavours, but do we all agree? Yes, probably. That's the format. Most of these are very silly, some don't make any sense, let us know if you agree or disagree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The best to ever do it, Kilian Jornet, joins us on the podcast this week to discuss why writing a book about his Alpine Connections project allowed him to truly process his achievement, how he feels truly connected to nature, why risk taking is a work in progress and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More often than not, when preparing for a run or a race, we can lack confidence in our potential performance, but why is that? We're joined by Charlotte Ricca on the podcast this week, performance psychologist and founder of Kinda Brilliant to break down what confidence is, how we build it, why we shouldn't always trust it and best route to achieving it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not often you get the God of Stories on the podcast! This week, the actor Tom Hiddleston joins us on the podcast to talk about his love of running, the freedom it gives him, the creative process and how running has helped shape him since he was at school. This is a collaboration podcast with Men's Health UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest this week is Dr Alex George, someone who knows all too well how much difference one run can make. For him, it was life saving. Trigger warning - some of the subjects discussed on this episode centre around poor mental health, depression and suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking to Rick and Ben this week is UK athletics coach and RW columnist, Tom Craggs, who has taken on the challenge of getting a LLM to try and coach him to a sub 20 minute 5K in six weeks. Here Tom explains what was good, what was bad and what the future of running coach can and should look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a slight format twist, Ben and Rick chat to Sophie Raworth about her time at UTMB and then Sophie talks to her friend Sabrina about her race and how she had to be airlifted off the course with what was later diagnosed as exertional rhabdomyolysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us on the podcast this week is Coach Bennett, Nike Global Running Coach, the voice of NRC and now an author. We talk about his passion for running, how it has shaped his life and why he believes runners can help make the world a better place. We get into his attitude to coaching, why time goals are only a small part of the journey, the much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GB sprinter Zharnel Hughes joined us ahead of the European champs to talk about his passion for athletics growing up, his drive to win an Olympic medal, his love for flying planes, motivational chats with Linford Christie and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from her RW cover shoot, Jenni Falconer joins Rick and Rachel to talk about her lifelong love of running. From chasing PBs, overcoming injuries, why she loves to train and how she wants to never stop doing it, we cover off all areas of her running and discover she's still got speedy aspirations! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Shepard joins Rick and Ben to talk about his 16 year hiatus from marathons after an injury stopped him running, how he managed the fear of re-injury and started training again, why he continues to want to prove to himself he can do hard things and why running continues to his happy place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from her record breaking performance of setting a new FKT for the Via Alpina, ultrarunner Sophie Woods joins Rick and Ben to talk about this monumental run, what motivated her to do it, how it helped her fall back in love with trail running and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time ever, the European Athletics Championships are coming to the UK, continuing a fantastic summer of track and field. To guide us through the event, Lloyd Kempson joins us once again and makes us all feel very excited about the event and why it's bigger than just what happens on the track (although that will be excellent too). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's one of those phrases that pops up in running and seems to cover off a multitude of different things relating to training and injury, so we got Dr Richard Blagrove to come back on and explain all. We're talking hamstrings, glutes, calves and also a whole load of other muscles and how to train them for running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just incase anyone is missing a trick and not trail running, Rick and Ben chat through the best ways to take the plunge and start running off-road. We discuss kit (it's the same kit you have already), why trail running is good for your soul and other non-performance based metrics like having fun. We do also think it makes you faster, but it's mainly just because it's nice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Running isn't for everyone, we get that, but we also think it can be brilliant and we wouldn't want anyone to miss out for any of the benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rick, Ben and Rachel travelled to Leicester to meet the Kasabian front man, go for a run and record a special podcast where he talk about when he found running, how unexpected it was and why it's such an important part of his life now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BONUS EPISODE and our guest is London Marathon boss, Hugh Brasher. Hugh joined Rick and Rachel for a special chat about the upcoming two-day London Marathon, how the idea became a reality, the logistics around the race, why it'll just be a one time thing and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rick and Ben break down Rick's sterling performance at the Spine Sprint North race, where he finished in 6th place (much to his and everyone else's surprise). There's some tips about preparing for an ultra, my tech matters, some hydration mistakes and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining Rick and Ben this week is journalist and author James Witts, who has just written the book, Dope: How the cheats stay one step ahead, and what's being done to stop them. We discuss the ongoing threat of doping in running, the measures being taken to stop it (and whether they're working), what the future of the sport looks like with gene therapy and AI aiding dopers, the Enhanced Games and much more . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices