36 episodes

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

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

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    • 4.5 • 21 Ratings

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

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

    '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 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

    • 1 hr 18 min
    'You need to invest in your own health' - interview with record-breaking ultra runner and movement expert Paul Tierney

    '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 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

    • 1 hr 26 min
    'I always try to get back to that flow feeling' - interview with all-conquering British trail runner Jon Albon

    '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 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

    • 1 hr 1 min
    'Sometimes I just thank my body' - interview with new British marathon sensation Calli Thackery

    '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 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

    • 1 hr 9 min
    'The Kenyans are made of bones and flesh just like me' - interview with Italy's new marathon star Iliass Aouani

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

    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

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Is ultra running bad for you? Interview with leading exercise scientist Nick Tiller

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

    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

    • 1 hr 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

dominic capaccio ,

Great pod

Great podcast from a favorite writer of mine. Though the sponsor with the Kenyan running bands is a problem. I paid 15 pound for a band and it was never delivered and the email addresses come back undeliverable. Disappointing as I was looking forward to it.

ClickrTM ,

Kipchoge

A half an hour episode with wasted half hour to begin with. You should have stayed true to Kipchoge instead of wasting time

MartineSesma ,

Love it already!

I’m a podcast junkie but many popular running-related podcasts don’t hook me. This one did!

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