Band of Runners

In conversation with marathon enthusiast Andrew Coveney who embraces the lifestyle of running and loves to meet new people on his journey and celebrate them and their achievements along the way

In conversation with ultra runner, coach and survivor Tom Garrod after his 500+ mile round trip up and down the length of Wales

Band of Runners gets to talk to John Stocker - World Record Holder and winner of the Suffolk Backyard Ultra 

Rob and Simon talk to James Bennett, youngest runner in the UK to have finished 100 road marathons and taking on the world record for finishing 100 ultra marathons. The boys also discuss James' performance in the recent SDW100 and his rather interesting nutrition strategy.

The boys kick of for season 4 with mountain goat and speedster Manol Dimitrov - picking his brains about the ups and downs of sky racing and speeding along the roads. 

Rob and Simon get to speak to Rich Watts who is currently running a marathon a week for an entire year!  The boys also talk about Pokemon cards????????

Its still lock down, there are no running events. Rob and Simon talk about Robs aspirations on becoming a run coach and pausing the watch during a run. 

Band of Runners is back with a bang in 2021 shooting the breeze with the legendary Eddie Izzard!   Eddie and the boys talk marathons, multi-day running and malt loaf as she runs through her 25th marathon in 25 consecutive days so far! Eddie is currently on a mission to Make Humanity Great Again – running a marathon every day in January polished off with a nightly stand-up gig. Absolutely incredible.   Open your ears and find out what fuels, drives and makes Eddie tick over on her endurance challenge!!   ‘Making a donation is very easy, from anywhere in the world. Just go to eddieizzard.com and hit the ‘Donate’ button to give as much as you like via our Crowdfunder site. Or if you have a UK phone, you can send a text instead. To donate £10, just text the word TEN to 70810. To donate £20, just text the word TWENTY to the same number - 70810.’

We all know 2020 was a weird one. But it wasn’t all bad was it? The boys talk about the highs, the lows and the WhatsApp Mo’s of a unique time in the world and about the thing we all love: running. Keep your heads up, keep running and give this a listen.

Rob and Simon have a spontaneous catch up and discuss if they could run 20 marathons in 10 days, 145 miles along a canal and briefly review the Autumn 100.