The Big Run

Welcome back to another episode of "The First Mile Always Lies..." a collaboration between TBR and A Runners Life hosted by Marcus Brown.

This episode has been supported by Let's Do This. 

Let's Do This is the UK's leading platform for discovering & booking endurance sports events. Be it running, cycling, swimming, triathlon, obstacle or something else -  you can choose from 1000s of events throughout the UK. 

A few weeks back Marcus and I headed to kent to capture the stories of the runners taking part in the Ultra Black Running trail event. 

On July 31st, Dora Atim – founder of Ultra Black Running – and MOJU Drinks partnered with Maverick Race, one of the UK’s leading trail running organisers, to create an event that broke down the financial, emotional, and physical barriers which limit access to the sport. The event saw a new wave of attendees join Maverick’s community to create a race village full of smiles, music, food and, ultimately, a welcoming environment united by a shared passion – running.

It was a thrill to witness and capture the atmosphere and made me yearn to get out on the trails asap! 

Huge props to Dora for bringing this to fruition and the fantastic team at Maverick for creating a great event. 

Lucie Beatrix is fashion model turned competitive athlete and coach.

She worked as a model from the age of 16 flying all over the world and appearing on the front cover of major magazines but discovering a love of running changed the direction of her life forever.

She has exchanged fashion shoots for From breaking 17 minutes in the 5k, to running 76 miles straight in 17 hours.

I hope you enjoy the episode and thanks for listening. 

Danny 

Hamilton is a veteran designer with decades of industry experience. He launched his own modern sportswear label ten years ago to global acclaim. He has designed capsule collections for Barney's and Bergdorf Goodman and has also previously designed for J. Crew, Madewell, Gap and Polo Ralph Lauren.

Hamilton is a three-time CFDA nominee and won the award in 2009. He was the first American designer to be invited by the Chambre Syndicale to show both men's and women's collections at Paris Fashion Week in 2009.

Hamilton has also collaborated with artists to bring fashion and art together in multi-disciplinary exhibits. His work created in partnership with artist Seth Price in 2012 was acquired by MoMA in New York for its permanent collection.

Hamilton was born in Iowa and made his way to New York to attend fashion design school at Parsons. He was one of the first designers to partner with Uniqlo and Topshop.

Around 3 years ago he was hired to be the head of global creative for The North Face where he oversees the entire design output of one of the worlds most legendary outdoor brands that has been around for over 50 years.

George is recognisable to Channel 4 audiences for his role in Hunted & Celebrity Hunted. Utilising his skills as a former senior Detective in the Metropolitan Police Service to track down fugitives.

George joined the police force at 16 as a Police Cadet, at a time of growing conflict between the police and the black community. He was one of the very few black policemen in the force. Over 31 years George worked in all areas of policing. As a uniform officer he was at the 1981 Brixton Riots and preceding the riots George policed the New Cross march across Blackfriars Bridge where he was seriously injured.

George went on to be a Detective Inspector, head of a specialist unit in the Serious and Organised Crime Command, based at New Scotland Yard. During the rise of 'Black on Black' crime in London George attended murder/crime scenes, interviews and worked as family liaison. As a result of the racial murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, George worked closely with the Lawrence family and then at the highest level, trained UK's Senior Investigating Officers and Chiefs of Police in investigating racially motivated crimes, police perceptions and behaviour, media appeals and dealing with grieving families.

George also worked as a Hostage and Crisis Negotiator, dealing with kidnap & ransom cases.

Whilst in the police George also designed and managed a youth empowerment programme in the London Borough of Westminster, Hackney and Haringey. George also established the Black Police Association and drove diversity change throughout the police service. He won several awards for this innovative programme, which is now established in the police service as a community strategy to connect with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. George consistently boxed competitively for the British Police Boxing Team.

Since his retirement from the Met, George went on to work in the USA for the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INLA). George was selected by the INLA as Team Leader of an international team of law enforcement experts to work on sensitive matters in Mexico. George received a commendation for his work from the US Secret Service.

** A Word Of Caution Please be aware some this episode contains descriptions of racial abuse, racist language, descriptions of self-harm and bullying and at around 1 hour and 40 minutes there is some description of the 7/7 bombings that some listeners may find upsetting. I'll jump in and give you a heads up before that section**

Welcome back to The Big Run. And now for something different…

Today’s episode marks the first in a new series in collaboration with A Runners Life podcast hosted by Marcus Brown.

We have joined up over the past few weeks to record a series of specials that we will be releasing monthly on both our podcasts a variety of subjects and topics that speak to us as runners and that we hope you enjoy.

It’s called The First Mile Always Lies and our first is a special round table of the Run Crew community.

Community is such an important part of running and it felt only right to shine some light on it as we slowly move back to normality.

Joining us in the special are Andre Coggins founder of Mafia Moves.

Lloyd Kempson founder of Team Project Run and Pure Sport Run Club

and Tasha Thompson founder of Black Girls Do Run

A little later in the episode, we are joined on the phone by Duy Nguyen one of the Co-Founders of Korea Town Run Club out in LA

We are grateful to Meus space for hosting us for the day, for Freeze-frame media to capturing the recording and to Exhale coffee for their support and excellent java that kept us chatting.

We hope you enjoy the episode, be sure to subscribe to be the first to hear when the new episode is released.

Thanks for listening

and remember…

The First Mile Always lies.

Danny

Manni is a qualified musculoskeletal Physiotherapist that specialises in treating runners of varying abilities. Having qualified from a Sports Therapy degree in 2009 and completing an MSc in Physiotherapy in 2012 Manni is passionate about running and enabling people to return back to their full performance.

A passionate runner having posted a 2:50 for the 2019 London Marathon, Manni thrives on upskilling runners to help increase their longevity in their sport. 

This is a must listen if you are looking for inspiration on how you can improve your performance and recovery as a runner.  

You can find out more about his services here: https://www.manniathletephysio.com/

Manni has his own podcast that you can listen to here: https://anchor.fm/manni-o 

Thanks for listening 

Danny 

Today's guests are The Run Testers, aka Keiran, Nick, Mike & Tom.

Four fitness, tech and running journalists who love running, testing out new kits and writing about it for some of the biggest publications in the UK.

As I start making my way through my own marathon training block I wanted to quiz them on the kind of gear you might need for training and race day for this demanding distance. From first-timers to PB chasers we covered a lot of ground and hopefully, you'll come away with some sound advice.

With a collective Marathon total of 80 plus these guys spend their days putting the latest gear through its paces to give you honest, unbiased reviews on what works and what doesn't. Head over to their YouTube channel for a deeper dive.

Thank you to Lewis and the team at Merchant House for hosting us.

There are more marathon specific specials on the way so be sure to subscribe and follow us on Instagram for more information.

Thanks for listening

Danny  

Today’s guest is Daniel Navetta. Daniel is a director, a native New Yorker and a three-time marathoner. Daniel is known for evocative documentaries, music videos and commercials for the likes of Nike, Spotify, Vampire Weekend, Adidas, Uber and HBO to name but a few. 

He is also the founder of Future World an online resource for news and articles about sustainability, a hub for earth-friendly articles.

One of their most recent pieces penned by Daniel was called "The Running Community Has A Waste Problem". 

It aims to start the conversation around the perishable nature of performance running shoes and what can be done to address this issue.

Be sure to subscribe from wherever you get your podcasts from and follow us on Instagram 

Thanks for listening 

Danny 

This weeks guest is Ryan Jansen. Ryan is a practitioner of Feldenkrais which is is an approach to learning and action, through the medium of movement.

Feldenkrais works by By improving our movement, posture and breathing, we can become more powerful, flexible and coordinated. It was created by Moshe Feldenkrais.  He has worked with Olympians and performers unlocking new potential through this method.

It was fascinating to talk with Ryan and learn how we as runners can check in with our physical selves in order to improve our patterns of movement, to run freer and avoid injury.

Take a look at their website for more information

Be sure to subscribe from wherever you get your podcasts from and follow us on Twitter and Instagram for exclusive clips to forthcoming guests.

Thanks for listening.

Danny