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
Gerald Billis: Sixty years without running... and then a silver medal
Gerald Billis is automatically recognisable at Northampton parkrun.
He's one of a group of octogenarian runners who, pre-Covid at least, took part in the five kilometre event week-in, week-out.
What …
00:43:21 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
Doug Richards: How one runner went from being out of breath climbing the stairs to the Marathon des Sables
Doug Richards was only in his 30s when he found himself out of breath having run up the stairs to see his son.
It was then he decided to get fit - and start running.
It's a habit he's found hard to s…
00:52:37 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
Lorraine Lewis: Running to help adult cancer patients
This week's guest is Lorraine Lewis, the driving force behind a charity which provides support and companionship for adult cancer patients.
The Lewis Foundation sources, packages and - in normal, non…
00:30:33 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Kevin Orchard: Redway Runners co-founder on how he became a British multisport international
Kevin Orchard loves running - but it's not always enough.
The Redway Runners co-founder decided to add cycling into the fray.
Before too long he was excelling as a multisport athlete, competing for G…
00:12:32 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Rob Pope: The real life Forrest Gump who ran across America
If 'life is like a box of chocolates' it's fair to say Rob Pope's chocolate of choice is running.
Seeking a challenge no-one had completed before, he decided to follow the route Tom Hanks' celebrated…
00:39:37 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Emma Timmis: The girl who ran across Africa
In 2014, Emma Timmis became the first person in the world to run across Africa, completing the equivalent of 94 marathons in 89 days.
It's just one of a series of incredible challenges and experience…
00:41:57 |
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Sarah Lightman: "I find race walking easier than running"
I met Sarah Lightman as she whizzed round Salcey Forest at a recent Big Bear Events race.
Sarah, however, wasn't running, she was race walking - and the event was her second Ultra in as many days.
It…
00:21:28 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Lizzie Tovey: Visually impaired runner takes on cancer to complete the Virtual London Marathon
Lizzie Tovey is remarkable.
Despite only recently taken up running when she started to struggle with her eyesight, the visually impaired runner completed the 2019 London Marathon.
This year was to br…
00:38:17 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
Wayne Chalmers: Running in memory of my daughter, Daisy
Running had never been a big part of Wayne Chalmers' life.
Aside from the odd bit of training to keep fit as a referee, he - in his own words - "didn't really like running".
His relationship with the…
00:32:56 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Menna Evans: Smashing the world record time to run the length of New Zealand
Menna Evans only started running seriously two-and-a-half years ago.
This year she ran from the tip of New Zealand's north island to the depths of the south in an incredible 35 days and 27 minutes.
I…
00:28:03 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
Martin Lawrence: The man who turned a lunch time run into a 3,500 member club
Martin Lawrence started running during his lunch time at work.
He grew to love the sport so much that when he was made redundant, he was determined to carry on.
He originally took part in running ses…
00:32:05 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Emergency podcast: Redway Runners Daytona 5,000
It's been a long hard year for those of us who like to get out and do some races.
Coronavirus locked us down in our homes, limited us to one run a day and stopped us getting together to run for fun, …
00:14:28 |
Sun 13 Sep 2020
Jeff Kase: ’How running helped me overcome alcoholism’
Jeff Kase was a star runner growing up in Michigan, but when he went to university partying and alcohol took over his life.
For decades, Jeff was caught up in the pain of alcoholism, experiencing per…
00:54:28 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
Kath Kirkland: How one woman's baby weight inspired her first novel
Kath Kirkland wrote her debut novel 'Mum Runners' after her own journey saw her start running to lose her baby weight and take on the iconic London Marathon.
It was such a success she has a sequel on…
00:17:34 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Tony Audenshaw: From serving pints in Emmerdale's Woolpack to running marathons dressed as a smurf
You might know him better as Bob Hope, but Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw is something of a running fanatic in his spare time.
When he's not serving fictional pints, Tony can often be found pounding t…
00:30:24 |
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Bryan Lewin: From marathon runner to parkrun legend - with some fancy dress thrown in along the way!
Bryan Lewin is one of my favourite runners - but he's so much more than that.
Every parkrun has that special volunteer who turns out in wind, rain and shine and Bryan is Northampton's.
He even has hi…
00:20:39 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
Josh Lay: The 1,500m star with his sights set on the Tokyo Olympics
Josh Lay is an athlete with a bright future ahead of him.
The Loughborough University scholar and 1,500m runner has one eye on the Tokyo Olympics - and he's a Northampton lad so we had plenty to talk…
00:33:42 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Mags Doyle: The woman who didn't start running until her 50s, but now run, walks many miles away
Mags Doyle didn't take up running until she was in her 50s, but there's no stopping her now.
Her love of the sport started after she did a number of long distance walking events, got bored one day an…
00:22:51 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
Emergency podcast: Brendan Rendall completes Chester Zoo challenge
You might remember that back in episode 15 of the Running Tales Podcast we spoke to Brendan Rendall.
Brendan put his hedonistic lifestyle behind him to complete a series of spectacular challenges, in…
00:07:55 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
Katie Brown: 'Was Northamptonshire blogger supposed to say this?'
Katie Brown's mission is to share how to live your best possible life.
The Northamptonshire blogger does that through her inspiring and informative Cake vs Scales blog and her shiny, new podcast, 'Am…
00:27:34 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
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