Martin Lawrence started running during his lunch time at work.He grew to love the sport so much that when he was made redundant, he was determined to carry on.He originally took part in running sessions at Milton Keynes' David Lloyd gym, but after it d...

It's been a long hard year for those of us who like to get out and do some races.Coronavirus locked us down in our homes, limited us to one run a day and stopped us getting together to run for fun, PBs and those much valued medals.Now, finally, some ra...

Jeff Kase was a star runner growing up in Michigan, but when he went to university partying and alcohol took over his life.For decades, Jeff was caught up in the pain of alcholism, experiencing personal tragedy along the way.I spoke to Jeff about how h...

Kath Kirkland wrote her debut novel 'Mum Runners' after her own journey saw her start running to lose her baby weight and take on the iconic London Marathon.It was such a success she has a sequel on the way.We chatted about running in the rain, how sno...

You might know him better as Bob Hope, but Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw is something of a running fanatic in his spare time.When he's not serving fictional pints, Tony can often be found pounding the pavements or talking about his favourite sport on th..

Bryan Lewin is one of my favourite runners - but he's so much more than that.Every parkrun has that special volunteer who turns out in wind, rain and shine and Bryan is Northampton's.He even has his own special corner at the Racecourse where he cheers ...

Josh Lay is an athlete with a bright future ahead of him.The Loughborough University scholar and 1,500m runner has one eye on the Tokyo Olympics - and he's a Northampton lad so we had plenty to talk about.Josh's local 'claim to fame' may not be one he ...

Mags Doyle didn't take up running until she was in her 50s, but there's no stopping her now.Her love of the sport started after she did a number of long distance walking events, got bored one day and just started running.Mags tells me she switches betw...

You might remember that back in episode 15 of the Running Tales Podcast we spoke to Brendan Rendall.Brendan put his hedonistic lifestyle behind him to complete a series of spectacular challenges, including running across Africa - if you haven't listened..

Katie Brown's mission is to share how to live your best possible life.The Northamptonshire blogger does that through her inspiring and informative Cake vs Scales blog and her shiny, new podcast, 'Am I Supposed To Say This?'Part of Katie's journey has b...