In February 2019 Susannah Gill not only competed in and completed the World Marathon Challenge but broke the women’s record of running the seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Susannah shares her World Marathon Challenge story from running the London Marathon for the first time to progressing to some ultras before taking on the challenge. Susannah talks about the buildup to the World Marathon Challenge and gives listeners a real feel for what it was like to be running in the cold of Antarctica one day and the heat of Cape Town the next day before finding yourself in Perth for a night run.

Susannah’s average time for all seven marathons was three hours 28 minutes with the previous record being three hours 55 minutes.

Susannah shares her training plans including doing 20 reps of 90 second sprints on a treadmill as well as progressing to back-to-back marathons and then in the December before the event running six marathons in nine days.

The training plans were put together by Mike Antoniades from The Running School

All of which are recorded in Susannah’s book ‘Running Around the World’ which can be found on her website wecanbeamazing.com

Susannah also mentioned a couple of books during the podcast which you can find here:

• Grit by Angela Duckworth
• The Art of Mental Training by DC Gonzalez

Susannah’s top three pieces of advice for would-be multi-marathon runners are:

• Firstly make sure you get decent trainers
• Secondly get support where you can especially from the rowing community
• And thirdly remember that running is such a privilege

This is episode 89 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 88 episodes via your usual podcast app or follow this link.

Host Trevor Lee ran his own first ultra in 2021 - the 44 mile Classic Quarter - hence 44@60.  Trevor has written a book about his buildup and adventure – it is both a business and running book and is now available on Amazon via this link: 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon. 

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The Running 44@60 podcast began as a learning / motivational tool for host Trevor Lee in his quest to run a first ever ultra - the Classic Quarter in 2021 - here's the story of Running 44@60

The first episode was broadcast in August 2019. The final episode - number 173 - went out on January 31st 2025.

Trevor wrote a book on the back of the Classic Quarter: 12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon - all proceeds go to the Children's Hospice South West