My name is Ben Peresson and I am one of the directors of UMUK – the first and only ultraman-distance event in the UK. As some of you probably know, UMUK is held in the incredibly beautiful Snowdonia National Park.
Mike Clyne spoke to Hamid Vaghefian, Head of Community Engagement at LME, he said the original idea behind The Big Half was to inspire local communities to take part in running and to reflect London’s diversity across participants, volunteers and spectators.
As Gwen Jorgensen attempts to secure her place in the Tokyo Olympic marathon, she talks about how she’s using Zwift workouts in her training.
Actor Greg Kelly has been a regular on our TVs on Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and Emmerdale among many others, but he’s also a keen marathon runner, GWR holder and is running this year’s Manchester Half.
An inspirational runner from Yorkshire is heading back to the Original Everest Marathon, 30 years after he first ran it, to raise money for charity.
Two participants from last year’s Ötillö swimrun tell us what’s involved in this event and how important teamwork is.
We spoke to Paul Tierney to find out what was involved in his Wainwrights record and how you prepare for a challenge as big as that.
Tom Evans had a hugely successful 2018 – can 2019 be even bigger for him? And can this British winner win Western States? We spoke to him to find out.
This weekend Mike Wardian takes on the latest in a long line of challenges – Man v Horse. How will this man, who’s achieved so much, fare on this most eccentric of British races?
We speak to Lisa Watson, women’s winner of this year’s Berghaus Dragon’s Back Race about her training, adventures in Scotland and Beauties and the Bog!
We spoke to top ultra and mountain runner Donnie Campbell about endurance, motivation, exploring your limits and his future racing plans.
Some runners really embrace the treadmill and Tim Grose is certainly one of those runners – he’s logged over 1600km on his and he’s even built a cabin to house it in his garden! These are his tips for keeping it interesting when you’re on the belt!
The next runner in our ‘my first marathon’ series should be familiar to you all – she’s a double Olympic gold medalist, she’s set up her own charitable trust, she’s an inspiration to just about everybody and she ran a pretty impressive first marathon! It’s Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil)
This weekend Jonathan Albon stands to become the first millionaire obstacle course racer at the Spartan Ultra World Championships in Iceland
Cat Simpson recently braved unexpected wind, rain and even a Mediterranean mini-hurricane at Spartathlon to become the second fastest British woman ever, finishing in 5th place. We caught up with her to find out more about her race.