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The Way of the Runner - conversations on running with Adharanand Finn

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Award-winning author Adharanand Finn talks to runners of every kind about the joy and experience of running. Adharanand is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram @thewayoftherunner The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by all-natural running nutrition Veloforte. Visit veloforte.com to check out their award-winning products. The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original material exclusive to signed-up patrons. To become a patron, visit www.patreon.com/adharanandfinn

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United Kingdom

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Award-winning author Adharanand Finn talks to runners of every kind about the joy and experience of running. Adharanand is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram @thewayoftherunner The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by all-natural running nutrition Veloforte. Visit veloforte.com to check out their award-winning products. The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original material exclusive to signed-up patrons. To become a patron, visit www.patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Language:

English


Episodes

'It's a fantastic freedom' - interview with BBC newsreader and marathon runner Sophie Raworth

3/15/2024
Author Adharanand Finn chats with BBC newsreader, Runner's World columnist and marathon runner Sophie Raworth about why she loves running, why a scientist told her she had 'good-looking' knees, and how she made a deal with her dog so it would run with her. Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Run Kaizen, a brilliant new training app designed to help you reach your running goals. Visit: Run Kaizen The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:18:59

'You need to invest in your own health' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner and movement expert Paul Tierney

2/1/2024
Author Adharanand Finn chats with Irish ultra runner, coach and form expert Paul Tierney about running extremely long races, once hallucinating that he was running next to himself, finding the best tasting polenta in the world, and why if you want to have good running form, you need to feel it. Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Run Kaizen, a brilliant new training app designed to help you reach your running goals. Visit: Run Kaizen The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:26:07

'I always try to get back to that flow feeling' - interview with all-conquering British trail runner Jon Albon

12/20/2023
Author Adharanand Finn chats with world trail running champion, multiple world Skyrunning champion and obstacle racing superstar Jon Albon. Despite hailing from the flatlands of Essex, Albon has won some of the world’s biggest mountain races and has his eyes set on even bigger goals. Here he talks about finding a flow state, the benefits of cross training, the joy of Coke, and why he hopes that trail running never makes it into the Olympics. Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:01:13

'Sometimes I just thank my body' - interview with new British marathon sensation Calli Thackery

11/9/2023
Author Adharanand Finn chats with Calli Thackery after she ran the second-fastest marathon ever by a British woman, in her first ever marathon. Calli tells us about her unusual route to the top of the running world, via a scholarship to New Mexico in the US, to training with a Kenyan coach in Virginia, a stint back home in Sheffield working full time, to getting locked down in Australia for three years during the Covid-19 pandemic. And now she has a medal at the world half marathon championships and a 2:22 marathon to her name. How did she do it? Music by Starfrosch Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com This episode is also sponsored by London-based Soar Running, who make ethical, innovative running apparel designed and tested by runners. Visit soarrunning.com The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Duration:01:09:50

'The Kenyans are made of bones and flesh just like me' - interview with Italy's new marathon star Iliass Aouani

10/6/2023
Author Adharanand Finn chats with Iliass Aouani, who recently broke the Italian marathon record, running 2:07 in only his third marathon. The former Syracuse University standout talks about his Moroccan heritage, running in super shoes, missing his training group and his plans to take on the Kenyans. Ultra runner Damian Hall also joins us to talk about his recent efforts in the 330km Tor des Géants. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:12:42

Is ultra running bad for you? Interview with leading exercise scientist Nick Tiller

9/5/2023
Author 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? Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:38:05

'There's no limit to how far you can push yourself' - interview with Grayson Murphy, the World Mountain Running Champion

7/21/2023
Author Adharanand 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. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:09:06

'I felt I had the key to infinite power' - tales from a six-day race in France, with Bob Hearn

6/8/2023
Author Adharanand 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. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:18:36

'I did it ... and I had a horrible time' - tales from the Self-Transcendence 3100

4/11/2023
Author Adharanand 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. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:18:49

'You can't go into an ultra marathon thinking it will be easy' - interview with Tom Evans

3/20/2023
Author Adharanand Finn chats with ultra runner Tom Evans about recovering from injury, finishing third at the UTMB, and how he copes with the pain cave. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:20:17

'Maybe the final life stage of running is to get faster again' - interview with author Richard Askwith

1/27/2023
Host Adharanand Finn chats to award-winning author and runner Richard Askwith about his new book The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:29:35

'I raced in a stadium in front of 112,000 people' - interview with five-time Olympian Jo Pavey

12/16/2022
Author Adharanand 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. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:06:06

'That tough part, that pain, is where success is' - interview with Eliud Kipchoge

10/26/2022
Adharanand 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. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:02:14

Talks from the Love Trails festival, and tales from the heart of the CCC

9/13/2022
Recorded live from Chamonix in France a week after Adharanand ran the 100km CCC race, this episode also features talks recorded at the Love Trails festival by authors Sabrina Pace-Humphreys and Hannah Phillips. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:22:27

Interview with fell running punk and author Boff Whalley

6/16/2022
Author Adharanand 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. Music by Starfrosch

Duration:01:18:04

'If Kipchoge puts down a break, hopefully I can stay with it' - interview with rising star Jake Smith

4/7/2022
Author Adharanand 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. Music: Starfrosch

Duration:00:54:32

'The whole of the sky, the whole of nature, had my back' - interview with ultra running legend Dan Lawson

2/11/2022
Author Adharanand 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. Music: Starfrosch

Duration:01:16:06

Interview with Zane Robertson

1/6/2022
Author Adharanand 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. Music: Starfrosch NOTE: In March 2023, Zane Robertson was banned from running for eight years for doping offences.

Duration:01:06:38

'The Self-Transcendence 3100 is my dream race' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner Camille Herron

11/19/2021
Adharanand 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. Music: Starfrosch

Duration:01:21:39

How Robbie Britton helped me run 24 hours around a track

10/10/2021
Host 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. Music: Starfrosch

Duration:01:25:10