On November 10th 2019 Nick Butter became the first and only person to run a full marathon distance in every country in the world, and did so in just 23 months. He travelled alone for 674 days, running 2 or 3 marathons in 2 or 3 countries, every week, for 96 consecutive weeks. In this episode we attempt to condense more than 2 years of adventure into 40 minutes of chat covering such topics as car-park marathons, wild dog avoidance techniques and running with food poisoning. Nick's awesome adventu...
May 30, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Sophie Power is an ultra-runner with an impressive CV including the MDS, running for Great Britain at Spartathlon, and completing the UTMB. It was during this particular race that a photo, taken of Sophie whilst she breastfed her 3-month-old at the checkpoint in Courmayeur, went viral and sparked debates around the world. In this episode, we chat to Sophie about her journey into ultra-running, her sudden appearance in the international spotlight, and about the work she has done since becoming an...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Jamie Ramsay is as an award-winning British Endurance Adventurer. After 12 years of successfully living and working at a stressful job in London, Jamie realised he was unhappy with the direction of his life and that if he didn’t make some drastic changes then things would continue to spiral downwards. His rather audacious solution was to quit his job (where he was a newly promoted Partner), fly to Vancouver, and run 17,000km to Buenos Aires completely unsupported. Since his leap into the unknown...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Mark Beaumont is a British long-distance cyclist, broadcaster, author, and documentary maker. He has completed some truly inspiring and record-breaking adventure challenges during his career but is best know for setting a stunning record for cycling around the world, completing his 18,000-mile (29,000 km) route on 18 September 2017, having taken 78 days 14hrs to do so. In the latest episode of Everything Endurance, Will chats to Mark about his epic lap of the planet, from Mark's childhood in rur...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Enda Brady is a journalist who's had the chance, over the years, to talk to some truly great sportspeople. A Sky News Correspondent since 2005, he has spent time interviewing the likes of Eliud Kipchoge, Chris Froome and even Zlatan Ibrahimovich, and in this episode, he shares some of the insights he's picked up and some of the great stories they've told him. Between interviewing incredible sportspeople, Enda is also an experienced runner having completed over 30 road marathons and, more recentl...
May 01, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Aside from a thirst for adventure, there is another thing that our previous guests have in common. Whether it be due to the early mornings and long hours spent in training, or the deep dark deprivation which comes in the midst of a long race or endurance challenge, they've all found their sleep patterns disrupted and suffered as a consequence. In this episode, we discuss all things slumber related with James Wilson, a Sleep Behaviour and Environment Expert who has, with a supporting team of othe...
Apr 24, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Before his 21st, at an age when most people are worried about little more than partying, Alex Staniforth had already planned 2 attempts at Everest and sadly seen both end in tragedy. These early setbacks obviously took a toll, but over the last few years, Alex has found new challenges and channeled his own experiences of overcoming mental health problems into creating Mind over Mountains, a charity offering support to those who find themselves tackling the same issues. We chatted with Alex about...
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Co-host Kris King is a successful Race Director who has lead runners through tough environments all around the world. But he is also an experienced ultra-runner, and formerly a full-time strength and fitness coach. Recorded back in the mists of time, in those halcyon, pre-Lockdown days, this episode includes our attempt at getting grime supremo Stormzy to produce a new theme tune as well as King Krizzy's insights into the seemingly daunting task of setting yourself a training plan for taking on ...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Mimi Anderson is a legend in the ultra-running scene. The last time we spoke to her she was preparing to head to the US to add to her growing list of international accolades with a record-breaking run across North America. However, 40 days in disaster struck when a knee injury put paid to not just the record attempt, but her continued career as an exceptional ultra-runner. The marvelous Mimi Anderson fought through the emotional fall-out and found a new way of adventuring. Here she talks to Kris...
Mar 29, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In January 2020, John Kelly became the founding member of the most exclusive club in the world. A club reserved for people who have finished both the Montane Spine Race and the Barkley Marathons, two races with a reasonable claim on the title toughest-in-the-world. What's more, is that he joined that club having won both races having crossed the line at the end of a particularly weather-beaten Spine Race in the 2nd fastest recorded time. In the latest episode of Everything Endurance, Will 'Baldl...
Mar 20, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Jasmin Paris was already a national fell-running champion, winner of the Skyrunner world series and a record holder on the Bob Graham and Ramsey Rounds when she crossed the line of the 2019 Spine Race in first position. In that moment she was propelled into the public consciousness, having been the first woman to take the overall win in that immensely tough race, but also having smashed the course record by over twelve hours. We recently chatted to Jasmin about her journey into running, her expe...
Mar 07, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Eoin Keith has been running ultras since the late 90s but shows no sign of slowing down. In his illustrious career as a runner of immense distances, Eoin has excelled in ultra and adventure racing as well as 24hr and 6-day running events, but is best known for breaking the world record for the fastest crossing of Ireland on foot (550km in 3 days, 3hrs and 47 minutes) and for his multiple podiums, and overall win in 2016, of the Montane Spine Race. Here he chats to Will and Kris about sleep depri...
Feb 14, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Cathy Dean has been Save the Rhino International's CEO since October 2001. She is in charge of the charity, and also a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) African Rhino Specialist Group. Under her leadership, the charity has seen it’s income – and therefore the amount available from which to make grants to protect rhinos – more than quadruple. Cathy is passionate and enthusiastic about protecting wildlife and is not at all afrai...
Sep 15, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 22
So, you've signed up for an ultra-marathon/multi-stage race somewhere seriously cold. You fancy your chances at tickling that top ten. But what should you expect out there? How do you prepare to take on the top-runners out in the ice and snow? Will Baldlygo Roberts and Kris King discuss how to successfully compete in one of their favourite places in the world, the arctic tundra. From kit choices to training tips and mental preparation, our co-hosts pick apart Will's 6th place run through the Ice...
Sep 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Back in 1994, Sharon Gayter won gold in the National Championships for 100km and 24hr racing and her achievements have gotten steadily more epic from there. This athlete's career has included world records for the furthest distance run on a treadmill in 7 days and multiple medals, CRs and podiums across a variety of different ultra-racing disciplines. Most recently though, she's gained the attention of mainstream news by bagging another epic record, setting the fastest time for running from John...
Aug 18, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Adam Kimble makes his second appearance on Everything Endurance shortly after joining the Beyond the Ultimate team as a Race Director! Kris and Will chat to Adam about his Great British Adventure in which he and Kris ran John O'Groats to Lands End with the 3 Peaks along the way. We also cover Adam's upcoming FKT in which he's looking to take a record from one Mr Killian Jornet. The conversation then somehow veers onto obscure 90s cartoons, but that sort of thing is to be expected by now. Kimbled...
Aug 11, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 19
This time last year, our team were in Kenya for the first, epic For Rangers Ultra. This 220km, 5-stage race, crosses open wildlife reserves in the home of long-distance running. The race was put together by ourselves, Save the Rhino and For Rangers, a group who fundraise to improve the well-being of the wildlife rangers who form the thin line between the world's endangered wildlife and industrialised poaching. Hear about the adventure, hear tips on getting through the race and the story of how i...
Aug 04, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On June 20th, Inov8 Athlete, Paul Tierney completed an astonishing feat in 6 days, 6 hours and 5 minutes. Paul took the record for the fastest time to complete all 214 of Alfred Wairight's Lake District Peaks in one go. Paul, a former police officer from Ireland, battled sleep deprivation, exhaustion, bad weather and an unquenchable desire for chips as he beat the previous record by almost 7hrs. In this latest episode of Everything Endurance, Will, Kris and Paul discuss running a bloody long way...
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Whether you've already signed up for a self-sufficient ultra race or you're just curious about what it takes to drag yourself through one, we have the podcast for you. What do you pack? What will you eat? How do you prepare your feet for five days of battering? Having just returned from another Jungle Ultra adventure in the Peruvian rain forest, Will and Kris answer these questions and more as they give you their survival tips for self-sufficient races, specifically in jungle environments. It's ...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Kristina Schou Madsen hasn't been ultra-running for very long but has progressed at amazing speed (no pun intended). Alongside representing Denmark as a Trail Runner, Kristina was first female at the Beyond the Ultimate Jungle Ultra in 2016. On the 23rd February this year Kristina broke a World Record, becoming the fastest female runner to ever summit Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak on the African continent. She achieved this in an astonishing time of 6hrs 52mins. That's a mountain just shy of ...
Mar 28, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Dr Al Ruddock is a physiologist at Sheffield Hallam University with a wealth of experience in sport science. He has worked with a range of individual athletes and teams from FIFA World Cup referee Howard Webb to the Commonwealth games medal winning England Table Tennis team. He has also worked extensively in Boxing, helping Kid Galahad achieve his British, Commonwealth and European Titles and, more recently, Kell Brook’s IBF welterweight world title victory. Doctor Al's first appearance last yea...
Jan 05, 2018•59 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Season Two begins with a great guest (not that they aren't all great)!Damian Hall has been a sports journalist with a passion for the outdoors for over 15 years. Back in 2011, he ran his first half-marathon and something clicked. Skip on to 2017 and Damian has been on the podium at The Spine, the Dragon's Back and the 2016 British Athletics Ultra Trail Championships. He has also made the top 20 of the UTMB twice and has the Fastest Known Time for completing the 630-mile South West Coast Path. It...
Sep 29, 2017•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Sean Conway is an endurance adventurer, author and motivational speaker. He is also the owner of arguably the greatest beard in Britain. He was the first person to cycle, swim, and run the length of Great Britain , from Land's End to John o'Groats . In 2016 he completed the world's longest triathlon, a 4,200 mile journey around the coast of Britain all without accumulating barnacles. Kris and Will managed to catch Sean between adventures and discuss motivation, becoming an adventurer, pink helme...
Jul 14, 2017•40 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Jeff Smith is an adventurer, former professional Ice Hockey player and all round lovely bloke. He is also the founder of bigmoose.co . Oh, and he recently climbed Everest. The idea for bigmoose was born out of a very sad event in Jeff's life, the death of his best friend. That event made him, in his own words, vow to get the most out of every minute of his time on planet Earth. This has led Jeff into some amazing adventures, (did we mention he recently climbed Everest at all!) and to create Bigm...
Jun 26, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Adam Kimble ran his first 5km race in 2009 which resulted in a second place in his age group, some painful cramps and the beginning of a life of running based adventure! Since then he has progressed quickly. Among others his race CV includes coming third in the Yellowstone-Teton 100 in 2014, winning the Gobi March and setting a course record in 2015 and placing second in the 2016 Burning River 100. 2016 turned out to be a massive year with Adam making an attempt at the trans-american world recor...
Jun 02, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 10
After running LEJOG, barefoot and unsupported, Aleks made a choice. To pick a life with a backpack and some sandals and a spirit of adventure over a secure life with a good income. With that in mind he left the UK in August 2016 to run from the northernmost to the southernmost point of Europe with nothing but the sandals on his feet and the kit on his back. The former Science teacher ran through freezing cold conditions and rough terrain taking in the incredible variety of conditions which Europ...
May 24, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Brett kickstarted Exile Medics back in 2009 as a way to travel the world as a doctor. Starting in Brazil as a race doctor in the Amazon rain forest, his experience now covers every type of environment and terrain all over the world. Exile Medics takes enthusiastic medical professionals to the world's most challenging environments to provide medical support for expeditions and the most extreme events on the planet. Doctors of all grades, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and medical students h...
May 19, 2017•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
On the 14th of June 2010 Leigh Timmis left Derby, UK. This was the beginning of a circumnavigation of the world he thought would take around 3 years. In late April 2017, after 7 years in which he covered more than 40000 miles, he came home. Will chats to this amazing traveler about his epic journey in which he endured raging storms at sea, freezing mountain passes, the sweltering outback and a run in with the Tibetan police. Leigh saw some of the world's most amazing sights and made friends and ...
May 10, 2017•52 min•Season 1Ep. 7
At the beginning of 2016 you could accurately have described Will as an overweight punk rock guitarist, a real ale enthusiast, and a kebab aficionado. Very occasionally you could have thrown in 'reluctant jogger'. Over the following year he dropped 16kgs (2.5 stone) and ran his first half marathon, marathon and ultras. By March 1st 2017 he'd finished the Ice Ultra as first Briton, coming sixth overall in a foot race through 230km of arctic tundra. I'm writing about myself here and it's a bit cre...
Apr 25, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Al Ruddock is a physiologist at Sheffield Hallam University with a wealth of experience in sport science. He has has worked with a range of individual athletes and teams from FIFA World Cup referee Howard Webb to the Commonwealth games medal winning England Table Tennis team. He is also something of an expert in what Will refers to as 'The Punchy Men.' Alan has worked extensively within Boxing at the highest level, having a huge influence on Kid Galahad’s British, Commonwealth and European Title...
Apr 14, 2017•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 5
