If you’re wondering why this episode is called thank you and good night it is because it is the final episode. I’ve had an absolute fantastic time. I’ve met some incredible people hosting this podcast since it first started in August 2019 not just as guests but as listeners and also at all the runs I've taken part in. It was only meant to help me complete the Classic Quarter which I did in May 2021 so it should’ve finished over 3 1/2 years ago . But here we are at episode number 173 and of cours...
Jan 31, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 173
So here we are recording on Monday January 27th - 2 days after the Arc 50 So what happened to our group - Richard, Anya, Himani, Tom, Nicky and Matt? Each has a story to tell Some made it Some didn’t What would they all do differently? And what are they doing next? It has been fantastic being part of this group - behind the scenes the What’s app group the 7 of us are part of has been virtually every day for the past 2.5 months full of encouragement, support, advice and help. And most of us met i...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Just 3 days to go to the Arc of Attrition 50 - I've been planning all the sections - estimating times for each one, making notes of landmarks to take with me, getting all the kit ready for registration check on Friday. And with no running for four weeks I've been eating, sleeping, watching Arc of Attrition You Tube videos and listening to previous episodes of this podcast which featured the Arc 50. My plan is to be on the start line and see how we go from there. I want to have a grand day out an...
Jan 22, 2025•10 min•Season 1Ep. 171
So here we are recording on January 16th - just 9 days to go the Arc 50 Richard, Anya, Himani, Tom, Nicky and Matt kindly agreed towards the end of October to come on the show and talk about their build up to the Arc 50 We previously recorded on November 7th - hard to believe that was two months ago - and then again on December 12th I try and avoid during asking them how they are feeling! Instead we focus on sharing anything that might easily be overlooked such as : You have to wear your race bi...
Jan 16, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 170
At the Cornwall Running Show on Sunday someone asked me if I could point them in the direction of the episodes on this podcast that have featured the Arc of Attrition 50 or 100 Here they are in episode number and broadcast date order - you should be able to easily use this info on your podcast app or platform to find each episode: Ep 22 - Feb 11th 2020 - Being an Arc Angel at Penzance - recorded in the aid station Ep 79 - Feb 4th 2022 - Four 50 finishers share their experience including women's ...
Jan 15, 2025•6 min•Season 1Ep. 169
The 4th Cornwall Running Show organised by Tracy Waite from The Waite Room took place at the Penventon Hotel on Sunday January 12th. 13 visitors sat in the podcast recording hot seat and shared their running plans for 2025. You're going to hear from Dave, Sharon, Andy, Lynsey, Blakey, Liz, Andy, Jodie, Connor, David, Steven, Kathryn and Phil. I mention that I'll share links to some of the events they talk about so here are those links: The Plague Beacon Beast Conquer 24 Scilly 60 Ultra tour of A...
Jan 12, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 168
The Cornwall Running Show is taking place at the Penventon Park Hotel on Sunday January 12th 2025 Tracy Waite is the organiser and mastermind behind what will be the 4th edition of the show. The exhibition hall is open to visitors from 10am but anyone wanting to go on a guided run pre-show needs to arrive on site at 9am - in trail shoes - with change of shoes please for the show. There is a packed programme of activities and speakers and a great variety of stands, which sold out several weeks ag...
Jan 08, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 167
This is episode 166 of the Running 44@60 podcast and the 33rd in 2024. In this episode I give a shout out to all the fantastic guests who have appeared on the show this year plus I detail my favourite three Parkruns, I give an honourable mention to 3 other races and then in reverse order I introduce my top six favourite races of 2024 I did 20 races in total in 2024 and of the top six from 2023 only one has made the top six for 2024 - possibly because the other five I didn’t re-run. I also mentio...
Dec 19, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 166
I had this idea to bring together a couple of ARC 50 2025 runners to talk about plans, thoughts, kit, etc… That ‘couple’ quickly turned into six! So a big thank to Richard, Anya, Himani, Tom, Nicky and Matt for contributing In this episode recorded on December 12th we talk where we’ve got to training wise, how we getting on rounding up all the kit needed and plans for training in the next few weeks. The Arc 50 is on Saturday January 25th 2025 It starts at the Minack Theatre at 8.30am and partici...
Dec 13, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Ollie Jackman decided in 2020 after lots of lockdown solo running to Run Devon. From the most Northernly point to the most Southerly point in 3 days using his own route to coincide with overnight campsites. His adventure raised in excess of £5000 for Young Devon a charity that for over 70 years has been helping young people thrive. He covered 137 miles! In 2021 he decided to do Run Devon again with a few more runners and some change stops the route and again lots of money raised. By the 2024 edi...
Dec 08, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 164
To celebrate a landmark birthday in 2024 Rachel Thomson tackled a series of running events throughout the year whilst raising money for St Petrocs , the Cornwall Homeless Charity. The website provides information on how you can donate - including all those running hoodies you never wear. So how did all go? We catch up on the four events that became five when Rachel added the November Cornish Marathon to her challenges. Rachel’s fundraising finishes at the start of 2025 so you still have time to ...
Dec 02, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 163
On the run recording of the Arc 50 Hayle to Godrevy section condensed into about 30 minutes of run time. Taking you through the Dunes - often referred to as the 'Dunes of Doom' - well lets hope not! I've been through here several tie including twice last winter in the dark with my good friend Tracy Waite. I took some photos on this and previous run which you can find on my Arc Training Website section. You can also photos from my previous podcast episode which covered the Zennor to St Ives secti...
Nov 19, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 162
On the run recording of the Zennor to St Ives route condensed into about 20 minutes of run time. Picking out all the various landmarks, gates, big rocks, styles, signposts along the way. I've broken the ARC 50 down into 9 sections: Minack to Lands End Lands End to Cape Cornwall Cape Cornwall to Pendeen Pendeen to Zennor Zennor to St Ives St Ives to Hayle Hayle to Godrevy Godrevy to Portreath Portreath to Porthtowan This episode covers section 5 The next one covers section 7 And I'm planning to c...
Nov 15, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 161
I had this idea to bring together a couple of ARC 50 2025 runners to talk about plans, thoughts, kit, etc… That ‘couple’ quickly turned into six! So a big thank to Richard, Anya, Himani, Tom, Nicky and Matt for contributing to this episode. We talk about where we are with our training and plans - we recorded On Thursday Nov 8th so 78 days from the ARC 50. Five of the group are running the Lighthouse Marathon on Saturday November 9th which is on the ARC 50 course starting at Pendeen. We are meeti...
Nov 08, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 160
I made a big thing about saying that I would never run the Cornish Marathon and there I was on November 3rd 2024 on the start line. So yes I did run the Cornish Marathon, or rather I 'Jeffed' the Cornish Marathon so four minutes running one minute walking using the same strategy I used at the Brighton Marathon earlier in the year. Was a great day and I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of fantastic people and some amazing views from the middle of nowhere. Loads of great volunteers out on t...
Nov 04, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 159
I met Brendan Fletcher when we were both earlier this year on the England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness course. Brendan is a fully qualified tour guide and has run several ultra marathons most of which I've never heard of including: TestWay Ultra Dragon Coastal Ultra 100 Run with No Witty Name Clarendon Marathon We also talk about Brendan's new running tour around Stonehenge based on his amazing local knowledge of the area – he lives just 1 mile from Stonehenge in combination with his sheer...
Oct 22, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 158
One of the things I'm always trying to do on this podcast is have people on it who have completed running challenges that we've not covered before and indeed many of the listeners might not have heard of. I first met Martin Elcoate at the Cornwall Running Show in 2023 when he was one of the volunteers on The Green Runners stand. And then earlier this year Martin appeared in a whole page article in Runners World featuring the amazing challenge he had undertaken starting at the beginning of 2024 i...
Sep 29, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 157
The Woods is an event organised Bys Vyken Events and I took part in it on September 14th 2024 tackling the 12 hour version of the four and a bit mile loop in Tehidy Woods in the middle of Cornwall. It was a great day and an event that I would definitely recommend. I didn't record on the way around with the exception of a few snippets on my phone on my last lap which I share at the end of a few minutes of introducing the event and mentioning a few people who I met on the day. A couple of events I...
Sep 16, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 156
Annie Vernon is the daughter of a Cornish farmer who became a double world champion and an Olympic Silver medalist in that toughest of all sports - rowing. Annie then wrote an award winning book Mind Games - subtitled determination, doubt and lucky socks: an inside his guide to the psychology of elite athletes. You can buy Mind Games from your local independent bookshop or via Bookshop which is an online shop supporting independent book shops if you want to buy the book online. During the episod...
Aug 21, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 155
I’ve recently, along with 11 others, passed the England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness Course This involved an initial weekend in Taunton followed by a couple of Zoom lead sessions before returning to Taunton almost 3 months later for a final assessment. In between the first and last session we had to work with an athlete on an eight week programme (known as a mesocycle) to help them reach a particular running goal. So I've handed over this episode to six newly qualified coaches who were on ...
Aug 11, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Regular contributor to this podcast, Andy Williams had a fantastic run at the Roseland August Trails (RAT) completing the extraordinarily tough 100 km /64 mile event known as the Plague in 17:31:52 The Plague starts at the Porthpean near St Austell race HQ at 12:05am on the Saturday morning and takes the runners 32 miles down the Cornish coast path to St Anthony's Head where they turn around and run back Andy had a terrific run and when I saw him afterwards was feeling still full of energy - a c...
Aug 05, 2024•37 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Saturday August 3rd - The Black RAT (Roseland August Trail) - 32 miles from St Anthonys Head to Porthpean. I pulled at the 21 mile checkpoint at Gorran Haven. Not injured. Just not able to go on. What happened? Nutrition - did I eat enough and of the right things at the right time? - maybe not. Hydration - did I get that wrong? I thought it was ok but I almost certainly didn't drink enough water Training - did I do enough and of the right sort? Definitely not. I just didn't do the mileage and I ...
Aug 04, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Shane Benzie is a Running Coach and Movement Specialist described by his client Damien Hall as 'the Indiana Jones of the Running World' Shane has travelled the globe working with, filming and analysing the movements of not just runners but indigenous people and tribes who still move in the way that humans were ultimately designed to do so. Shane has used all of this knowledge and experience and observation to help all types of runners from beginners to elite think about their running and improve...
Aug 01, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 151
On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Colin Bathe returns to tell us how he got on in the 2024 West Highland Way Race On episode 148 we heard all about Colin's preparation - and Colin is a meticulous race planner. During the event Colin and Becca, who was one of his crew and his second half pacer, recorded snippets. For this episode we play the snippets and then Colin talks us through each snippet. It's the first time we've done something like this so I hope you like it! The West Highland...
Jul 04, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 150
As an athletics correspondent for Running Magazine (the forerunner of Runners World), the Daily Telegraph and as a freelance Tom Knight covered 7 Summer Olympics and several World Athletic Championships In that time Tom witnessed some amazing athletic feats that were controversial, inspirational, unbelievable For this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I asked Tom to share the top 5 Memorable Athletics Moments he covered during his career Its a fascinating insight into what it was like to be o...
Jun 23, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 149
On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Colin Bathe as he is busy preparing for the West Highland Way Race The West Highland Way Race gets underway at 1am on Sunday June 22nd starting from Milngavie which his about 10 miles north of Glasgow. The 95 mile route with 15,000 feet of elevation makes it way to Fort William The 300 runners, which the race is restricted to, have 35 hours in which to complete the route. There are a few rules not always seen on other ultras All runners...
Jun 04, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 148
On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Wez Swain In 2023 Wez had an idea that became the Scilly60 A 60km race that takes in the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly 75 places were available and 65 runners started with 24 finishing. If you missed the cut out you missed the boat to the next start line! The average pace needed to make the cut offs is 7.30 mins / km For 2024 Wes has doubled the number of places and added the Scilly60% 'fun run' which is a 40 km event ta...
May 05, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 147
On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Fergy - who is now the Event Director of Arc of Attrition by UTMB - about the Arc of Attrition, how it started and how it’s going to look as part of the UTMB World Series. There has been a tremendous amount of chatter on social media since the announcement that UTMB is taking over the ARC and Ferg explains some of the differences but also reassures those who don’t like change that much of what runners have become used to over the last f...
Apr 29, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 146
On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Mark Roby about how he went from struggling to walk because of a back injury to a sub 3 hour marathon in less than 3 years. Mark ran his first London Marathon when he was 23 years old back in 1999 in a time of 4:18 He didn't really run then until he discovered parkrun in 2017 but his running was scuppered in 2021 with a significant back problem which he gradually recovered from and in 2022 he joined a running club for the first time and...
Apr 26, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Landmark Birthday Run Challenges for St Petrocs with Rachel Thomson On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Rachel Thomson about four running challenges she has set herself to celebrate a landmark birthday and raise money for St Petrocs , the homeless charity based in Cornwall. You can support Rachel through her Local Giving page. The four challenges Rachel is undertaking: April 21st - London Marathon - Rachel will be wearing a bright yellow St Petrocs top and if you want tra...
Apr 14, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 144
