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

Rising British star Innes Fitzgerald: 'I started running during lockdown'

Last year she broke Zola Budd's 40-year-old European junior 5,000m record, and now she is getting ready to shake things up at the Commonwealth Games and European champion

Stephanie Case on running as an act of protest

Stephanie Case is an elite ultra runner and the founder of Free to Run, an organisation empowering women in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq. In this episode she talks

Megan Boxall on running 200 marathons around the coast of Great Britain

Megan Boxhall set off from Suffolk in October 2025 to run 200 marathons in 200 days around the coast of Great Britain. Around day 150, she stopped mid run to talk to Adha

Damian Hall on the secrets to becoming an ageless runner

Ultra runner, author and green campaigner Damian Hall is still competing as an elite athlete at the very top of his sport at the age of 50. In this episode he shares some

'Nature is my higher power' - author questions with Allie Bailey

Allie Bailey is an ultrarunner, coach, speaker, podcaster and the author of There is No Wall. She has run in some of the most extreme places in the world, such as running

'Exploring feels good, it feels meaningful' - author questions with Alex Hutchinson

Alex Hutchinson is an award-winning journalist who writes about the science of endurance, fitness and health. His books include the New York Times bestseller Endure: Mind

'It was easy to write … I was waiting to tell this story' - author questions with Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell

Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell is the author of These Heavy Black Bones, a prize-winning memoir of her brief but stellar swimming career in which she became the first Black woman

'Most of my books, I start off with a plan, then tear it up' - author questions with Richard Askwith

Richard Askwith is the multi-award-winning author of books such as Feet in the Clouds, Running Free ("a runner's journey back to nature"), Today We Die a Little (a biogra

'There is a lot of connection between running and dancing' - author questions with Michael Crawley

Michael Crawley is a runner, writer and social anthropologist based in Durham. He has been a runner for over 20 years, and ran a 2:20 marathon in 2018. His first book, Ou

'Being accused of doping was the worst thing I've ever been through' - interview with former marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe is one of the true legends of running, a former marathon world record holder, multiple world champion over the marathon and cross country, winner of the L

'Ultra running is a rest from writing' - author questions with Damian Hall

Damian Hall is an ultramarathon runner, coach, activist and author. He has represented Great Britain, won the Spine Race and finished fifth at the UTMB, along with breaki

'An Olympic medal sets you apart' - interview with Irish running legend John Treacy

Ireland's John Treacy won two world cross country titles and a silver medal in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Over breakfast in his house just outside Dub

'For 65 days I was cruising, then it all went wrong' - Adharanand Finn looks back on his 1,400-mile run around Ireland

Author Adharanand Finn chats with the founder of the Sanctuary Runners, Graham Clifford, about the highs and lows of his 10-week run around Ireland, which will form the b

'For a woman to set a challenge like this is so powerful' - interview with ultra runner Sophie Power

Author Adharanand Finn chats with She Races founder and record-breaking ultra runner Sophie Power about how jam tortillas fuelled a Guinness World Record run across Irela

'I ran in the world champs, then gave it up to start a band' - interview with running punk Jimmy Watkins

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Running Punks founder and viral video sensation Jimmy Watkins about racing his idols in the final of the World Athletics Championships,

From zero to the Olympics in four years - interview with marathon runner Rose Harvey

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Rose Harvey, who has just been selected to run for Great Britain at the Paris Olympics, despite only taking up running seriously in lock

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

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 ha

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

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 t

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

Author Adharanand Finn chats with world trail running champion, multiple world Skyrunning champion and obstacle racing superstar Jon Albon. Despite hailing from the flatl

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

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 u