Norway’s Simen Holvik will be on the start line with the legend of ultrarunning Kilian Jornet as he attempts to beat the 24 Hour record of Yiannis Kouros. Yiannis said when he ran 303KM in 1997 that “this record will stand for centuries” - Legend

With the global pandemic causing major running race cancellations on every continent it looked like 2020 would be the year that no-one would be up-holding the annual pilgrimage or running from the Acropolis to Sparta - just like the Spartathlon (but not the Spartathlon) Ian and James have run every Spartathlon since 2015 and with their version of SpartathlOFF they did created something wonderfully unique - whilst keeping the original dreams of John Foden alive. True LEGENDS x

Eleanor Robinson is without doubt one of the greatest runners and especially ultra-marathon runners of all-time. We were proud as punch to get an opportunity to hear Eleanor share her inspirational stories from being the first female competitor of Spartathlon, to winning World Championships and her constant “will try” approach to anything new in the long-distance mileage world. Whilst there are many great things in the current running world - like mass participation and female athletes...

Legally blind runner Jason Romero has been at the fore-front of showing the world that there are no barriers to complete the world's hardest ultra-marathons. From Spartathlon to Trans-America Jason's story is uplifting and inspirational for all.

Mimi Anderson has broken countless World Records, global ultra-marathon firsts and holds a special place in the Spartathlon pantheon being the first ever runner "in competition" to complete the extraordinary Spartathlon Double Here Mimi shares her long-lasting love of Spartathlon and tales from her incredible and trailblazing 20+ year ultramarathon career. Mimi has done every big race in the book and often done it twice....in one outing - just Marvellous

For Episode 5 of this podcast we had trouble convincing our hosts that they were indeed “Legends”. Come on - when you’ve both finished Spartathlon multiple times, when (in Anto’s case) you’ve DNf’ed three times and you still go back for more and (in Rolando’s case) you’ve finished four times in a row and your form looks like you could smash your PB but your real love is to run with your buddy - then these guys are 100% Legends THIS podcast is not for the feint-hearted. Any complaints need to...

Daznbone are so happy that Kurumi took the brave plunge to join us on the podcast. Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine that Kurumi would share so many heart-breakingly personal things with us. We hope that you enjoy this delicate and life-affirming episode as much as we did We love Kurumi - we are so proud of her. One day we will be re-united

Nathan's story is one of folklore In just the space of a few years Nathan went from being 18 stone and physically incapable of running to winning the Michael Callaghan Trophy for 1st British finisher at 2017 Spartathlon Since then he has won several high profile races and his superb 24 hour performance at the World 24 hour Champs gave him his first Team GB call up. More great Spartathlons, 24 hours and Ultras will surely follow

Legends of Spartathlon - Episode 2 - with the French legend Gilles Pallaruelo. Gilles has finished Spartathlon an astonishing 17 times He is also a multiple Balaton finisher and competed in most of the French Ultra races for over twenty years We loved recording this with Gilles - what an absolutely beautiful man, a real legend in the global ultra-marathon arena and with still the Spartathlon fire in his belly. Hopefully we will be re-united at a future Spartathlon

We welcome the man we like to humbly call Sir Bob…… Legends of Spartathlon RSS Subscribe: Apple Podcasts