Podcast

Doesn’t everyone love a good running story? Well, you’ve come to the right episode because this one is full of them. Benji Durden’s delightful stories truly document his journey of running. Benji begins by taking us through his journey of getting into marathons. He shares how he has become famously known for saying, “Anyone who…

If you are looking for a unique episode, this is it.  It is about social change. This episode is for anyone who may have an alcohol or drug problem or feel socially isolated. Richie gets into the positive physical and health benefits running can do for us.  He elaborates on this by explaining the positive…

Camille Herron let’s the magic come out in this high-energy interview as she likes to do in every race she runs. Ultra-distance running is gaining popularity. This episode is for you if you want to learn great strategies for improving your ultra races and how to recover faster afterwards. Camille takes us through her graduate…

Running has been known to change us physically and mentally.  It is also able to change us emotionally through empowering us by building our self-confidence.  After listening to this episode with Bhumika Patel, you will see what I mean. Bhumika takes us through her journey from thinking it was impossible to run to becoming sponsored…

In this interview we hear from Mo’ath Alkhawaldeh from Jordan, who shares a different story compared to my other episodes. Starting with his first 10k in Beirut, Mo takes us through his running journey sharing running-for- real stories of races and people he has met along the way. He tells us about the advice he…

New listeners of the Running for Real podcast can find out the most popular episodes of the year, and get a recap on what has happened since Running for Real launched in mid 2017. I talk about the dramatic changes in direction that my life took from professional runner to choosing to not run a…

Want to hear something incredible?  Nick Butter ran a whole marathon at the young age of 11 years old.  Yes, I would say that is incredible. This interview is for those who love adventure, endurance running, and are passionate about life. After running 318 marathons, Nick still labels himself as nobody special.  From all these…

The steeplechase is not a race people normally talk about let alone know what is involved in it.  Do you?  Emma Coburn does.  Her specialty lies in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Emma is as real as it gets, and shows the real side of herself here.  She tells us of her adventures from not liking…

A split episode of the running podcast for runner safety and gift ideas for Christmas and Holiday celebrations. The first half of this show we talk to founder of Run Angel, David Caren. I was always one of those runners who thought I was invincible, It would never happen to me. Thankfully, it didn’t, but it could…

If I had to choose the person who I feel has been the most real, most honest and vulnerable of any of my guests, it would be Suzy hands down. She is a three-time Olympian who has been diagnosed with ADHD, Bi-Polar, Anxiety, and OCD. I admire her for being so brave for sharing all…

By now you have probably heard of Oiselle, the running apparel brand for women, changing the running world through sharing their journey of vulnerability and openness, and celebrating the whole athlete, rather than just their athletic performance. With athletes like Kara Goucher, Lauren Fleshman, and Stephanie Bruce proudly wearing their clothes, Oiselle is determined to…

I LOVE the episodes where we focus on the mental side of running, and this one, my friends is absolutely PACKED with information about how to be mentally stronger. This episode is a little unique to other mental training episodes as Nicole Detling (Sport Psychologist for many Olympians) and I look at the three biggest…

Food Glorious Food! That is how Renee McGregor started her book. That is how we should think of food and eating. It is one of our pleasures in life…yet in recent years, food has been tainted by guilt, frustration, and judgment. Renee is here to discuss orthorexia, and how much anxiety our obsession with healthy…

Kelly Roberts is paving the way for runners who have struggled with their weight their whole lives, but are finally realizing that strong comes in many shapes and sizes. The media has had a HUGE influence on the way we view ourselves for years, and Kelly always thought she needed to lose weight to be…

Most of us can’t even imagine how it would feel to run well under 60 seconds for one lap, let alone for four laps in a row, but Kyle Merber has done it 18 times. I wanted to bring Kyle on the running for real podcast as he is another athlete who is known for…

Tom may be a recovering cheese addict who occasionally has relapses (yes, we do go into this), but, primarily he has a passion for working with runners in his job as a physiotherapist in the UK, while running the very popular injury prevention (and rehab) blog, Running Physio. Tom gives us advice on how to…

Can you imagine averaging 8:40 pace for 100 miles? Nope, neither can I, but today’s guest has done just that, and won many big time races like Leadville 100 mile this year (2017), and has also run a 2:38 marathon! How is that for range? Devon Yanko talks of her huge success after a long…

Dr. Phil Maffetone is one of the best running experts in the industry for his work on the MAF method of training and his research on nutrition, particularly how to burn fat for fuel. Today Phil and I started talking about nutrition, how he discovered that there was something fundamentally wrong with the food sold…

We may love running now, but not every runner started off enjoying it. Chad Moye hated running for the first 40 years of his life, and as his addiction to drugs became worse and worse, the idea of running for pleasure seemed even less likely. In between drug rehab programs, Chad would see runners in…