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
Jake Fedorowski: Bringing non-binary inclusion into the world of running
At school, Jake Fedorowski always felt they weren't the sort of person who played sport.
Indeed, if you'd have told them they would end up running marathons, they would have laughed.
But as a non-bin…
00:37:10 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Franjo Mihalić: The Croatian running champion who won the Boston Marathon and Olympic silver
This week, Michelle and Craig are enjoying a (well deserved?) holiday in Split, Croatia so instead of our usual interview style podcast we bring you the story of one of that country’s finest runners.…
00:10:45 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Joe Thomas: Inspired by Goggins - running 100 miles to raise money for MDS UK
When his father, Pete, was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) last August, Joe Thomas decided it was time to take on a major challenge.
Despite only being an occasional runner, Joe had lis…
00:36:55 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Kim Levinksy: Overcoming closed trails, wet shoes and farm dogs to beat the 358-mile Long Path
Running Tales first caught up with trail runner Kim Levinsky back in April as she prepared to take on the 358-mile Long Path.
Starting from the 175th Street Subway Station in New York City, crossing …
00:37:23 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Martinus Evans: Slow AF Run Club founder on how he overcame prejudice to become a marathon man
When Martinus Evans went to get some hip pain checked out 10 years ago, he was shocked when his doctor ignored the fact he was on his feet for eight hours a day at work and instead concentrated on hi…
00:28:11 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Georgia Francis: My granddad William McKim, Olympian, marathoner and adventurer
Georgia Francis' granddad William, or Bill, McKim represented Great Britain in the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.
But his fourth placed finish in the heats - narrowly missing out on a place in…
00:28:07 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
Mary McNerney: The woman teaching children to ’Run Like A Cheetah’
Mary McNerney is the brains behind a new running programme for schools in Chicago - and hopefully beyond.
The former school teacher is the founder of Run Like A Cheetah, which has the ambitious missi…
00:21:43 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
Henry Morris: The ultra runner and ’secret Tory’ who became a Twitter sensation
At the end of May, the man behind a satirical Twitter account outed himself.
That account was the Secret Tory - a topical and sometime controversial lampooning of the Conservative government.
And the…
00:32:08 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Tom Mulchinock: How one runner went from alcoholism to taking on 10 marathons in a year
When Tom Mulchinock left school with little more than an addiction for video games and a 'class clown' nature, he found himself numbing real world pressures with increasingly heavy drinking.
Nights o…
00:29:50 |
Tue 18 Jul 2023
Grayson Murphy: The late bloomer turned two-time world mountain running champion
Grayson Murphy is a running chameleon.
From two-time world mountain running champion to a track star who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Olympics, the 28-year-old has made a career out of t…
00:35:59 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Doug Richards: Running ’Once Around the Planet’
Doug Richards has just published his third book about running, charting an incredible journey that has seen him run a lifetime total of 24,902 miles.
It's a distance equivalent of the circumference o…
00:29:35 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
Rebecca Leek: The environmentalist working to stop Britain ’Running Out of Time’
This week ultra runner and environmentalist, Rebecca Leek, will be taking part in a climate relay to raise awareness of climate change.
On Wednesday, June 29, Rebecca is coming to Northampton - the h…
00:33:17 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Jeremy Singh: From overweight dad to ultra marathoner - and 40,000 run loving Twitter followers
According to his own Twitter bio - @singhcredible - Jeremy Singh went from overweight dad to ultra marathoner.
He now has a 100-mile race set in his sights, having ticked off a 75 mile run last year.…
00:33:48 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Hannah Phillips: ’No Run Intended’ author on how running changed her life
Hannah Phillips first experiences in running had an element of a comedy sketch about them.
She was first prompted to run after seeing a "fat girl" wearing the same top she had on - a girl who turned …
00:30:51 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Ben Davies and Richard Wilcox: The anatomy of a 145-mile endurance race
On this week's Running Tales Podcast, we broke down what it takes to run an extreme endurance race - with the help of two ultra runners who know how to do exactly that.
At the end of May, Ben Davies …
00:32:52 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
David Abbott: How ’Mr Slow Easy Comfortable’ qualified for Boston a year after starting running
David Abbott only started running seven years ago, aged 35, but within a year he had qualified for the Boston Marathon and he's gone on to complete several sub-three hour marathons.
The American, who…
00:30:24 |
Tue 30 May 2023
Raising money for rough sleepers: Why Running Tales put on a charity run for the homeless
We've got something different for you this week on Running Tales.
On Saturday, in association with Michelle's Step Forward With Lewis fitness business, we held our inaugural 16:15 Charity Fun Run in …
00:17:47 |
Tue 23 May 2023
Neil Russell: Putting two fingers up at Parkinson’s to take on 970-mile London to Barcelona challenge
In little over a week, Neil Russell is set to start an awe-inspiring 970-mile run from London to Barcelona, aiming to complete his journey in just over five weeks.
What makes Neil's challenge even mo…
00:35:50 |
Tue 16 May 2023
Rik Vercoe: Raising Phoenix Running Club out of the flames of a red hot running career
As one half, alongside wife Louise, of Phoenix Running, Rik Vercoe has created a hugely popular and inclusive race organiser.
Phoenix offers a wide-range of races and was a pioneer in the creation of…
00:37:44 |
Wed 10 May 2023
Damon Fox: Running 750km in 12 weeks for children in poverty
Damon Fox ran to take part in this week's Running Tales Podcast - after all, he can't afford to miss any runs right now.
The business development manager for Northampton Town FC Community Trust is cu…
00:26:52 |
Tue 02 May 2023
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