Winner of the Arc of Attrition by UTMB, Lewis Ryan ran the third fastest time, right on the heels of Storm Éowyn. We chat to Lewis about training, beer and more importantly, what his favourite children's programme is.

Kate and Robin chat to Laura Watts about her invitation to run Badwater 135 for the 4th time in a row, and her impressive ultra CV. We talk about the amazing races she's done, plus discuss nutrition, shoes and the in-depth preparation and heat training she does for running in extreme temperatures.

Laura has supported us and written many race reports for RunUltra, so it was a real pleasure to finally talk to her face to face, albeit on screen. Apologies for Robin's audio - it does improve!

We talk to Spine sensation Lucy Gossage after her spectacular win at this month's Winter Spine. We discuss her back story; being a champion Triathlete, the revelations around her ex partner at the Spine in 2024, fitting in training around being an Oncologist, her own charity Move Against Cancer and much more. 

We talk to the winner of the 2025 Montane Winter Spine, Kim Collison. We talk about his race, his strategies, how it felt winning after 3 previous DNFs.

We chat to Debbie about the Spine, WSER, Wildheart Runners, running at night and egg Robin on to sign up for more races!

We also discussed funding for the GB team - please do donate to the team GoFundMe which will be used to help any team members who struggle to fund themselves.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-gb-travel-get-to-the-iau-world-100km-championships

Kate and Robin chat to Matt Green, of Summit Media. They chat about this year's projects; a variety of films such as Talk to Frank (the dog talks in this one) to Renee McGregor's raw and emotive Unfiltered. Matt reveals how it all started with his wife Ellie, how they do what they do in the toughest of terrains, and what is on the cards for next year.

This is our last podcast of 2024 - and together Robin and Kate look forward to 2025, which kicks off with Debbie Martin-Cosani in mid-January.

Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for joining us on our podcasting journey.

Fritz and Max set off from Cape Town on 25th March to attempt a World Record run to Cairo. Fritz running, Max supporting on a bike.

Robin and Kate talk to Fritz about their journey, who they met, what challenges they faced and how they ended up in Tangiers instead of Cairo. All completely self sufficient.

Robin and Kate have a chat before Fritz joins them and, among other things, they discuss the recent 100km World Champs in India. The Gofundme link is: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-gb-travel-get-to-the-iau-world-100km-championships?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabNTdgTvsPdrF6CgOYOUQ3K1NuQ4YOA0muezhDFpBbPIyK_w0Iz5UwLWSU_aem_IHFjAWko5Hgy_xg3P1O4Qg

Robin and Kate have a brief catch up before diving into talking to Tara Dower about her incredible FKT run along the Appalachian Trail in the US. She ran 2,197 miles in 40 days, 18 hours, and 6 minutes, averaging over 50 miles every single day. They talk about her recovery since, her running career before, and the trail itself; for us two Brits it was a source of fascination to learn about sharing the trail with animals that could potentially eat you!

Could you run for 52 days in a row? Could you run 60 miles on every one of those days? Could you run 3,100 miles in those 52 days? That's what 15 runners are attempting at the Sri Chimney Self Transcendence 3,100 race in New York right now. They started on 30th August and will keep going every single day until 20th October. Listen to Adrian describe the runners and the race.

Kate chats to Damian Hall for a general catch up on what he's being doing, most notably another successful Tor des Geants run and his disappointment in their new sponsor Ford.