Running Tales

Running Tales


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Jason Bahamundi: How a Puerto Rican kid from the Bronx came to run Western States, Rocky Racoon and the Cocodona 250
November 28, 2023

Jason Bahamundi is an ultra runner who lives by the motto 'all gas, no brakes,' but he only started running when he was 'voluntold' he would be doing a half-marathon for charity.His first training ru

Natasha Swartley: Ultra marathoner on how life in the Navy helped foster a don’t quit attitude
November 21, 2023

Natasha Swartley wasn't particularly sporty growing up - and running certainly didn't feature on her to do list.Even after she joined the US Navy at just 18, fitness was a punishment for being 'sarca

Rohan Kallicharan: The Olympic legacy runner who went from mental health crisis to the cusp of 100 marathons
November 14, 2023

Rohan Kallicharan, a sub-three hour marathoner, is on the verge of something extraordinary.With more than 80 marathons - including 10 in 10 days - already behind him, the man dubbed by friends as 'Ro

Christopher McDougall: Born to Run author on war reporting, running with donkeys and why the B-52’s can perfect your form
November 07, 2023

Christopher McDougall wasn't even a runner when he came across the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico.He'd been told he was too big. He'd be better off guarding the President or riding a bike than running.

Anthony Swain: The ultra runner who started jogging to beat a back injury and the pandemic
October 31, 2023

Anthony Swain has always been active, with martial arts and karate his first love.But, after suffering from asthma as a child, running was never on his to do list.That all changed during the coronav

Richard Wilcox: The runner who went from couch to 100-miles in a year
October 24, 2023

After a particularly troubled end to a family holiday, Richard Wilcox's wife gave him a ultimatum: 'Change or we're finished'.The former Army man was overweight - his five four inch frame carrying 18

Nigel Watson: How one man’s prostate cancer diagnosis didn’t stop him running the Marathon des Sables
October 17, 2023

The Marathon des Sables had always been on Nigel Watson's bucket list.But with his plans to tackle the six day, 250km ultra marathon through the heat of the Sahara Desert barely underway, Nigel was r

Peter Vickers: The ‘one time’ parkrunner who beat Covid to finish an ultra
October 10, 2023

From deciding to try parkrun once - and then getting hooked on it - to completing a 35-mile ultra despite contracting Covid, Peter Vickers has fully embraced the world of running.At 55, he saw peop

Isaac Kenyon: The extreme adventurer using running to raise mental health awareness
October 03, 2023

Isaac Kenyon is a runner, cyclist, triathlete and extreme adventurer who uses the power of the challenges he takes on to both inspire others and raise awareness of mental health and climate change cau

Carlotta James: The woman behind the 4,300km Monarch Ultra
September 26, 2023

Launched in 2019, The Monarch Ultra is an epic environmental run and conservation project which aims to raise awareness of the at-risk Monarch Butterfly.That year, a team of ultra runners and environ