Bad Boy Running

Ep 287 - Sex trafficked to 100k champion with Sameena Van Der Mijden

27 Jun 2021

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Send us a textSameena Van Der Mijden has both a fascinating and sobering story on her journey into running. Born in New Delhi and adopted by Dutch pa...

Ep 286 - Don't Ukraine on my parade | The Bad Stuff

25 Jun 2021

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Ep 285 - Blown up in Iraq to bossing Badwater with Joshua Stevens

20 Jun 2021

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Ep 284 - TBS - Lorna and Allie Bai Bai Bailey

18 Jun 2021

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Ep 283 - Music in running with Running Commentary's Rob Deering

13 Jun 2021

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Send us a textNo, you're not reading this wrong... we've crossed the streams! In this episode, Jody and David speak with Rob Deering, comed...

Ep 282 - How to run (and win) your first 100 miler with Lorna Spayne and Richard McDowell

11 Jun 2021

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Send us a textIn this episode, Jody speaks to long-suffering BBR members, Lorna Spayne and Richard McDowell (aka #CFTB), about their recent victories ...

Ep 281 - Charlie Engle - The Addict Who's Run The World

06 Jun 2021

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Ep 280 - TBS - That's Absolute B*llocks ... Go On!

04 Jun 2021

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Ep 279 - Nike's Big Bet - The Salazar scandal documentary with director Paul Kemp

02 Jun 2021

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Send us a textIn this special, David speaks with director Paul Kemp about his documentary that focuses on Alberto Salazar's Oregon Project and th...

Ep 278 - Tales of Al Howie - Outrunning Interpol, Beer-Fuelled Ultra Wins... with Jared Beasley

30 May 2021

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Ep 277 - TBS - Allie Bailey & Gouty Raynsford

28 May 2021

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Ep 276 - Swiss Refugee Runner Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu with Margus Hagmann

23 May 2021

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Send us a textDavid speaks to Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu.Enjoy!If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before...

Ep 275 - TBS - "I'm running this race solely on Reggae Reggae sauce..."

21 May 2021

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Send us a textJody and David kick off with a preview of David's stag do and wedding as he prepares to wed the long-suffering Claire.In this episo...

Ep 274 - Surviving a bear chase with Rachel Smith

16 May 2021

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Send us a textRachel went for a casual run on the Big Otter Trail, a trail she knows well and had run many times before.Unfortunately, on this one occ...

Ep 273 - TBS - "It's the most f--ked up thing I've ever seen..."

14 May 2021

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Send us a textIn this episode, Jody and David discuss:What they'd do if they were sponsored by NikeWhy they want to get Billy Mills on the podcas...

Ep 272 - Pulling a car for a marathon world record with Corey Philpott

09 May 2021

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Send us a textRunning a marathon clearly isn't hard enough for some people.Some like to run in impossibly heavy or complicated outfits.Others pre...

Ep 271 - TBS - "We're all slower than a 12 year old"

07 May 2021

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Send us a textIn this episode of The Bad Stuff, Jody and David discuss:David's new hobby/sport/method of furthering injuring himselfJody gives so...

Ep 270 - Breaking the Bob Graham Round with Beth Pascall

02 May 2021

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Send us a textIt's been a while coming but here's the Bad Boy Running interview with Beth Pascall.In this interview, Jody and David speak to...

Ep 269 - TBS - "18% of Russian men think they're the best looking man in Russia..."

30 Apr 2021

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Send us a textIt's another episode of The Bad Stuff and it's as tangential as usual.In this episode Jody and David discuss:Was Des Linden&ap...

Ep 268 - How to run London in a 130lb diving suit with Lloyd Scott

25 Apr 2021

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Send us a textAnyone who has ever watched the London Marathon will remember the guy who ran it in a diving suit. Mainly because they're still cov...

Ep 267 - TBS - "Turns out my 9-year old needs a gun..."

23 Apr 2021

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Send us a textIt's another episode of The Bad Stuff with Jody and David.This week, it's back to Garmin abuse and discussing which gun to buy...

Ep 266 - Prayer Runs and Indigenous Americans with Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel

18 Apr 2021

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Send us a textJordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel is a citizen of Kul Wičasa Lakota (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe) and is a professional runner ...

Ep 265 - TBS - "Blame us, not Mark"

16 Apr 2021

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Send us a textIt's another episode in the new format where it's just Jody and David... talking stuff.For some reason it starts on social med...

Ep 264 - The physiology of Eliud Kipchoge's sub-2 marathon with Professor Andy Jones

11 Apr 2021

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Send us a textProfessor Andy Jones is back! And in this episode he speaks to David about physiology and Eliud Kipchoge's sub-2 marathon effort. A...

Ep 263 - TBS - My Garmin is Negging Me

10 Apr 2021

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Send us a textOk, if this looks a bit odd it's because we've switched the format a little. We've separated out the intros and the inte...

Ep 262 - Breaking the 5k world record with Beth Potter

08 Apr 2021

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Send us a textLast weekend Beth Potter unexpectedly broke Beatrice Chepkoech’s World Record for the road 5k, running 14:41 at the Podium 5km event i...

Ep 261 - How to master open water swimming with Keri-anne Payne

02 Apr 2021

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Send us a textIt's not often BBR strays away from running (well, it's pretty much every other week)... but we've not been as happy to d...

Ep 260 - How to run a sub-3 marathon every year... for over 30 years with Chris Finill

26 Mar 2021

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Send us a textThere's a group of individuals that an elite group of runners that you'll never be able to join.They're the "Ever Pr...

Ep 259 - Running Mayors and Runsome with Scott Cain

19 Mar 2021

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Send us a textWhy aren't runners considered when it comes to city and town planning?Whereas cyclists and pedestrians are considered, runners don&...

Ep 258 - Cheese-rolling champion * 4 - Florence Early

12 Mar 2021

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Send us a textEvery once in a while a hero comes along that you didn't know you needed in your life.But in 2020 that hero was Florence Early.Made...

Ep 257 - Walking Round The World... For 20 Years (Part 2) - Karl Bushby

07 Mar 2021

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Send us a textHere's Part 2 of the interview with Karl Bushby. If you've not listened to Ep 256, we recommend going back and starting there ...

Ep 256 - Walking Round The World... For 20 Years (Part 1) - Karl Bushby

05 Mar 2021

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Send us a textKarl Bushby had a goal. It was to set out to walk around the world on foot. His plan was to take him from the bottom of South America a...

Ep 255 - Menopause, HRT and how it affects training with Nicky Keay

26 Feb 2021

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Send us a textIn this episode, David and Allie speak to Nicky Keay about the menopause, hormone replacement therapy and the impact it has on training....

Ep 254 - Lazarus Lake - The rise of Big's Backyard Ultra

19 Feb 2021

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Send us a textLaz is back and this time he's talking Big's Backyard and virtual races... something we didn't think we'd be speakin...

Ep 253 - How to make London Marathon more sustainable with Megan Hunt

05 Feb 2021

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Send us a textNot every big city marathon can be as environmentally friendly as Edinburgh Marathon by getting rid of ALL water bottles from the course...

Ep 252 - Running across the US for MS with Ashley Schneider

29 Jan 2021

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Send us a textIt's not often you wake up one day and think "I know what I'll do next... I'll run across the US!", but that&ap...

Ep 251 - The Kit Episode with Wiggle

22 Jan 2021

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Send us a textHere it is. The episode all kit pervs have been waiting for.In this episode of Bad Boy Running, Jody and David are joined by Wiggle’s ...

Ep 250 - Russian doping whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov (Part 2)

20 Jan 2021

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Send us a textHere's Part 2 of the two-part interview with Yuliya Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov. If you've not listened to Part 1, head back...

Ep 249 - Russian doping whistleblowers Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanov (Part 1)

15 Jan 2021

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Send us a textYuliya Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov are the two whistleblowers who exposed Russia’s state-sponsored doping programme, leading to the ...

Ep 248 - Running the Wainwrights with Paul Tierney

08 Jan 2021

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Send us a textFell runner and endurance athlete Paul Tierney knows a thing or two about the Wainwrights.Back in 2019, he smashed the previous record f...

Ep 247 - Escaping the Hasidic community and finding running with Connie Allen

01 Jan 2021

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Send us a textConnie Allen is a former Hasidic Jewish woman who was born into an ultra-orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the ...

Ep 246 - The truth about athlete funding and selection with Marilyn Okoro

25 Dec 2020

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Send us a textMarilyn Okoro's experience of being denied further funding to continue her athletics career really is a thing of shame. That's...

Ep 245 - 100m Olympic Gold Back-To-Back - Wyomia Tyus on reclaiming the record

18 Dec 2020

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Send us a textWho was the first athlete to retain their Olympic gold medal title in the 100 metres?If you thought it was Carl Lewis, you're WRONG...

Ep 244 - The story of Athlete Refugee Team with Richard Bullock

11 Dec 2020

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Send us a textThree years in the making, Run is a documentary film centred around the personalities and stories in The Athlete Refugee team. Directed ...

Ep 243 - Salomon's Greg Vollet on turning trail running global

04 Dec 2020

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Send us a textNot many people are given the remit in a new job to "make it global".But Greg Vollet was given exactly that task by Salomon as...

Ep 242 - Pau Cappell on breaking 20 hours at UTMB

27 Nov 2020

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Send us a textWhen you go to your doctor with a serious knee and ligament injury sustained while playing your sport of choice, football, you'd ex...

Ep 241 - Gary House on coaching runners and BBRC

26 Nov 2020

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Send us a textGary House is one funny chap.He also happens to be an accomplished ultra runner and a great coach through his Run Strong community.Fortu...

Ep 240 - Running the most 100 milers in a year with Walter Handloser

20 Nov 2020

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Send us a textMost ultrarunners are content to knock out a few big races each year. Some even go for the accolade of a quartet of 100 milers in someth...

Ep 239 - The Fastest Blind Sprinter On Earth - 100m Gold with David Brown

13 Nov 2020

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Ep 238 - The Smog Graham Round record with Alison Walker

06 Nov 2020

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Send us a textWe all know about the infamous Bob Graham Round...... but less so about its London counterpart, the Smog Graham Round.In this episode, J...

Ep 237 - How to run marathons with no training with Fin Hampton

30 Oct 2020

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Send us a textWe're told to prepare for a marathon you need at least 16 weeks of training. But what if someone showed up at your door and made yo...

Ep 236 - Living with body dysmorphia with Devin Kelly

23 Oct 2020

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Send us a textThis episode deals with a tough subject that affects many runners (and non-runners) - body dysmorphia.Allie and David speak with runner ...

Ep 235 - Mira Rai on breaking running taboos in a patriarchal society

09 Oct 2020

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Send us a textMira Rai is a Nepalese trail runner who didn't quite know how good she was until she entered her first 50k. At that race, she was c...

Ep 234 - Jamie McDonald on incredible charity challenges

02 Oct 2020

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Send us a textJamie McDonald is one of the most positive and inspiring individuals to have ever appeared on the Bad Boy Running podcast. Not only has ...

Ep 233 - Brain health and running with Dr Chris Holton

25 Sep 2020

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Send us a textChris Holton is a Do-Badder.  He's one of us. But aside from that he's also a Dr and a neuroscientist with a PhD from Imperi...

Ep 232 - The secret to being a champion athlete with Ryan Atkins

18 Sep 2020

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Send us a textRyan Atkins is a MACHINE.There aren't many people as fit or as versatile across so many sports as Ryan.An OCR world champ several t...

Ep 231 - James Willcox on running in 'difficult' countries

11 Sep 2020

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Send us a textSometimes running around your local park for a timed, weekly 5k just doesn't cut it. You want some more adventure, some more cultur...

Ep 230 - John Kelly on breaking the Pennine Way record (for a whole week)

04 Sep 2020

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Send us a textJohn Kelly makes BBR history as one of the few guests back for a third time. (Bet that makes all those other records pale into significa...

Ep 229 - How to break the LEJOG record with Carla Molinaro

28 Aug 2020

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Send us a textCarla Molinaro loves a challenge.Even before smashing the Lands End to John O'Groats (LEJOG) record with a time of 12 days 30 mins ...

Ep 228 - The Darkness' Justin Hawkins on the power of running

21 Aug 2020

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Send us a textIn a surprise twist of fate, Bad Boy Running manages to get lead singer of The Darkness, Justin Hawkins onto the podcast to talk all thi...

Ep 227 - Rat Race's Jim Mee on the effect of COVID on races

14 Aug 2020

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Ep 226 - Jay Ell Alexander talks Black Girls Run

07 Aug 2020

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Send us a textIn this episode, Allie and Jody speak with Jay Ell Alexander, CEO of national running group Black Girls Run, who explains why this all-f...

Ep 225 - Biohacking for athletic performance with Ben Greenfield

31 Jul 2020

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Send us a textBen Greenfield has become one of the leading voices in the movement to reach the peak performance in body and brain.A former bodybuilder...

Ep 224 - How to go solo to the South Pole with Jenny Davis

24 Jul 2020

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Ep 223 - Jody Bragger of Midnight Runners on adventuring

17 Jul 2020

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Ep 222 - Cam Wurf on gunning to be Ironman Champion

10 Jul 2020

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Send us a textCameron Wurf is that annoying kid at school who was naturally amazing at every sport he played. You know the one. He can literally pick ...

Ep 221 - How to run a marathon, one mile an hour with Beau Miles

29 Jun 2020

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Ep 220 - The legend of the Death Race with Tony Matesi

19 Jun 2020

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Send us a textJody speaks with Tony Matesi, former director of Spartan Endurance and author of The Legend Of The Death Race, an account of his three y...

Ep 219 - Chris Robertson on Century Week and Beer Mile athletics

12 Jun 2020

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Send us a textFor several weeks now, Bad Boy Running has featured inspirational runners and individuals who have changed the face of their sport or ar...

Ep 218 - Thabang Madiba on the South African trailing running scene

05 Jun 2020

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Send us a textThabang Madiba is one inspirational guy. From a deprived township, his path into trail running wasn't exactly easy. Living no-one n...

Ep 217 - "Why All Women's Training is Wrong" - Renee McGregor on the impact of your menstrual cycle on running

29 May 2020

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Send us a text“All women need to change their training plans.“ It’s a bold statement, but have you had training sessions that have just gone bad...

Ep 216 - David Cornthwaite on saying YES

22 May 2020

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Ep 215 - Dean Karnazes on CBD and Spartan Trail Champs

15 May 2020

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Send us a textOk, you *probably* weren't expecting this... but we got Dean Karnazes talking cannabis. Yeah, not in that way, but more about his p...

Ep 214 - Chrissie Wellington on what it takes to be an Ironman champ

08 May 2020

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Send us a textSo Bad Boy Running has officially gone to the Dark Side. We've invited the greatest champion of Ironman for a chat.... and we LOVED...

Ep 213 - Coronavirus Shorts Special

01 May 2020

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Send us a textIn this episode, David talks to people across the running world about the impact the Coronavirus lockdown is having on them, from race d...

Ep 212 - Mimi Anderson on life post-ultrarunning

24 Apr 2020

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Send us a textWe don't care what you've done in ultrarunning, your achievements are nothing compared with Mimi Anderson's. With a bunch...

Ep 211 - Joe Oldendorf on crawling 12 hours to save his life

17 Apr 2020

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Send us a textDo you have a survivor's instinct? Would you step up when the chips are down and your life was on the line? Or would you crumble in...

Ep 210 - The hilarious true story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon with Nic Sampson

10 Apr 2020

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Send us a textRunning isn't exactly the funniest subject (not if you've listened to BBR for a while...)But it seems there is comedy gold in ...

Ep 209 - Connor Holt on coaching Camille Herron

03 Apr 2020

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Send us a textWhen you're the husband and coach for ultrarunning champ Camille Herron, you would be forgiven for thinking you're somewhat in...

Ep 208 - Tim Shieff on his quest for ultimate health and performance

27 Mar 2020

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Send us a textTim Shieff is a freerunning champion, Ninja Warrior and former OCR competitor. But it's not necessarily his athletic achievements t...

Ep 207 - Understanding the runner's mindset with Hillary Cauthen

20 Mar 2020

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Ep 206 - How to run with a tumble dryer on your back with Ben Blowes

13 Mar 2020

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Send us a textJody and David speak with endurance athlete Ben Blowes about his incredible adventures, including running with a tumble dryer on his bac...

Ep 205 - Danny Coyle on the Marathon Majors

06 Mar 2020

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Send us a textIt's taken 205 episodes but finally meet the Grandfather of The Bad Boy Running Podcast: Danny Coyle. Danny was the editor of Men&a...

Ep 204 - How to write a running book with Adharanand Finn

01 Mar 2020

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Send us a textWhy are so many running books so rubbish?That's Jody and David's opening gambit to author and runner Adharanand Finn, who has ...

Ep 203 - Random Bonus Episode - The Bet Explained

28 Feb 2020

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Send us a textJody and David discussed the sub-20 minute 5k/Ironman bet before Christmas... ... but for some reason that episode got lost. Since then,...

Ep 202 - Nick Butter on running a marathon in every country (Part 2)

21 Feb 2020

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Send us a textThe is Part 2 of the Nick Butter interview after he became the first runner ever to complete a marathon in all 196 countries in the worl...

Ep 201 - Nick Butter on running a marathon in every country (Part 1)

14 Feb 2020

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Send us a textDorset runner Nick Butter's passport must be in a right state. Nick recently became the first runner ever to complete a marathon in...

Ep 200 - From prisoner to pro-triathlete with Ger Redmond

07 Feb 2020

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Send us a textGer Redmond's story is fascinating. From a budding career as a professional footballer, his life was up-ended when tragedy hit his ...

Ep 199 - Rob Koehler, ex-WADA deputy director general on doping

31 Jan 2020

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Send us a textWow, we’ve got a treat of an episode for you. For many months, Jody and David have time and again brought up the issue of doping as th...

Ep 198 - SPECIAL - Best Of 2019

24 Jan 2020

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Send us a textIn true BBR fashion, we're releasing a very special BEST OF 2019 episode three weeks into 2020... ... in this episode Jody and Davi...

Ep 197 - Camille Herron Q&A

17 Jan 2020

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Ep 196 - Camille Herron on her latest races and moving to Colorado

10 Jan 2020

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Send us a textWe just can't stop getting Camille Herron back on the podcast... we love her so much. Ahead of her appearance at the BBR Ultrazone ...

Ep 195 - Danny Bent on running across Iceland

03 Jan 2020

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Ep 194 - BBR Christmas Special

22 Dec 2019

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Send us a textMerry Christmas Do-Badders!  Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyo...

Ep 193 - Huw Brassington/Matt B Davis

13 Dec 2019

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Send us a textBut of a strange format for this episode, as it comes in two parts.For the first part, David talks to BBR returnee Huw Brassington about...

Ep 192 - Allie talks the Scottish all-female team adventure and Piece of String race

06 Dec 2019

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Send us a textIn this episode, Allie talks about her race experience leading an all-female running squad across Scotland from Fort William to Invernes...

Ep 191 - Hacking the runner's brain with ultrarunner agent Mark Mastalir

22 Nov 2019

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Send us a textMark Mastalir is interesting is so many ways.He has an impressive background as a runner. In 1992 he was an All-American at Stanford in ...

Ep 190 - The Untold Story Of The 13 Year Old Who Broke The Marathon Record

15 Nov 2019

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Send us a textWhen you were 13, what did you get up to? PlayStation? Football? Hanging out doing nothing with your pals? In other words, not much. Wel...

Ep 189 - The story of San Quentin prison's running club with Frank Ruona

08 Nov 2019

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Send us a textFrank Ruona has been the San Quentin 1000 Mile Club’s volunteer head coach since 2005. The volunteer coaches, under the leadership of ...

Ep 188 - Beating the triple stroller marathon world record with Cynthia Arnold

01 Nov 2019

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Send us a textThis episode is INSANE!In what we reckon is a world first (Bad Boy Guarantee), Jody and David speak to triple stroller marathon world re...