The Big Run

Today's guest is Ultra Runner, Coach and speaker Gary House. 

Gary is a successful Ultrarunner who has helped hundreds of runners get their sh*t together to help them become better Athletes. 

In this episode, we talk about how Gary became the runner he is today, how he is taking his ultra background and applying it to the marathon distance and we also learn about his biggest failure and what it taught him as a runner and a person. 

You can learn more about Gary's coaching services over at houserunningclub.com 

I hope you had an excellent Christmas and you enjoy this episode.

Danny  

Today's guest is club runner, actor and writer Ella Road. 

Ella Road is a writer and actor from London. Her first play ‘The Phlebotomist’ premiered at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in Spring 2018, and transferred to the Main House in Spring 2019. The play was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate theatre and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Her new play 'Fair Play' is on at the Bush Theatre in London until January 22nd. You can find out more information and book tickets here

Ella joined me for a winter walk to get coffee after the press night of the play. We talk about her running journey, her writing and the creative process involved in tackling tough subjects in sports and turning them into theatre. 

I hope you enjoy the episode. 

Danny 

Joseph Tuffin is an 800 / 1500m runner who recently surprised himself at the podium 5k event last week with a new PB.

Splitting his time between being a full-time software developer and a promising young athlete. 

Joseph is now self-coached and he experiments with his training (throwing in the odd 20 mile race!) in order to yield impressive results often surprising himself. 

I hope you enjoy the episode. 

Danny 

Welcome back to another podcast deep dive edition of Different Gear Live powered by SOAR Running  

and welcome to the very first Run Testers end of year awards! From the best racing shoes, trail shoes, running watches and headphones the team is here to reveal their picks of what's made the top spot in 2021.

There is also a chance to win a pair of Dual Fabric Tights from the good people of SOAR running. Head over to soarrunning.com/differentgear 

We streamed this episode live on Monday. Missed it? Fear not! The podcast is here and there is more Run Testers wisdom for you to hear with a deeper dive edition that features some excellent Christmas gift ideas, a look ahead to 2022 and we reveal what's been grinding the gears of the Different Gear team! 

See below to links to the Xmas gift ideas mentioned

https://www.ultramarathonrunningstore.com/2Toms-SPORTSHIELD-Chafing-Prevention-p/2tomssportshield.htm - Anti Chafe

https://premax.co/products/anti-friction-balm-for-men - More Anti Chafe 

https://bravendurance.co.uk/ - Socks 

https://nothing.tech/products/ear-1 - Headphones 

shorturl.at/nBFJV - Bamboo neck warmer 

https://www.iffleyroad.com/products/marine-putney

https://www.on-running.com/en-gb/products/lightweight-cap - Running Caps 

Today's guest is Fatima Musa. 

Fatima is a runner, film buff and a member of the ASRA run club. 

ASRA is a community space centring on Muslim women in sports, wellness and sisterhood. They are also expanding their team! Head over to their Instagram bio to find out more.

https://www.instagram.com/asra.club/?hl=en

In this episode, we explore Fatima's running journey, ASRA and the work that it does with Muslim women wanting to get into sports and we also talk movies at the end of the episode! So if your looking for some tips for movies after a Long Run then have a listen.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Thanks for listening 

Danny   

Episode photoby Amaal Said 

Today's guest is GB Athlete Verity Ockenden. 

Verity competed at the women’s 3000m at the 2021 European indoor champs taking home a bronze medal. 

She competes across a multitude of middle distances. 

Verity is also a hugely talented poet that uses running as her creative muse as well as using her poetry to help with performance.

You can follow Verity here https://www.instagram.com/youngverit/  

I hope you enjoy the episode 

Thanks for listening 

Danny 

Steven Sashen is the co-founder and CEO of Xero Shoes • www.XeroShoes.com. Steven and his wife, Lena Phoenix, started the company after discovering the comfort, benefits, and FUN of natural movement, by getting out of thick, padded, motion-controlled shoes.

Prior to jumping into the footwear business, Steven was an internationally-known Internet marketing expert, Search Engine and Social Media marketing consultant, and software designer. 

Steven is a Masters All-American sprinter, one of the fastest 55+ year olds in the United States.

As mentioned in the intro here's the link to the Different Gear Comp here: https://www.soarrunning.com/pages/soar-x-different-gear

Thanks for listening

Danny 

Welcome back to The Big Run and the latest live instalment of Different Gear Live with The Run Testers powered by SOAR Running. 

This is the deeper dive extended podcast edition with bonus content and more questions answered. 

If you didn't get a chance to see @mikesawh show off his new pants, @allrounder.fitness explain why he buys every GoPro, hear if @nickharrisfry would pick the Nike ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 2 over the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 2 and find out why our ultra man @manvmiles was MIA, do not fret. We have you covered in this episode with more audio for you to chew on. 

This month, we have the Soar Ultra Jacket 4.0 to give away worth £190 head over to https://www.soarrunning.com/pages/soar-x-different-gear to find out how to enter. 

Different Gear will return in December! 

Thanks for listening 

Danny 

Emma Manton is an actor a writer and practitioner, and of course a runner. 

She is also the driving force behind Running with Refugees a charity that uses running via virtual events to help raise vital funds for refugees. Its been going from strength to strength since 2017 and recently joined forces with Amal.  

‘Little Amal’, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl, was created by the acclaimed Handspring Puppet Company.

 Representing all displaced children, many separated from their families, Little Amal is travelling over 8,000km embodying the urgent message “Don’t forget about us”.