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
Suzanne Smith: "Running is my therapy"
Suzanne Smith began running seriously when she tragically lost her twin son Jamie in childbirth.
As she told me, she started running and just hasn't stopped - it has become therapy for her.
Suzanne t…
00:52:32 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
Michael Aldridge: The uncertain future of Milton Keynes Marathon winner
Michael Aldridge is one of Northamptonshire's most talented athletes.
From 5km all the way up to the marathon distance, he is one of the best around on the British Masters circuit.
A superb 2019 was …
00:41:46 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Steve Edwards: The man inside the machine trying to reach 1,000 marathons
For some people, one marathon is a lifetime's dream.
Others get the bug and go back for more, while the more hardy - and some would say foolish - push on into ultra races or towards the 100 Marathon …
01:02:12 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Bonus podcast: What do you get when you add wife-carrying and a swimming pool?
The answer to the question in our episode title is Ovasinax. In this bonus episode of the Running Tales podcast, we've taken a slight detour from our normal format to meet a Canadian couple who've co…
00:24:37 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Liz Yelling: How a double Olympic marathoner and Commonwealth gold medalist didn’t even make the start line of her first race
It's not every week you get to speak to a two-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games bronze medal winner.
Liz Yelling is one of the very best long British long-distance runners of the last 20 years.
Sh…
00:39:55 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
Simon Elliott: Guide runner on how running for two can be the ultimate achievement
Guide runner Simon Elliott has helped visually-impaired runners complete everything from 5km parkruns to marathons, and even cross-country ultras.
It was something he only took up after his wife volu…
00:35:47 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Emergency podcast: Saving Wicksteed Park - Ben Currington's parkrun to parkrun 15 miler
Kettering's popular Wicksteed Park is in trouble - and that is, in my eyes, worth a special emergency podcast.
The 99-year-old attraction is struggling financially due to the impact of the coronaviru…
00:09:33 |
Sat 20 Jun 2020
Brendan Rendall: From profligacy to philanthropy - how a bet about running turned one man's life around
Brendan Rendall loves a challenge.
He's currently running a half-marathon every day in June, to be followed by a marathon a day in July and - on August 1 - he'll take on the 35 miles from Salford Qua…
00:42:39 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
Chris Lamb: Meet the man who does everything from sub-17 minute 5ks to wife carrying
If your looking for someone who makes the most of everything running has to offer, Chris Lamb is your man.
A British Masters athlete he recently completed 5kms in an impressive 16 minutes 16 seconds,…
00:25:41 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Eric Xiocca: A marathon a month, bears as running 'companions' and dreams of the American big three
Eric Xiocca likes a challenge. When he turned 40 he decided to run a marathon every month for each month of his 40th year.
He enjoyed it so much he's kept going, and as he approaches 43 his next big …
00:45:58 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
John Eales: Joining the 100 marathon club
John Eales only started running to lose a bit of weight - but he quickly became addicted.
In less than a year he had jumped from a 5km jog to his first marathon, and after that he just didn't stop.
J…
00:28:36 |
Fri 29 May 2020
Michael Williams: 860 miles in 17 days? No problem... until the coronavirus came along
Running 860 miles in 17 days probably seems a nigh on impossible task.
At 69 years old? I'm tired just thinking about it!
Michael Williams, however, is a different kind of person. The Jogle - a lung-…
00:44:07 |
Fri 22 May 2020
Claire Hedges: Profoundly deaf parkrunner aims to create running group for all
When Claire Hedges was at school, she used to hang around with the back markers at cross-country events - so she could have a sneaky cigarette!
These days Claire is a committed parkrunner and aiming …
00:27:24 |
Fri 15 May 2020
Leonie Heard: Taking on cancer and making new Breast Friends
Leonie Heard is one of the most inspirational people I know.
I call her 'superwoman' in this podcast, a description she disputes but I'm sticking to.
That's because Leonie not only overcame breast ca…
00:31:11 |
Fri 08 May 2020
Paul Albon: Big Bear Events run director on coronavirus, organising races and getting bored of jelly babies
If you've never taken part in a Big Bear event, it's a pretty amazing experience.
On a very basic level, they consist of running as many - or as few - loops of a variety of picturesque forest-based c…
00:52:06 |
Fri 01 May 2020
Susan Wheatcroft: 'The mad idea was a virtual race... within six months we were getting well over 1,000 people'
When Susan Wheatcroft decided to run the London Marathon, she needed a sure-fire way to reach her funding target.
What she came up with was offering people a reward to take part in a virtual race. Th…
00:26:28 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Leo de Awa: 'Race walking was funny... then it became my Olympic dream'
This week I spoke to one of favourite people, Leo de Awa.
He was responsible for the start of my own running journey, persuading me during a meal in Seville that I could run a marathon.
I trained pre…
00:53:17 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Deon Ehlers: The ultra marathon runner who took on South Africa's toughest race
Imagine running almost 90km and then not getting a medal or finishing time because you missed the cut off point by 33 seconds?
That's what happened to Deon Ehlers when he took on the gruelling Comrad…
00:37:42 |
Fri 10 Apr 2020
Carole James: The 'Maverick' whose love of wheelchair racing beat depression
Carole James was left wheelchair bound after a car accident, suffering from constant pain, PTSD and depression.
Her competitive streak wouldn't allow life to keep her down though and before too long …
00:24:33 |
Fri 03 Apr 2020
Mark Kennedy: How a brain injury didn't stop one runner
Mark Kennedy was enjoying the holiday of a lifetime when he suddenly passed out.
He was diagnosed with a brain injury that effects his mood, making him tired and anxious.
His doctor said contact spor…
00:26:22 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
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