In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast we talk to John Yelland from Mad Hatter Sports Events who put on a series of events that feature running and swimming including swim runs, swim, stand-up paddle board and run and the hourglass which is a running event.

You can find out all about Mad Hatter Sports Events here

And check put their Facebook page for details of the social swims John mentions in the recording.

Here are details of the Bristol Running Show

This is episode 103 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 102 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

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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

I first met Carrie at the Cornwall Running show in April 2022. Carrie was persuaded to do a short podcast recording during which she explained that she had returned to running in 2021 after several years absence and had decided in 2022 to take on four challenges. And not just any old challenges but four far from easy ones.

The Bodmin Beast marathon – a new event that would combine road and trail and in itself be a significant challenge

The South-West Traverse – 45 miles on the south-west coastal path following the same route as the Classic Quarter – and this year run on one of the hottest days of the year

The Black Rat – part of the Rosaland August Trails (RAT) event – 32 miles again all on the coastal path

The London Marathon – the big finale of Carrie's four challenges and the one where she also had to raise a significant amount of money for the Royal Cornwall Hospital

Carrie successfully completed all four challenges and in this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast she talks about each challenge and how it went, and let's not forget that several years ago Carrie donated a kidney, so part of her challenge was to prove that you can do these things with one kidney and to raise awareness of kidney donation.

This is episode 102 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 101 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

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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

Throughout the summer of 2022 my club colleague Andrew Blizzard was training in readiness for the pursuit of a sub three hour marathon in October.

Towards the end of August during a speed session Andrew crossed a back road leading to an industrial estate and having manoeuvred around a car simply failed to notice a motorbike.

The upshot was a very smashed up leg.

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Andrew recalls the accident and shares the rehabilitation programme he has undertaken and the goals he has set to get back running.

Andrew's accident happened in a split second.

He talks about having to adapt to not only not running but also not working and the mental as well as physical challenges this is brought, as well as the upsides and in particular the time spent with his young family which ordinarily he wouldn't have done.

This is episode 101 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 100 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

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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

This episode, which is episode number 100 of the Running 44@60 Podcast, was largely recorded on the run at the Loch Ness Marathon 2022.

After some very severe editing I hope the recording chronicles my run and indeed how difficult I found it in the last 8 miles or so, not because of the terrain or undulations but for reasons I have yet to properly identify I did find myself walking a bit and then predominantly shuffling those last few miles which seemed to take forever.

Maybe I simply hadn't trained enough, maybe I was eating and drinking the wrong things but they were the ones I had used in training, maybe my energy levels just weren't right on the day, or as I mentioned during the run may be I missed the crowds, which clearly on a course like this I knew in advance weren't going to be there.

But I made it over the finish line and really glad that I took part in this very well organised event. After my post run recorded intro there is a short clip with Scottish marathon legend Fraser Clyne who I met by chance during the Saturday Expo. I used a handheld recording device and the quality of the short clip from Fraser isn't very good but I wanted to keep it in because he was highly interesting person with a very impressive marathon pedigree.

So please bear with that bit of the recording.

This is episode 100 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 99 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

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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

A short episode to give a shout out to listeners and club running colleagues who are taking part in the London Marathon 2022.

If you want to share a brief recording of your experience running London or indeed any other marathon this weekend then record up to about a minute on your phone and then What's App it to me or email it via [email protected] and I will compile all the clips into a future episode.

Episode 28 of this podcast was a quiz about marathons so I picked up one or two the questions that specifically refer to London and include them in this episode

If you took part in the quiz and you want to know the answers here they are: 

It you haven't yet done the quiz and don't want to see the answers look away now!

• 1981
• Which two men crossed the finish line together as joint winners? Dick Beardsley (USA) and Inge Simonsen (Norway) 2:11:48
• The London women’s race in 1981 was won by which UK runner - who would also win in 1982?  Joyce Smith 
• Paula won London 3 times
• At which Olympics was the marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards run for the first time ? London 1908 
• Why did it end up being that exact distance?  The course was set so the race finished in front of the Royal Box

This is episode 99 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 98 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. All proceeds from the book go to Children's Hospice South West.

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

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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

As this goes live there is just over three weeks to my adventure to the Loch Ness Marathon and of course it is on the same day – October 2nd – as the London Marathon so shout out to regular listeners Carrie Gleinster, Andy Williams and Craig Beale who are taking part in London.

Shout out also to regular guest Tracy Waite who is putting together an amazing project called Paddy's Mill Wellness Centre which is going to help a lot of people in West Cornwall get active. Tracy has been running a crowdfunding page but that closes on September 9th which is the day after this episode comes out but if you want to get involved then you can contact Tracy through her Facebook page.

I also mentioned in the episode the Bristol Running Show which is on November 26th at the Ashton Court Estate. I will be there with the podcast recording snippets from visitors for future episodes as well as offering my book '12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultra Marathon' the proceeds of which will be going to the Children's Hospice South-West.

So what are your running goals for 2023?

In episode 95 we heard from Jacob Prothero who despite having had Crohn's disease for 17 years is tackling the Manchester to Liverpool ultra in early April and I also mentioned Steve Perkins who is taking on the Isle of Wight ultra at the end of April.

For both Jacob and Steve these are big challenges as both of them have never tackled anything like this before so if you want to support them here are links to their just giving pages with Jacob raising money for Crohn's disease and Steve for CALM which is the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

And if you need a bit of a boost to your confidence to enable you to put yourself in the mix for undertaking a similar big challenge then have a listen to my other podcast –  Better Presentations More Sales - episode 233, the latest one, with entrepreneur Kaye Reeves.

At the beginning of January 2023 I will be running an episode featuring listeners running goals for 2023 so I will let you know nearer the time all you need to do is record a couple of minutes on your voice memo on your phone and send it to me to be included.

This is episode 98 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 97 episodes via your usual podcast app or follow this link.

Host Trevor Lee ran his own first ultra in 2021

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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

Have you ever you ever thought about what it's like to pace a big marathon?

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Gary Dixon shares his story of becoming a marathon pacer. He's done 62 so far including London, New York, Chicago and the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Alongside that he's just run his 250th Marathon so Gary also shares tips and advice for those setting out on their marathon running journey.

If you are keen to know more about marathon pacing and how you might get involved then please feel free to email Gary via: [email protected]

For those starting out on their marathon journey Gary offers three key tips:

1. Be flexible with your training plan. If you are injured or fatigued be ready to adjust your plan.
2. Make sure you get the right shoes so  have a proper running shoe fitting at your local running shop
3. Target a city marathon for your first marathon because there will be loads of support on the route which you will find really helpful.

Gary mentioned the Chester Marathon and the Manchester Marathon (which he organises the pacers for) for a first-time marathon runner and for seasoned marathon runners looking for that unique experience he suggests the world's oldest ultra marathon - the Comrades Marathon.

Here is a link to Gary finishing his pacing of the Comrades Marathon

You can also check out episode 65 of this podcast which featured Trevor Nel who ran Comrades 10 successive times to earn the highly sought after 'Green Number'

This is episode 97 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 96 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

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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

Running the Serpent Trail 50k and then two weeks later the Black Rat 50k whilst recovering from a shinty injury. 

On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast avid listener Rob Thompson shares his experience of running not just his first ultramarathon but his second as well because having waited a number of years to do that first ultra Rob did 2 in 2 weeks.

First up he did the Serpent Trail a 50km / 32 mile event that takes in the South Downs National Park and in 2022, of the Golden Trail National Series – that was on July 2nd and then on July 16th Rob successfully completed the Black RAT – a 50km / 32 mile event which was part of the Roseland August Trails running festival. 

Rob is going to share his experiences and offer tips and ideas to those listeners thinking of tackling their first ultra in the next year or so.

I also mention in the podcast episode Fordh Sen Mighal and the Cousin Jack Classic

This is episode 96 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 95 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

Send us a text

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

Jacob is a listener of the Running 44@60 podcast and he got in touch to say he was planning on Friday (Good Friday) April 7th 2023 to run the Manchester to Liverpool 50 mile ultra which follows the Trans-Pennine Trail, the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey.

Jacob has had Crohns disease for the last 17 years and as this podcast goes live in July 2022 he's up to 10km in training. 

On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Jacob explains the challenges of running with Crohns Disease and how he's planning to run the ultra and ensure he gets sufficient nutrition along the way.

If anyone listening to this has experience of running long distances with Crohns Jacob would be keen for your advice. You can find him through the links below.

Jacob is raising money for 2 charities - BAYSAR which is the Morecombe Bay Search & Rescue of which he has been an active member for the last 3 years and for Crohns and Colitis UK

Here are the links to the two Just Giving pages Jacob has set up:

BAYSAR

Crohns and Colitis

You can follow Jacob's progress and get in touch with him via his Instagram page

This is episode 95 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 94 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

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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

The Smugglers Scuttle has to be one of the most entertaining whilst still tough runs certainly that I've ever done.
From most of the marshals and many of the runners being dressed as pirates to the fact that halfway you were obliged to pick up a small bottle of rum, to pirate coins, to gemstones and a teabag and placed them in a special small little bag and then carry them back with you to the finish.
Apparently teabags back in the day where one of the most smuggled items.
And then in typically glorious Bys Vyken fashion course planner Dave had included what he lovingly describes as pointless hills.
The first pointless hill was merely 30 yards or so but it became less pointless when it gave you the opportunity to see in the bay the wreck of the ship. The RMS Mulheim a German cargo ship wrecked in 2003.
The next pointless hill was much, much longer. A series of never ending steps climbing to the aid station at the top of Gwynver.
And you had to do both pointless hills both on the way out and on the way back.

If you want to take part in a Bys Vyken event before they close time on it then there are two options Ford Sen Mighal in December and Cousin Jack in March.
Dave and Sal put so much into each event so lets get these two sold out for them.

This is episode 94 of the Running 44@60 podcast. You can access and download the previous 93 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. 

Alternatively you can obtain a copy by leaving a review on your podcast app for this podcast and then sending a screenshot of the review, with your name and address to [email protected]

If you would like to come on this podcast and share your running experiences, tips, advice, plans, as well as specialist knowledge that will help runners then email Trevor via: [email protected] 

Send us a text

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