Welcome to episode 64 of the UKRunChat podcast.  In this episode I speak with Lewis Ryan.  Lewis is an ultra runner and came in the top 100 of UTMB in 2022 which was a great year for him.  

Lewis also won 3 ultras including 2 course records and a marathon PB.  All this training whilst working full time and building a new business called Brewser who sponsored our event the Shrewsbury Half Marathon with a beer for all participants. 

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In this episode our guest is Gary McKee.

Gary is a fundraiser and takes on some hefty challenges to raise money for his chosen charities which includes our charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support. 

You may remember last year we spoke with Gary whilst he was completing 110 marathohns in 110 days as part of Macmillans 110 year anniversary. 

Gary is coming close to completing a full year of daily marathons, 365 in 365.  We recorded this last week and today he has completed day 347. 

Enjoy listening to this chat with Gary and if you would llike to sponsor his incredible efforts please see the link on our social media posts. which is http://justgiving.com/threesixfive 

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Todays guest is Richard Edmonds, co-founder of Runderwear.

Runderwear is a premium performance underwear brand specialising in designing and creating chafe-free, blister free, seamless garments for ultimate comfort.  

You can connect with Richard and the team on

Their website

In their Strava group 

Facebook 

Twitter

Instagram 

We are available on [email protected] if you have any comments or questions about the podcast. 

In this episode I speak with Noble Pro and Kinni Founder Stefan Van Biljon and we chat about Kinni. 

Kinni is a flexible workout planner for treadmill and outdoor running. 

Reasons to use Kinni:

1) Library of Athlete focused workouts.

2) Create your own totally customisable workouts.

3) Train indoor with your favourite apps. For example connect to Zwift & control the treadmill with the Kinni app.

4) Train outdoors with custom voice prompts.

5) Share and download your fit files. 

Check out Kinni on:

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Web

Sam is an Endurance Coach, Author and Journalist and has been writing her column in Runners World, Murphys Lore for over a decade. 

Sam’s latest book, Run Your Best Marathon, was published in September 2022.

You can follow Sam on:

Instagram

Twitter

Web 

Run Your Best Marathon

David is a Physiotherapist and author of Sport Injury Prevention Anatomy.  The book is a science-based overview of common sport injuries which contains exercise interventions to reduce injury risk.

He was a Strength and Conditioning Coach at Creighton University for several years, which afforded him the opportunity to work with not only high level intercollegiate athletes for all sports, but also professional and Olympic athletes. 

He was honoured as one of the first recipients of the NSCA’s Sports Medicine Professional of the Year award (2005). National Strength and Conditioning Association which is a non profit organisation in the US which was founded in 1978.

And today we are speaking about injury prevention for runners. 

You can follow David on:

Twitter

Instagram

Website

Sport Injury Prevention Anatomy

In episode 58 we chat with Tim Boote from Protein Rebel all about fuelling and specifically their new maple syrup based product. 

To hear our previous episode with Tim please go to this link.  

You can follow Protein Rebel on:

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Episode #57 

Tom is a professional runner who burst on to the scene when finishing 3rd in the MDS in 2017.  He is a Red Bull Partner and will be taking part in their Wings for Life World run next weekend. 

To learn more about Wings for life an event where 100% OF ALL ENTRY FEES GO TO SPINAL CORD RESEARCH please go to https://www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com

Tom gives some nuggets in this interview, listen out for his thoughts on:

• Following the process

Fascinating chat with Tom, enjoy and we will see you on the next episode. 

In episode #56 I am joined by Tim Lloyd from Always Aim High events. 

We talk about their upcoming events The Anglesey 10K & Half Marathon as well as some discussion about the nuts and bolts of organising a road race. 

Our previous episode with Tim was in September 2021 which you can listen to here

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