The Runna Podcast

Susie Chan: From Never Running to Completing The World's Toughest Footrace Weeks After Beating Cancer


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In this inspiring episode of The Runna Podcast, Ben and Anya sit down with endurance athlete Susie Chan, whose incredible journey proves that it’s never too late to transform your life through running. Starting her running career later in life as a single mum with an unhealthy lifestyle, she went on to break World Records, complete multiple Marathon De Sables and beat Cancer.


Highlights include:


  • Late Start, Big Impact: How Susie went from a novice runner who signed up for a half marathon with no experience to not being able to imagine her life without it
  • Marathon des Sables: A deep dive into Susie’s experience with the Marathon des Sables, the gruelling ultra marathon in the Sahara Desert, known as "the toughest foot race on Earth."
  • Susie’s incredible achievement of setting the 12-hour treadmill World Record and completing all of the World Marathon Majors.
  • Overcoming Adversity: The challenges Susie faced, including her battle with cancer, diagnosed after collapsing at the Chicago Marathon
  • Lessons for Beginners: Susie’s advice for those just starting out, highlighting that everyone has to begin somewhere 
  • Tips and tricks from Ben and Anya on how to improve your running


Join us for an episode filled with motivation, resilience, and the message that age and circumstances are no barriers to achieving greatness in the world of endurance running.


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