Runner's World Podcast

Coach Bennett on spreading the joy of running, how we're all elites and why time goals are just part of the process

Joining us on the podcast this week is Coach Bennett, Nike Global Running Coach, the voice of NRC and now an author. We talk about his passion for running, how it has s

Zharnel Hughes on sprinting, finding form, his loves of planes and more

GB sprinter Zharnel Hughes joined us ahead of the European champs to talk about his passion for athletics growing up, his drive to win an Olympic medal, his love for flyi

Jenni Falconer talks about her love for running and why she'll never stop

Fresh from her RW cover shoot, Jenni Falconer joins Rick and Rachel to talk about her lifelong love of running. From chasing PBs, overcoming injuries, why she loves to tr

Ben Shepard on chasing PBs in his 50's after being told not to run

Ben Shepard joins Rick and Ben to talk about his 16 year hiatus from marathons after an injury stopped him running, how he managed the fear of re-injury and started train

Sophie Woods on what it takes to run an FKT across The Alps

Fresh from her record breaking performance of setting a new FKT for the Via Alpina, ultrarunner Sophie Woods joins Rick and Ben to talk about this monumental run, what mo

The European Athletics Championships are coming and it's going to be massive

For the first time ever, the European Athletics Championships are coming to the UK, continuing a fantastic summer of track and field. To guide us through the event, Llo

The posterior chain explained: A strength coach explains all

It's one of those phrases that pops up in running and seems to cover off a multitude of different things relating to training and injury, so we got Dr Richard Blagrove to

The benefits of trail running and how to get into it

Just incase anyone is missing a trick and not trail running, Rick and Ben chat through the best ways to take the plunge and start running off-road. We discuss kit (it's

10 reasons why people don't run and how to convince them otherwise

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Sergio Pizzorno: Kasabian front man on his love of running

Rick, Ben and Rachel travelled to Leicester to meet the Kasabian front man, go for a run and record a special podcast where he talk about when he found running, how unexp

Hugh Brasher explains all about the two-day London Marathon

BONUS EPISODE and our guest is London Marathon boss, Hugh Brasher. Hugh joined Rick and Rachel for a special chat about the upcoming two-day London Marathon, how the id

The key things Rick learnt from running the Spine Race

Rick and Ben break down Rick's sterling performance at the Spine Sprint North race, where he finished in 6th place (much to his and everyone else's surprise). There's s

Does running have a doping problem?

Joining Rick and Ben this week is journalist and author James Witts, who has just written the book, Dope: How the cheats stay one step ahead, and what's being done to sto

Richard Whitehead talks getting faster with age and how he wants to inspire the next generation

Paralympic royalty joins Rick and Ben this week as Richard Whitehead MBE came in for a chat. We talked about how he continues to get faster with age, how is training is

Ben Gibbard talks ultras, sobriety, music on the run much more

Joining Rick and Ben this week if Death Cab for Cutie frontman, Ben Gibbard. An accomplished ultra runner as well as a musician, Ben's journey into running is a fascina

The importance of the failure in running and how it builds resilience for life

Joining Rick and Ben this week is Sam Tomlinson, a runner who has completed some of the biggest races in the world, yet he's also DNF'd and DNS'd them all too. In the p

Paul Tonkinson on being hit by dogs, running the MdS and why we need “emotion boxes” at every race

Author and comedian Paul 'Tonky' Tonkinson joins us on the podcast this week to talk finding his running mojo again, why he needed to race the MdS (and what he thinks abo

How to keep running as you get older

He's written a book about ageing and running, so Damian Hall is back on the podcast to encourage us all to keep going as we age. We chat around the health benefits, but a

Hugo Fry: running a 2:17 marathon, a love of rice, 'runfluencing' and more

This week on the podcast, Rick and Ben are joined by Hugo Fry, a running influencer who brings a much lighter and entertaining side to the world of 'runfluencing', whilst

AN OFFICIAL SUB-2 HOUR MARATHON

A moment in history happened at the 2026 London Marathon as Sabastian Sawe became the first person to run a sub-2 hour marathon. Rick and Ben chat about this incredible