Running Tales
Running Tales, presented and produced by husband and wife couple Michelle and Craig Lewis, aims to tell the extraordinary stories of everyday runners.
There are so many wonderful and inspiring stories in the world of running - this podcast aims to give as many of them as possible the publicity they deserve.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Emily Moore: From being told she'd never walk unaided to taking on the Marathon des Sables
When Emily Moore was just 19 she suffered a knee injury which led to her being told she'd never walk unaided again, let alone run.
Now, she's on the edge of taking on the toughest footrace in the wor…
00:35:20 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Sho Gray: Aiming for 24-hours of running glory
Sho Gray has a big goal in 2024.
The professional runner, who is the Tennessee state record holder for the 100-mile distance, is betting on himself to make the US national 24-hour race team.
Sho is u…
00:38:19 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Stan Robertson: The street pastor who feeds rough sleepers - and the run to help him do it
This week's Running Tales Podcast has a somewhat different theme.
Our guest is Stan Robertson, the man behind Northampton-based rough sleeper charity Project 16:15.
Running Tales is once again backin…
00:30:09 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Raziq Rauf: Proving 'Running Sucks' one amazing story at a time
Raziq Rauf is the man behind the increasingly popular 'Running Sucks' Substack, a tongue-in-cheek title for a newsletter that looks at the stories of people doing interesting things to further runnin…
00:26:54 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Helen Ramwell: From reluctant runner to multi-day ultra competitor
Helen Ramwell didn't always wants to run, despite coming from a family that loved the sport.
It was only as a teenager while celebrating New Year that she was provoked to take part in a race, after a…
00:32:45 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Liz Fraser: Why turning 50 is a marathon goal for writer and broadcaster
Liz Fraser has been a passionate runner since a young age, when her mother - who coached youngsters at the Oxford City Athletics Club - introduced her to the sport.
Running has been her constant comp…
00:35:26 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
Denny Krahe: Ultra runner and coach on why people cheat and pushing your body to the limit
Denny Krahe is an ultra runner and coach who runs one of our favourite podcasts about the sport: Diz Runs.
We first caught up with Denny just over a year ago, when we chatted to him about his own run…
00:34:21 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
Colin Kirk-Potter: The Dartmoor fell runner who beat Scott Jurek at UTMB
Colin Kirk-Potter grew up running on the fells and a career as a Royal Marine meant fitness was always going to be central to his life.
Back when he joined the Marines, a day on Dartmoor involved bru…
00:33:06 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Donato - The Poet With Pace: How one man went from non-runner to Boston qualifier and Masters international
Donato, aka Twitter's Poet With Pace, hasn't always been a runner. Indeed, he didn't even start running until he was in his mid-50s and only took to the sport to raise money for charity.
But once he …
00:37:34 |
Tue 12 Dec 2023
Russell Watkin: Running for Tommy’s - and to transform his life
Running has transformed Russell Watkin's life since he started training for next year's London Landmarks Half-Marathon.
When his journey began, Russell was overweight, suffering from high-blood press…
00:30:18 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
Jason Bahamundi: How a Puerto Rican kid from the Bronx came to run Western States, Rocky Racoon and the Cocodona 250
Jason Bahamundi is an ultra runner who lives by the motto 'all gas, no brakes,' but he only started running when he was 'voluntold' he would be doing a half-marathon for charity.
His first training r…
00:35:12 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
Natasha Swartley: Ultra marathoner on how life in the Navy helped foster a don’t quit attitude
Natasha Swartley wasn't particularly sporty growing up - and running certainly didn't feature on her to do list.
Even after she joined the US Navy at just 18, fitness was a punishment for being 'sarc…
00:34:16 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Rohan Kallicharan: The Olympic legacy runner who went from mental health crisis to the cusp of 100 marathons
Rohan Kallicharan, a sub-three hour marathoner, is on the verge of something extraordinary.
With more than 80 marathons - including 10 in 10 days - already behind him, the man dubbed by friends as 'R…
00:48:28 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Christopher McDougall: Born to Run author on war reporting, running with donkeys and why the B-52’s can perfect your form
Christopher McDougall wasn't even a runner when he came across the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.
He'd been told he was too big. He'd be better off guarding the President or riding a bike than running…
00:50:32 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Anthony Swain: The ultra runner who started jogging to beat a back injury and the pandemic
Anthony Swain has always been active, with martial arts and karate his first love.
But, after suffering from asthma as a child, running was never on his to do list.
That all changed during the corona…
00:35:29 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Richard Wilcox: The runner who went from couch to 100-miles in a year
After a particularly troubled end to a family holiday, Richard Wilcox's wife gave him a ultimatum: 'Change or we're finished'.
The former Army man was overweight - his five four inch frame carrying 1…
01:00:52 |
Tue 24 Oct 2023
Nigel Watson: How one man’s prostate cancer diagnosis didn’t stop him running the Marathon des Sables
The Marathon des Sables had always been on Nigel Watson's bucket list.
But with his plans to tackle the six day, 250km ultra marathon through the heat of the Sahara Desert barely underway, Nigel was …
00:25:33 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Peter Vickers: The ‘one time’ parkrunner who beat Covid to finish an ultra
From deciding to try parkrun once - and then getting hooked on it - to completing a 35-mile ultra despite contracting Covid, Peter Vickers has fully embraced the world of running.
At 55, he saw peo…
00:24:35 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Isaac Kenyon: The extreme adventurer using running to raise mental health awareness
Isaac Kenyon is a runner, cyclist, triathlete and extreme adventurer who uses the power of the challenges he takes on to both inspire others and raise awareness of mental health and climate change ca…
00:36:52 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
Carlotta James: The woman behind the 4,300km Monarch Ultra
Launched in 2019, The Monarch Ultra is an epic environmental run and conservation project which aims to raise awareness of the at-risk Monarch Butterfly.
That year, a team of ultra runners and enviro…
00:35:41 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
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