RunUltra

Apr 08 2025 41 ep. 50 mins

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RunUltra is the UK’s premier ultra listings site, with articles, reviews and interviews all based in the ultra running world.

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Fiona Pascall

Apr 08 2025 63 mins

Robin and Kate chat to Fiona Pascall , discussing her win at Chianti by UTMB and the Golden Ticket to Western States she got as a result. They also discuss Fiona's new business, Trail Retreats, offering trail running weekends away with like-minded people. We then turned to the numbers of women on the start line, anxiety and the pressures of being a professional athlete, and how not

Rachel White

Mar 18 2025 55 mins

Rachel White is a nutritionist and has written articles for RunUltra in the past. Kate talks to Rachel about her support for Will Robinson when he ran across India in 8 days, followed shortly by completing the full Winter Spine and how she prepared his nutrition for both races. They chat about the need to consider your nutrition right from the outset of training for a race, and dis

Lewis Ryan

Feb 21 2025 71 mins

Winner of the Arc of Attrition by UTMB, Lewis Ryan ran the third fastest time, right on the heels of Storm Éowyn. We chat to Lewis about training, beer and more importantly, what his favourite children's programme is.

Laura Watts

Feb 06 2025 76 mins

Kate and Robin chat to Laura Watts about her invitation to run Badwater 135 for the 4th time in a row, and her impressive ultra CV. We talk about the amazing races she's done, plus discuss nutrition, shoes and the in-depth preparation and heat training she does for running in extreme temperatures. Laura has supported us and written many race reports for RunUltra, so it was a real p

Lucy Gossage

Jan 24 2025 77 mins

We talk to Spine sensation Lucy Gossage after her spectacular win at this month's Winter Spine. We discuss her back story; being a champion Triathlete, the revelations around her ex partner at the Spine in 2024, fitting in training around being an Oncologist, her own charity Move Against Cancer and much more.

Kim Collison

Jan 18 2025 66 mins

We talk to the winner of the 2025 Montane Winter Spine, Kim Collison. We talk about his race, his strategies, how it felt winning after 3 previous DNFs.

Debbie Martin-Consani

Jan 14 2025 74 mins

We chat to Debbie about the Spine, WSER, Wildheart Runners, running at night and egg Robin on to sign up for more races! We also discussed funding for the GB team - please do donate to the team GoFundMe which will be used to help any team members who struggle to fund themselves. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-gb-travel-get-to-the-iau-world-100km-championships

Matt Green

Dec 19 2024 70 mins

Kate and Robin chat to Matt Green, of Summit Media. They chat about this year's projects; a variety of films such as Talk to Frank (the dog talks in this one) to Renee McGregor's raw and emotive Unfiltered. Matt reveals how it all started with his wife Ellie, how they do what they do in the toughest of terrains, and what is on the cards for next year. This is our last podcast of 20

Fritz Sitte

Dec 12 2024 67 mins

Fritz and Max set off from Cape Town on 25th March to attempt a World Record run to Cairo. Fritz running, Max supporting on a bike. Robin and Kate talk to Fritz about their journey, who they met, what challenges they faced and how they ended up in Tangiers instead of Cairo. All completely self sufficient. Robin and Kate have a chat before Fritz joins them and, among other things, t

Tara Dower

Nov 04 2024 68 mins

Robin and Kate have a brief catch up before diving into talking to Tara Dower about her incredible FKT run along the Appalachian Trail in the US. She ran 2,197 miles in 40 days, 18 hours, and 6 minutes, averaging over 50 miles every single day. They talk about her recovery since, her running career before, and the trail itself; for us two Brits it was a source of fascination to lea