Band of Runners

The boys are joined by Vee Calver, queen of the Harlow parkrun with 100 runs and 200 volunteering stints. Rob and Simon talk to the lady who has helped 4,990 different runners to complete the Harlow course she has Race directed for a number of years, completing 12 marathons in 9 months and her favourite races.   

Left to their own devices this week Rob and Simon have a Q&A session from questions put to them from the Band of Runners (Podcast) facebook page.

Rob and Simon talk with Jon Ward.  Jon is a multi day marathon runner with some very interesting races on his spreadsheet including a marathon on a cruise ship and an ultra marathon over 200 miles across Scotland!

Rob and Simon are joined by a group of runners who recently completed the inaugural 1066 ultra marathon.  A 104 mile ultra marathon with limited checkpoints and testing trail. Oli Dawson and Gareth Allen pictured at the finish.

Rob and Simon talk to Paul Commons, a huge supporter of other runners, encouraging, supportive and infatuated with scotch eggs. An inspirational runner closing in on 300 marathons who always goes the extra mile to aid his fellow runners.

Having recently ran her 100th marathon Kasia joins Rob and Simon to talk through her journey to 100 marathons including some insanely challenging mountain ultras. 

Rob and Simon are joined by multiple day ultra marathon runner Matt Johnston who tells the lads about running 5 ultras in 4 days and how he manages to achieve the longer distances.

In this edition Rob and Simon swap their marathon spread sheets and get to talk to Kerrilee Barrett. An extraordinary multi day running specialist, Kerri has accomplished over 130 half marathons all around the globe with a large number of them being part of multi day events!

Rob and Simon are near enough strangers but both love long distance running. In this episode the boys talk about how they found each other, their first marathons, running four 100 mile races in a year and reviewing Simon's run around a Prison