Send us a textOn the run recording of the Zennor to St Ives route condensed into about 20 minutes of run time. Picking out all the various landmarks, gates, big rocks, styles, signposts along the way. I've broken the ARC 50 down into 9 sections:Minack to Lands End Lands End to Cape CornwallCape Cornwall to PendeenPendeen to ZennorZennor to St IvesSt Ives to HayleHayle to GodrevyGodrevy to Portreath Portreath to PorthtowanThis episode covers section 5The next one covers sec...

Send us a textI had this idea to bring together a couple of ARC 50 2025 runners to talk about plans, thoughts, kit, etc…That ‘couple’ quickly turned into six!So a big thank to Richard, Anya, Himani, Tom, Nicky and Matt for contributing to this episode.We talk about where we are with our training and plans - we recorded On Thursday Nov 8th so 78 days from the ARC 50.Five of the group are running the Lighthouse Marathon on Saturday November 9th which is on the ARC 50 course starting at Pendeen....

Send us a textI made a big thing about saying that I would never run the Cornish Marathon and there I was on November 3rd 2024 on the start line.So yes I did run the Cornish Marathon, or rather I 'Jeffed' the Cornish Marathon so four minutes running one minute walking using the same strategy I used at the Brighton Marathon earlier in the year.Was a great day and I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of fantastic people and some amazing views from the middle of nowhere.Loads of great volun...

Send us a textI met Brendan Fletcher when we were both earlier this year on the England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness course. Brendan is a fully qualified tour guide and has run several ultra marathons most of which I've never heard of including:TestWay UltraDragon Coastal Ultra 100Run with No Witty NameClarendon MarathonWe also talk about Brendan's new running tour around Stonehenge based on his amazing local knowledge of the area – he lives just 1 mile from Stonehenge in combination wi...

Send us a textOne of the things I'm always trying to do on this podcast is have people on it who have completed running challenges that we've not covered before and indeed many of the listeners might not have heard of.I first met Martin Elcoate at the Cornwall Running Show in 2023 when he was one of the volunteers on The Green Runners stand.And then earlier this year Martin appeared in a whole page article in Runners World featuring the amazing challenge he had undertaken starting at the begi...

Send us a textThe Woods is an event organised Bys Vyken Events and I took part in it on September 14th 2024 tackling the 12 hour version of the four and a bit mile loop in Tehidy Woods in the middle of Cornwall.It was a great day and an event that I would definitely recommend. I didn't record on the way around with the exception of a few snippets on my phone on my last lap which I share at the end of a few minutes of introducing the event and mentioning a few people who I met on the day....

Send us a textAnnie Vernon is the daughter of a Cornish farmer who became a double world champion and an Olympic Silver medalist in that toughest of all sports - rowing.Annie then wrote an award winning book Mind Games - subtitled determination, doubt and lucky socks: an inside his guide to the psychology of elite athletes. You can buy Mind Games from your local independent bookshop or via Bookshop which is an online shop supporting independent book shops if you want to buy the book...

Send us a Text Message.I’ve recently, along with 11 others, passed the England Athletics Coach in Running Fitness CourseThis involved an initial weekend in Taunton followed by a couple of Zoom lead sessions before returning to Taunton almost 3 months later for a final assessment.In between the first and last session we had to work with an athlete on an eight week programme (known as a mesocycle) to help them reach a particular running goal. So I've handed over this episode to six newly q...

Send us a Text Message.Regular contributor to this podcast, Andy Williams had a fantastic run at the Roseland August Trails (RAT) completing the extraordinarily tough 100 km /64 mile event known as the Plague in 17:31:52The Plague starts at the Porthpean near St Austell race HQ at 12:05am on the Saturday morning and takes the runners 32 miles down the Cornish coast path to St Anthony's Head where they turn around and run back Andy had a terrific run and when I saw him afterwards was feel...

Send us a Text Message.Saturday August 3rd - The Black RAT (Roseland August Trail) - 32 miles from St Anthonys Head to Porthpean.I pulled at the 21 mile checkpoint at Gorran Haven. Not injured. Just not able to go on.What happened? Nutrition - did I eat enough and of the right things at the right time? - maybe not.Hydration - did I get that wrong? I thought it was ok but I almost certainly didn't drink enough water Training - did I do enough and of the right sort? Definitely not. I just didn'...

Send us a Text Message.Shane Benzie is a Running Coach and Movement Specialist described by his client Damien Hall as 'the Indiana Jones of the Running World'Shane has travelled the globe working with, filming and analysing the movements of not just runners but indigenous people and tribes who still move in the way that humans were ultimately designed to do so.Shane has used all of this knowledge and experience and observation to help all types of runners from beginners to elite think a...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast Colin Bathe returns to tell us how he got on in the 2024 West Highland Way Race On episode 148 we heard all about Colin's preparation - and Colin is a meticulous race planner. During the event Colin and Becca, who was one of his crew and his second half pacer, recorded snippets. For this episode we play the snippets and then Colin talks us through each snippet. It's the first time we've done something like this so I hope...

Send us a Text Message.As an athletics correspondent for Running Magazine (the forerunner of Runners World), the Daily Telegraph and as a freelance Tom Knight covered 7 Summer Olympics and several World Athletic ChampionshipsIn that time Tom witnessed some amazing athletic feats that were controversial, inspirational, unbelievableFor this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I asked Tom to share the top 5 Memorable Athletics Moments he covered during his careerIts a fascinating insight ...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Colin Bathe as he is busy preparing for the West Highland Way Race The West Highland Way Race gets underway at 1am on Sunday June 22nd starting from Milngavie which his about 10 miles north of Glasgow.The 95 mile route with 15,000 feet of elevation makes it way to Fort WilliamThe 300 runners, which the race is restricted to, have 35 hours in which to complete the route.There are a few rules not always seen...

Send us a Text Message.On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Wez SwainIn 2023 Wez had an idea that became the Scilly60A 60km race that takes in the five inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly75 places were available and 65 runners started with 24 finishing. If you missed the cut out you missed the boat to the next start line! The average pace needed to make the cut offs is 7.30 mins / km For 2024 Wes has doubled the number of places and added the Scilly60% 'fun ru...

On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Fergy - who is now the Event Director of Arc of Attrition by UTMB - about the Arc of Attrition, how it started and how it’s going to look as part of the UTMB World Series.There has been a tremendous amount of chatter on social media since the announcement that UTMB is taking over the ARC and Ferg explains some of the differences but also reassures those who don’t like change that much of what runners have become used to over th...

On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Mark Roby about how he went from struggling to walk because of a back injury to a sub 3 hour marathon in less than 3 years. Mark ran his first London Marathon when he was 23 years old back in 1999 in a time of 4:18He didn't really run then until he discovered parkrun in 2017 but his running was scuppered in 2021 with a significant back problem which he gradually recovered from and in 2022 he joined a running club for the first t...

Landmark Birthday Run Challenges for St Petrocs with Rachel Thomson  On this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I'm talking to Rachel Thomson about four running challenges she has set herself to celebrate a landmark birthday and raise money for St Petrocs, the homeless charity based in Cornwall.  You can support Rachel through her Local Giving page. The four challenges Rachel is undertaking: April 21st - London Marathon - Rachel will be wearing a bright yellow St Petrocs top and if you...

For this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast host Trevor Lee recorded on the run at the 2024 Brighton Marathon on Sunday April 7th Trevor used the same Jeff Galloway method that he used in the 2023 Brighton half marathon when he was several minutes under his predicted time The method is to run four minutes then walk for one minute throughout the whole of the event, even though in those first few walks you get overtaken by seemingly hundreds of runners! Trevor’s target was to be under five...

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I’m talking to Christine Anthony about her adventures at the 2024 European Masters Indoor Championships in Torun in Poland in March 2024.  Christine won Silver in the 400m, came 4th in the 800m, 5th in the 1500m and won Bronze in the 4 x 200m mixed relay - during which she recorded a best ever 200m time. We talk about running tactics, how to cope with so many finals within a short space of time, warming up, the Cool Room and just been involved in...

Mike Samuels - combining Powerlifting and Ultra Running In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I’m talking to Mike Samuels about how he combines Powerlifting with Ultra Running  We talk about how he got into both sports and how he combines them to get the benefits of one for the other. In Powerlifting Mike focuses on Back Squats, BenchPress and Dead Lift. For Ultra Running Mike has run six 100 mile races including the 2024 Arc Of Attrition 100 which he completed in 23:00:24 thus gaining...

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I’m talking to Nicky Chrascina  Nicky is the co-founder of Flanci as well as a passionate runner who has completed over 130 marathons and ultra marathons.   Flanci make brightly coloured running clothing and started when Nicky struggled to find anything but largely black running clothing.  Flanci is an anagram of the first 3 letters of Nicky and husband Alf.  Nicky’s interest in running started when she was watching the Comrades Marathon with her...

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I’m talking to Andy Williams about being the valet manager at St Ives for the 2024 Arc of Attrition.  Andy talks about what a valet does - they essentially pick up runners on the course just before the checkpoint and guide them in. The valet’s were in action from 3am to 6pm on the Saturday in various shifts Andy talks about his plan to run the 64 mile plague at the Roseland August Trails (RAT) Festival  If you’ve done something interesting, ideally...

In this episode of the Running 44@60 podcast I’m talking to Pete Sowerby about his amazing 100 mile debut run in the famous Arc of Attrition.  He finished in 23:42 thus taking home the coveted Black Buckle and winning his age category, not that the Arc has age categories, by over four hours. Indeed his time would have won him the whole event in 2018. So during the episode we talk how he started running when he was around 40 and his journey through the local runs to sub 3hr marathons, marathon...