Adharanand Finn speaks to Nick Tiller, exercise scientist at Harbor-UCLA and author of The Skeptics Guide to Sports Science. They examine the value of scientific consensus, the power of the placebo, and take a deep dive into running trends such as nasal breathing, barefoot running, paleo diets and ice baths. Nick also answers the question: is ultra running bad for you?
Read MoreAdharanand Finn chats with the double World Mountain Running Champion Grayson Murphy about how she learned to trail run by playing football, what it feels like to run away from a world class field, and how she deals with the comedown after a big win.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn shares stories from his recent six-day race around a 1km loop in France, including recordings he made during the race. He also talks to the race winner, Bob Hearn, from the US, to get another perspective on the madness of six-day running.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to three finishers of the world's longest race: the Self-Transcendence 3100. Kobi Oren, William Sichel and Susan Marshall recall the pain and ecstasy of running 3,100 miles around one block in New York City.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn chats with ultra runner Tom Evans about recovering from a bad injury, finishing third at the UTMB, and how he copes with the pain cave.
Read MoreHost Adharanand Finn chats to award-winning author and runner Richard Askwith about his new book The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn chats with five-time Olympian and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey about training for big races with two kids in tow, racing against drug cheats, and running with kangaroos.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, chats with the greatest marathon runner in history about his diet, why the East Africans are such strong distance runners, and what goes through his mind while he's running.
Read MoreRunning authors Sabrina Pace-Humphreys and Hannah Phillips talk live at the Love Trails festival, while host Adharanand Finn recounts his 100km run around Mont Blanc.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to punk rocker, fell runner and theatre performer Boff Whalley about tumbling down mountains, mass trespassing and his latest book, Faster! Louder! Top ultra runner Damian Hall also joins the show to talk about The Green Runners and why everyone should sign up.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to young British half marathon sensation Jake Smith about accidentally running his first marathon, training in Uganda and gunning for an Olympic medal in the marathon.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to record-breaking ultra athlete Dan Lawson about running the length of the UK, designing running shoes from the waste scraps of old ones, and embracing the wonderful power of the universe.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to Olympic athlete and 59-minute half marathon runner Zane Roberston about moving to Kenya age 17, beating the best in the world, and getting one back over his critics.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to multiple world-record breaking ultra runner Camille Herron, and also to Abichal Sherrington, one of the few British runners ever to complete the world's longest race.
Read MoreHost Adharanand Finn has some big news to share about his next book, which leads him to take on a 24-hour track race, with some help from top ultra runner and coach Robbie Britton.
Read MoreRosie Swale-Pope MBE talks to Adharanand Finn about her many running adventures, including her record-breaking run around the entire world.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks to one of the greatest track runners of all-time Sonia O’Sullivan.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks FKTs, being an inspiring parent, the hero complex and writing books about running with one of the world’s toughest ultra runners, Damian Hall.
Read MoreAdharanand Finn talks barefoot running, epic challenges and dung beetles with comedian Eddie Izzard, while Jae Gruenke teaches us how Feldenkrais can help you to run better.
Read MoreMichael Crawley is the author of the brilliant new book on Ethiopian running, Out of Thin Air. A 2:20 marathon runner and an anthropologist, Michael spent 15 months embedded with a group of top Ethiopian athletes, running with them, eating their food and sleeping in their lodgings. Out of Thin Air is a fascinating exploration of one of the world’s most incredible, yet largely unknown, sporting cultures. As the author of Running with the Kenyans, Adharanand is in a unique position to interview Michael, and the two compare the differences and remarkable similarities between the world’s two greatest distance running powerhouses.
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