It's a tough subject, but someone's gotta talk about it... yes, those dreaded three letters.

D. N. F.

Did Not Finish.

In this episode we talk all things DNF as we introduce the first (and possibly last) ever Bad Boy Running guest, ultra-athlete Stefanie Bishop.

Here's what we got up to: 

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If you were a fan of David from his Special Forces appearance, then this may be the episode that changes your opinion of him... (he goes into dark territory here.. only kidding!).

In this episode, we're talking about elitism in running and whether some competitions need to be more elitist to actually mean anything.

(Oh, and the Jody joining a running club saga continues to rumble on...)

Here's some of the japery you can expect:

• Jody rolls out a new load of excuses and reveals the pitiful amount of running he’s done and cleverly tries to shift the blame for his lethargy by accusing David of being a poor motivator.

• Jody rolls out a new load of excuses and reveals the pitiful amount of running he’s done and cleverly tries to shift the blame for his lethargy by accusing David of being a poor motivator.

• Jody does a minimal amount of running and explains why he hasn’t been able to handle “the hilliest Parkrun in Sussex”.

• David recounts his first race for ages and inadvertently qualifies for the World Championships

• David explains why he’s not 100% convinced that’s he’s the best of the best of the best and why he won’t be going to the World Championships

• Jody and David are rude about Ohio… for no real reason.

• David tells a story about a friend who is inexplicably annoyed about a guy who invented a racket sport (the name of which David can’t remember) and has his own World Championships in that racket sport.

• David asks the question - are the OCR World Championships elitist enough? (And alienates half the audience…)

• Jody gets his Woody Allen mixed up with his Groucho Marx

• 19:21 The point at which David loses friends and immediately offends Jody

• Jody challenges David on the point of OCR and questions him on Tough Mudder

• David uses the word ‘Strava’ again.

• David goes all Socialist railing against Capitali

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If you were a fan of David from his Special Forces appearance, then this may be the episode that changes your opinion of him... (he goes into dark territory here.. only kidding!).

In this episode, we're talking about elitism in running and whether some competitions need to be more elitist to actually mean anything.

(Oh, and the Jody joining a running club saga continues to rumble on...)

Here's some of the japery you can expect:

Jody rolls out a new load of excuses and reveals the pitiful amount of running he’s done and cleverly tries to shift the blame for his lethargy by accusing David of being a poor motivator.

Jody does a minimal amount of running and explains why he hasn’t been able to handle “the hilliest Parkrun in Sussex”.

David recounts his first race for ages and inadvertently qualifies for the World Championships

David explains why he’s not 100% convinced that’s he’s the best of the best of the best and why he won’t be going to the World Championships

Jody and David are rude about Ohio… for no real reason.

David tells a story about a friend who is inexplicably annoyed about a guy who invented a racket sport (the name of which David can’t remember) and has his own World Championships in that racket sport.

David asks the question - are the OCR World Championships elitist enough? (And alienates half the audience…)

Jody gets his Woody Allen mixed up with his Groucho Marx

19:21 The point at which David loses friends and immediately offends Jody

Jody challenges David on the point of OCR and questions him on Tough Mudder

David uses the word ‘Strava’ again.

David goes all Socialist railing against Capitalist race organisers… but finally admits to being a dick.

David imagines tearing up the nightlife of Ohio and reiterates he really doesn’t like show-offs

Jody tells a story about testicles and running the Brighton Marathon

The guys set a challenge to the listeners… and continue to say the word ‘balls’ repeatedly

Why Jody is positively encouraging hate mail as a result of this episode and why Bad Boy Running is most definitely trans-gender... or something like that.

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Why do you race? That’s the question Jody and David are tackling this episode as they veer into banging on about whatever it is that helps them run.

WARNING! This episode contains some actual information about running… please don’t hold it against them.

Here’s some of the delightful highlights:

• Jody talks about completing his 30 day bodyweight challenge… and lets slip a revealing admission about his mum and karate
• David talks about his ankle…. again and makes the strangest comparison between running and playing the violin
• An inspirational message to all the non-runners who’ve persisted in listening to Bad Boy Running thus far
• David thinks about getting an Iron Man tattoo and explains how he earned/scammed a rare Tough Mudder headband
• The duo question the point of race t-shirts and badly explain Comrades Marathon
• Why MDS 1st Brit Danny Kendal is better at dancing and writing theme tunes than David (probably)
• At some point it gets quite philosophical and some actual advice is shared around the 25 minute mark - just skip this if it feels out of keeping with previous content

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Why do you race? That’s the question Jody and David are tackling this episode as they veer into banging on about whatever it is that helps them run.

WARNING! This episode contains some actual information about running… please don’t hold it against them.

Here’s some of the delightful highlights:

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Here it is. The second part of our bonus episodes where we talk about David's (or Hellard's) experience on BBC Two's Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week.

Here's the highlights:

• David reveals how he is now the No.1 hated person in the Philippines and why he’s worried for his safety
• Jody gives David an honest appraisal of how well he came across on the show…
• David gets excited remembering kicking the sh*t out of someone in the fighting challenge
• David and Jody remember Big Brother’s Nasty Nick
• David explains his choice of Ronan Keating as the Navy SEALS tune
• The guys talk Timmy Mallet while David reveals a sinister tale involving Michaela Strachan
• Why marching is hard for small people, according to David
• How David will NEVER be able to escape his poor press up legacy
• David says ‘smashing it’ a ridiculous number of times in a short space of time
• Hellard reveals his hidden strategy to drink his way into hospital as a finale
• Jody reveals his own beastings at the hands of his Olympic-training Filipino ex-girlfriend
• David’s uncensored opinion on “elite sportsman” Freddie Flintoff and reveals who he thinks was the hardest Special Forces guy
• David makes the claim that he thought “it was going to be harder” and explains his fury after leaving and the aftermath
• How David managed to turn the Filipino national against him and reads out some mean comments about him
• David apologises to the listeners for his ranting but admits it’s been therapeutic

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Here it is. The second part of our bonus episodes where we talk about David's (or Hellard's) experience on BBC Two's Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week.

Here's the highlights:

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In this episode we’re pondering the question of the worst things you can do before running a marathon.

Some of the things we talk about include:

• The many reasons why Jody STILL hasn’t joined a running club
• What the point of those terrible clickbait running listicle features are
• A list of the worst things you can possibly do before trying to run a marathon (our suggestions are quite frankly ludicrous…)
• Why David claims to be the slowest person to have run a 2.45 marathon… (or at least explains what the hell he’s talking about when he makes such a claim)
• Jody getting annoyed at David’s constant mentions of beetroot and demanding an explanation

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We're not exaggerating by claiming this is a classic episode. We say that about every episode... but this one is a bit special with Jody and David talk about David's entry into BBC Two's Special Forces Hell Week series.

For some reason, some unsavoury characters also pop up in conversation.

Here's what went wrong:

• Why Jody’s wife is suspicious of his reasons for recording this podcast and David makes a damaging faux pas about Jody's wife
• Mo Farah leaves a review for the Bad Boy Running Podcast and Jody & David plan to ‘help’ UK Athletics with a generous offer
• Jody drops the C-bomb and rants about middle-class accountants
• Jody admits to having played in a netball team at school
• David’s trick to sounding like you’re great at a sport
• David reveals his Special Forces Hell Week involvement
• David explains how he researched Special Forces… on Youtube and reveals his training regime
• Why endurance was the best prep for the show
• David makes a damaging admission about how he likes to train… in the showers
• Jody’s talks about his experience training with the Royal Marines… and the shock in store when everyone walked into the mess hall
• The “hidden” final Royal Marine Commandos test
• Jody wants to know about the fun facts which were used to preview David’s Mudstacle profile
• David explains how he was involved in the biggest pub crawl of all time and was also the fastest fairy and how he beat Mo Farah TWICE
• How David taught Howard Marks to play poker
• Jody gets a bit confused and mistakes Howard Marks for a Nineties pop crooner
• David explains how he played a young

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We're not exaggerating by claiming this is a classic episode. We say that about every episode... but this one is a bit of a bonus as Jody and David talk about David's entry into BBC Two's Special Forces Hell Week series.

For some reason, some unsavoury characters also pop up in conversation.

Here's what went wrong:

00:44 Why Jody’s wife is suspicious of his reasons for recording this podcast and David makes a damaging faux pas about Jody's wife

03:06 Mo Farah leaves a review for the Bad Boy Running Podcast and Jody & David plan to ‘help’ UK Athletics with a generous offer

04:50 Jody drops the C-bomb and rants about middle class accountants

06:50 Jody admits to having played in a netball team at school

08:51 David’s trick to sounding like you’re great at a sport

11:33 David reveals his Special Forces Hell Week involvement

16:28 David explains how he researched Special Forces… on Youtube and reveals his training regime

25:50 Why endurance was the best prep for the show

26:17 David makes a damaging admission about how he likes to train… in the showers

29:43 Jody’s talks about his experience training with the Royal Marines… and the shock in store when everyone walked into the mess hall

32:01 The “hidden” final Royal Marine Commandos test

33:40 Jody wants to know about the fun facts which were used to preview David’s Mudstacle profile

35:28 David explains how he was involved in the biggest pub crawl of all time and was also the fastest fairy and how he beat Mo Farah TWICE

37:29 How David taught Howard Marks to play poker

38:16 Jody gets a bit confused and mistakes Howard Marks for an Nineties pop crooner

39:14 David explains how he played a young Harold Shipman on TV and played a character called The Urinator… WTF?!

42:37 David explains his love for Justin Lee Collins and how he made his showreel…

44:11 How David famously led the London Marathon… for the first 400 metres at least

47:20 Why we want Richard Marx’s phone number… free poker lessons!

49:37 Why we don't actually want reviews… we want money. Lots of it. Send us money…

50:45 Jody and David list all the free stuff they’d like to be sent and inadvertently discover their niche

52:16 Why you SHOULDN’T give us free places at the Edinburgh Marathon