Send us a text Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to the Bad Boy Running Podcast Facebook group, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609232602668375/ To join, just answer three questions either correctly or hilariously and we'll realise you're not a spam robot and add you! Here's how to get i...
Nov 30, 2018•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 140
Send us a text Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to the Bad Boy Running Podcast Facebook group, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609232602668375/ To join, just answer three questions either correctly or hilariously and we'll realise you're not a spam robot and add you! Here's how to get i...
Nov 23, 2018•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 139
Send us a text In this special episode, David and Allie talk to Jake Tyler, mental health campaigner, walker and runner who travelled 3,000 miles across Britain and featured in the BBC1 documentary Mind Over Marathon, highlighting the link between mental health and exercise. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners ...
Nov 16, 2018•1 hr 39 min
Send us a text Jody and David discuss the important issues on this Catch-up Episode. First up, Jody and David discuss the case of Sophie Power who defied the UTMB and their rules about deferment by breastfeeding her baby during the race. Incredible... and it gets a bit ranty. They then discuss how excited they are for the forthcoming episode when they're interviewing a race insurance expert. Next, they confirm the terms of Jody's 5k Ironman bet. And it gets complicated and involves an Ironman ra...
Nov 09, 2018•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 137
Send us a text It's the episode you never asked for, but we promised to deliver. Allie reluctantly joins Jody and David to discuss running and relationships with love Dr and self-help guru Emily Chadbourne. It's... interesting. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to the Bad Boy Running Podcast Fa...
Nov 02, 2018•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 136
Send us a text We've a double-header special dedicated to charities. First Jody and David speak to Alex Eagles of The Running Charity that uses running to improve the lives of homeless 16 to 25 year olds. In the next interview, David speaks to Gabrielle Hayes, producer of the Skid Row Marathon - a documentary film about a judge who starts a running club in east LA's Skid Row to train criminals to run marathons. Allie and David top and tail both interviews. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this episode plea...
Oct 26, 2018•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 135
Send us a text Here's a cheeky little bonus episode, following up from Ep98 with Huw Brassington who had even more to say but it couldn't be contained in one episode! In this bonus episode Huw goes into much more detail about preparation, kit and nutrition and reveals some of the secrets he's used on his own races to improve performance. WARNING: actual useful running content ahead! If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the ...
Oct 19, 2018•29 min•Ep. 134
Send us a text In this episode of Bad Boy Running, Jody and David speak with Welsh ultrarunner and adventurer Huw Jack Brassington about his many race experiences, including The Ultra Gobi and Welsh ultra The Dragon's Back race. Huw completed Special Forces Hell Week and is also a former Team GB Triathlete (sshhh). Huw has been the subject of a film on his Dragon's Back experience (you can watch it on iPlayer if still available ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06cm3cs/ar-gefn-y-ddraig) H...
Oct 14, 2018•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 133
Send us a text Today's episode is an absolute treat with a great runner and all-round nice guy, Harvey Sweetland Lewis. Harvey has done it all, representing Team USA at the 24 Hour Ultrarunning Champs, competing in some of the biggest races in the world including winning Badwater Ultramarathon. David met Harvey on the Marathon des Sables and has been trying to get him on the show for a while. And what an interview! Jody and David quiz Harvey about his running career and his multiple attempts at ...
Oct 06, 2018•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 132
Send us a text On this week’s episode Jody and David speak with Mike Seamsn, founder of The National Running Show set for Birmingham NEC in January 19-20. Ok they come clean. This is their attempt at trying to takeover a national event for runners for their own nefarious purposes... and they may have just done it... In this episode you will discover: Why Mike set up the National Running Show Why Race-based expos are, well... just a bit of a silly idea The absolutely best way to get to the show (...
Sep 23, 2018•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 129
Send us a text Wow, we've got an inspiring episode today on BBR. Allie joins David to speak with National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and ultrarunner Mirna Valerio, who is helping redefine what being an athlete means. Despite enduring body shaming and racism, her message spread through her blog Fat Girl Running and she has inspired others with her running achievements in some of the toughest events in the US running and ultrarunning calendar. In this episode, you'll discover: How David's r...
Sep 15, 2018•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 131
Send us a text Jody and David once again speak to blind ultrarunner, adventurer and Stateside Do-Badder, Rhonda-Marie Parke (she got married!). She's back and talking about completing her latest challenge, the 500k Vol State Ultramarathon that runs through five states. Oh yeah, and she did it all UNGUIDED. There be much insanity in this episode. In this episode you'll discover: Why you DON'T want to cross the finish line of this race (you will literally die) Why lovely long open roads are a very...
Sep 08, 2018•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 130
Send us a text Allie Bailey joins David Hellard as they grill James Elson, who is not only race director of Centurion Running that runs classic 100 and 50 miler races, including the South Downs Way 100, North Downs Way 100, Thames Path 100 and Autumn 100... ... but he's also an incredible ultrarunner himself having competed in some of the world's best-known and toughest ultras. In this episode, you'll discover: Why James was suitably impressed with Hellard's first ultra attempt at Country To Cap...
Sep 01, 2018•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 128
Send us a text Allie is back on podcast duty with David as they speak with guest Anna McNuff on the running and cycling adventures she's completed. If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded drunk runners then head over to our Facebook Group, answer three questions either correctly or hilariously and we'll realise you're not a spam robot ...
Aug 25, 2018•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 127
Send us a text Sometimes Jody and David find themselves without a guest. They sit and wait diligently on Skype but the guest is a no-show. (It's usually because they're realised at the last minute what the show is about and are running for the hills. Pretty fair, we reckon.) So the chaps use this time to catch-up on what's been going on in the world of BBR and general weirdness. In this episode, you'll hear about: The unbearable awfulness/greatness of running with your top off Why Jody and David...
Aug 05, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 126
Send us a text It's another returnee to the Bad Boy Running podcast. After the DNAFit episode with Andrew Steele where Jody and David faced off to see who had the best genes (David won), Andrew returns to talk about his time as an Olympian. Andrew spent 12 years as an Olympic athlete competing in the 400 metres and 4x400 metre relay for Team GB and won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (although not *actually* at the games... he explains why). If you want an insider's view of what...
Jul 30, 2018•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 125
Send us a text This episode is a bit of a treat... and is very different from other episodes published. In this instalment of BBR, Jody and David speak with Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster about her epic charity bike ride two years ago through the Amazon which ended in near-disaster. Just weeks later, she was lying in a hospital bed in a coma fighting for her life as she battled malaria with her mother beside her ready to say goodbye. Seriously, this is an inspirational, shocking and kind o...
Jul 02, 2018•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 124
Send us a text Yes! It's the episode you've been waiting for... ... the LOWDOWN on what happened in South Africa when David ran the legendary Comrades Marathon (and ended up down on one knee at the finish line!) There's no Silk Cut for this episode (obvs)... but there is something new. STINGS. If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before everyone else. Join the conversation! If you want to request a guest or chat about this episode with like-minded dr...
Jun 30, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 123
Send us a text In this week's episode Jody and David are talking food (or fuel) depending on how you refer to your race nutrition. And there are few people as qualified to talk about race nutrition, especially for ultras as Renee McGregor, performance dietician and author of books including Training Food and the Fast Fuel series. Hang on to your macros, as Jody and David squeeze every ounce of knowledge from Renee's brain on the subject (hint: this is one of those really practical, useful episod...
Jun 12, 2018•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 122
Send us a text We've a race report-packed episode this week featuring Jody's crack at Centurion Running's Thames Path 100 - the 100 miler from London to Oxford, while David inexplicably decides to race the day after his 40th birthday party at the Red Bull Wings For Life. There's no Silk Cut because it's all David and Jody. Plus chat about Brighton Marathon, UK Athletics and the joke that is race deferments. If you enjoyed this episode please SUBSCRIBE to get every episode delivered to you before...
Jun 01, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 121
Send us a text It's a cracker of an episode this week with Jody and David speaking to the legendary Thomas Blanc, OCR athlete, adventure runner and now quality manager for Spartan. They specifically discuss Thomas's recent running of Survival Nicaragua and everything competitors had to do on this crazy-ass race. Here's what you'll discover: Why a career in agriculture and farming is the best preparation for the race Why running with your sister is ALWAYS better than running with your partner Why...
May 25, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Send us a text Ok, this has been a long time coming due to various technical issues with the recording but finally it's here. Jody and David sit down with Matt Fitzgerald, author of multiple running books including 80/20 Running and Racing Weight. They're specifically focused on 80/20 in this episode and the importance of managing intensity when training. There's loads of great stuff in this interview with Matt and (fortunately for Fi Silk) very little chitter chatter from Jody and David - mainl...
May 13, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 119
Send us a text The chaps speak to Dumbrunner, aka Mark Remy, the voice behind one of the In this episode he reveals: An exclusive announcement about an alter ego he used to keep that has never been revealed before Why he decided to set up Dumbrunner (and why it's 100% reader supported) Where he finds his inspiration Why he HATES the use of the word "fuel" instead of food What winds him up about running and runners And why there may not be a Dumbrunner this time next year If you enjoyed this epis...
May 05, 2018•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 120
Send us a text It's a catch-up episode with Jody and David and, for once, they're talking about running. In this episode you'll learn: Why Mike Bushell is clearly playing for laughs at the Commonwealth Games How BBR have managed to end up at the Running Awards again (and still with no sign of a trophy...) David reveals another romantic gesture from an old flame that went horribly wrong when the lady in question failed to understand his esoteric reference Jody explains his Sub4 failure at Brighto...
Apr 17, 2018•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 118
Send us a text The guys speak with former Running Bug head of content Rhalou Allerhand (at the time of the podcast. Rhalou's now back at Runner's World) about running journalism, what people want to read about and some weird races you not have heard of. When we say this episode is surprising, we REALLY mean it. Right away the conversation takes a turn Jody and David never expected and never recovers (fortunately). This is proper Do-Badder territory. In this episode discover: The origins of a nak...
Apr 12, 2018•2 hr 36 min
Send us a text This episode marks an important moment in the history of Bad Boy Running - it's the first time EVER the whole BBR team have recorded together and WITH their guest. This week we speak with Andy Palmer, race director of acclaimed White Star Running, which is renowned for its strong community and the amount of personality in its races. In this episode we discuss: Why David consistently fails to remember people's names What makes a great race (and why certain Scotland-based races just...
Apr 07, 2018•1 hr 56 min
Send us a text This is the second part of the episode where David interviews Will Rial, international athlete manager for sports management agency, Run-Fast. If you've not listened to the first episode, we'd suggest you go back and listen to that first before this one. The discussion continues with David discussing with Will: How sports management agencies draft in the right type of runners How they manage runners to maximise the money they get from races What's the purpose of different types of...
Mar 23, 2018•1 hr 39 min
Send us a text In this episode of Bad Boy Running podcast, David interviews Will Rial, international athlete manager for sports management agency, Run-Fast. The discussion is all around what happens when How scholarships are divided between US colleges How sports management agencies draft in the right type of runners How they manage runners to maximise the money they get from races What's the purpose of different types of bonuses and fees Why Caffeine Bullet will never be a viable sponsor (ok, m...
Mar 18, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Send us a text David returns from a running weekend in Spain to talk about his race with Briggsy and Jody recounts Libby's Brighton half marathon endeavours in this partner-focused episode. But not before taking aim at a certain Radio 1 DJ... In this episode you'll hear: Why Greg James might be the new Eddie Izzard (and why he's the unluckiest guy on earth picking this time to do his Three Peaks Challenge) Why Drake is the dullest pop star in the history of music (no idea...) David tries out som...
Mar 09, 2018•1 hr 27 min
Send us a text This episode has a true international feel to it, as Jody and David discuss David's recent trip to Somaliland via Ethiopia... ... during which David won the Somaliland International Marathon. Among the topics up for discussion on this episode are: David's uber-romantic Valentine's Day gift for Briggsy The unbearable difficulty of getting your hands on a pair of Nike Vaporfly... ... and why David may need surgery to wear his pair Jody gets more excuses in for his Sub4 challenge Wha...
Mar 01, 2018•2 hr
