The Way of the Runner - conversations on running with Adharanand Finn

Author Adharanand Finn chats with the founder of the Sanctuary Runners, Graham Clifford, about the highs and lows of his 10-week run around Ireland, which will form the basis of his next book. 

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Mount to Coast, who make durable running shoes designed to go very long distances. Visit: mounttocoast.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with She Races founder and record-breaking ultra runner Sophie Power about how jam tortillas fuelled a Guinness World Record run across Ireland, the joy of hallucinations, and how there is still much work to do to make sports such as ultra running more accessible to women. 

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Mount to Coast, who make durable running shoes designed to go very long distances. Visit: mounttocoast.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Running Punks founder and viral video sensation Jimmy Watkins about racing his idols in the final of the World Athletics Championships, giving up the sport to form a band, and then rediscovering the joy of running many years later. Regrets? He’s had a few, but he has certainly lived a life too. And he is still adventuring to the limit. 

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Mount to Coast, who make durable running shoes designed to go very long distances. Visit: mounttocoast.com

The podcast is also sponsored by Hit the Wall, who sell beautiful running-themed prints for your wall. Visit: hitthewall.co.uk

The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Rose Harvey, who has just been selected to run for Great Britain at the Paris Olympics, despite only taking up running seriously in lockdown four years ago. Rose recounts her incredible rise from decent club runner to Olympian. 

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Hit the Wall, who sell beautiful running-themed prints for your wall. Visit: hitthewall.co.uk

The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with BBC newsreader, Runner's World columnist and marathon runner Sophie Raworth about why she loves running, why a scientist told her she had 'good-looking' knees, and how she made a deal with her dog so it would run with her.

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Run Kaizen, a brilliant new training app designed to help you reach your running goals. Visit: Run Kaizen

The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Irish ultra runner, coach and form expert Paul Tierney about running extremely long races, once hallucinating that he was running next to himself, finding the best tasting polenta in the world, and why if you want to have good running form, you need to feel it. 

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Run Kaizen, a brilliant new training app designed to help you reach your running goals. Visit: Run Kaizen

The Way of the Runner podcast is also sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with world trail running champion, multiple world Skyrunning champion and obstacle racing superstar Jon Albon. Despite hailing from the flatlands of Essex, Albon has won some of the world’s biggest mountain races and has his eyes set on even bigger goals. Here he talks about finding a flow state, the benefits of cross training, the joy of Coke, and why he hopes that trail running never makes it into the Olympics. 

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Calli Thackery after she ran the second-fastest marathon ever by a British woman, in her first ever marathon. Calli tells us about her unusual route to the top of the running world, via a scholarship to New Mexico in the US, to training with a Kenyan coach in Virginia, a stint back home in Sheffield working full time, to getting locked down in Australia for three years during the Covid-19 pandemic. And now she has a medal at the world half marathon championships and a 2:22 marathon to her name. How did she do it? Music by Starfrosch

Adharanand Finn is the author of three award-winning books, Running with the Kenyans (2012), The Way of the Runner (2014), and the Rise of the Ultra Runners (2019). Follow The Way of the Runner podcast on Instagram: @thewayoftherunner or find it at thewayoftherunner.com

The Way of the Runner podcast is sponsored by Veloforte, who make the best-tasting running fuel around. Visit veloforte.com

This episode is also sponsored by London-based Soar Running, who make ethical, innovative running apparel designed and tested by runners. Visit soarrunning.com

The podcast is also supported by Adharanand’s Patreon page, which is full of original and exclusive material: patreon.com/adharanandfinn

Author Adharanand Finn chats with Iliass Aouani, who recently broke the Italian marathon record, running 2:07 in only his third marathon. The former Syracuse University standout talks about his Moroccan heritage, running in super shoes, missing his training group and his plans to take on the Kenyans. Ultra runner Damian Hall also joins us to talk about his recent efforts in the 330km Tor des Géants. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn speaks to Nick Tiller, exercise scientist at Harbor-UCLA and author of The Skeptics Guide to Sports Science. They examine the value of scientific consensus, the power of the placebo, and take a deep dive into running trends such as nasal breathing, barefoot running, paleo diets and ice baths. Nick also answers the question: is ultra running bad for you? Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with the double World Mountain Running Champion Grayson Murphy about how she learned to trail run by playing football, what it feels like to run away from a world class field, and how she deals with the comedown after a big win. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn shares stories from his recent six-day race around a 1km loop in France, including recordings he made during the race. He also talks to the race winner, Bob Hearn, from the US, to get another perspective on the madness of six-day running. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn talks to three finishers of the world's longest race: the Self-Transcendence 3100. Kobi Oren, William Sichel and Susan Marshall recall the pain and ecstasy of running 3,100 miles around one block in New York City. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with ultra runner Tom Evans about recovering from injury, finishing third at the UTMB, and how he copes with the pain cave. Music by Starfrosch

Host Adharanand Finn chats to award-winning author and runner Richard Askwith about his new book The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn chats with five-time Olympian and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey about training for big races with two kids in tow, racing against drug cheats, and running with kangaroos. Music by Starfrosch

Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, chats with the greatest marathon runner in history about his diet, why the East Africans are such strong distance runners, and what goes through his mind while he's running. Music by Starfrosch

Recorded live from Chamonix in France a week after Adharanand ran the 100km CCC race, this episode also features talks recorded at the Love Trails festival by authors Sabrina Pace-Humphreys and Hannah Phillips. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn talks to punk rocker, fell runner and theatre performer Boff Whalley about tumbling down mountains, mass trespassing and his latest book, Faster! Louder! Top ultra runner Damian Hall also joins the show to talk about The Green Runners and why everyone should sign up. Music by Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn talks to young British half marathon sensation Jake Smith about accidentally running his first marathon, training in Uganda, and gunning for an Olympic medal in the marathon. Music: Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn talks to record-breaking ultra athlete Dan Lawson about running the length of the UK, designing running shoes from the waste scraps of old ones, and embracing the wonderful power of the universe. Music: Starfrosch

Author Adharanand Finn talks to Olympic athlete and 59-minute half marathon runner Zane Roberston about moving to Kenya age 17, beating the best in the world, and getting one back over his critics. Music: Starfrosch

NOTE: In March 2023, Zane Robertson was banned from running for eight years for doping offences.

Adharanand Finn talks to multiple world-record breaking ultra runner Camille Herron, and also to Abichal Sherrington, one of the few British runners ever to complete the world's longest race. Music: Starfrosch

Host Adharanand Finn has some big news to share about his next book, which leads him to take on a 24-hour track race, with some help from top ultra runner and coach Robbie Britton. Music: Starfrosch

Rosie Swale-Pope MBE talks to Adharanand Finn about her many running adventures, including her record-breaking run around the entire world. Produced by @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch.

Adharanand Finn talks to one of the greatest track runners of all-time, Sonia O’Sullivan, the winner of three world titles and an Olympic silver medal during her glittering career. She is now coaching athletes in the US in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. Produced by @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch.

Adharanand Finn talks FKTs, being an inspiring parent, the hero complex and writing books about running with one of the world’s toughest ultra runners, Damian Hall, who holds the record on the UK’s 268-mile Pennine Way and has finished fifth at the UTMB, the most prestigious race in the trail ultra running world. His book In It For The Long Run was published in May 2021. Find him on Instagram: @ultra_damo  Produced by @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch.

Adharanand Finn talks barefoot running, epic challenges and dung beetles with comedian Eddie Izzard, while Jae Gruenke teaches us how Feldenkrais can help you to run better. In January 2021, Eddie Izzard ran 31 marathons on a treadmill in 31 days to Make Humanity Great again. Jae Gruenke is an expert in running form and a Feldenkrais practitioner at www.balancedrunner.com Produced by @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch.

Michael Crawley is the author of the brilliant new book on Ethiopian running, Out of Thin Air. A 2:20 marathon runner and an anthropologist, Michael spent 15 months embedded with a group of top Ethiopian athletes, running with them, eating their food and sleeping in the lodgings. Out of Thin Air is a fascinating exploration of one of the world’s most incredible, yet largely unknown, sporting cultures. Michael is on Twitter @mphcrawley. Produced by @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch. 

Jasmin Paris shot to global attention in January 2019 when she beat the first male finisher by almost 15 hours in the brutal 268-mile Spine ultramarathon. She has also set records on the Bob Graham Round, The Paddy Buckley Round and the Ramsay Round, won the World Sky Running Series and twice won the British hill running championships. She talks about dealing with the media attention, the joy of moving light and fast in the mountains, and about her future plans. Produced: @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch. 

Jon Ronson is the author of numerous bestselling books, and was played by Ewan McGregor in the film of his book The Men Who Stare At Goats. He started running 10 years ago when he saw a picture of himself standing next to George Clooney and thought he needed to get in shape. Barely a day has past since that he hasn’t gone out running. He tells us why he can’t stop, why he will never run a race, and how running feeds into his creative process. Produced: @IAmTheHow. Music: Starfrosch 

Zach Miller is one of the world’s best and most exciting ultra runners with a string of impressive victories, but he is most loved for his all-out, no-holds-barred style of running, setting off in ultra marathons like they’re 5K burn-ups, sometimes winning, and sometimes failing. Zach tells us about his ultra running breakthrough while working on a cruise ship, living for 5 years off-grid halfway up a mountain, and the appeal of pushing yourself into oblivion... Produced @IAmTheHow Music Starfrosch

Part two of our conversation with 2:06 marathon runner Abdi Nageeye, in which he talks about the best piece of advice Eliud Kipchoge ever gave him, the reason why doping is such a big problem in Kenya, and his love of blues music. Produced @IAmTheHow Music Starfrosch

Abdi Nageeye, born in Mogadishu in Somalia, not once, but twice escaped civil war to seek a new life in the Netherlands. He now lives & trains with the great Eliud Kipchoge in Kenya & is the Dutch record holder in the half marathon and marathon, with a best time of 2hrs 6mins. Here he tells of his traumatic early life, how it made him who is today & how he discovered his running talent by accident as an 18-year-old soccer player trying to stay in shape over the summer. Produced @IAmTheHow Music Starfrosch

Part two of our conversation with top ultra runner Beth Pascall, in which she talks about the joy of running hundreds of miles at a time, how she accidentally made the British team for the world 24-hour championships, and the amazing restorative power of a one-minute nap. Keep up with Beth Pascall by following her on Instagram: @beth_pascall - Produced by IAmTheHow : music from starfrosch Deadfro5h Remix Kit Dysfunction_AL & Kalte Ohren ( Remix ) (ft. Starfrosch, Kara Square)

Beth Pascall has finished in the top four in both of the world’s most prestigious trail ultra marathons, the Western States 100 in the US, and the UTMB in Europe. She is also a doctor, but this year is taking some time out from work to concentrate on her running. Here she talks about training with her dog, how she started out in ultra running and her childhood obsession with hiking across Dartmoor. Produced by IAmTheHow. Music from starfrosch Deadfro5h Remix Kit Dysfunction_AL & Kalte Ohren ( Remix ) (ft. Starfrosch, Kara Square)

Part two of our conversation with four-time world Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington, in which she tells us about life after retirement, missing the intensity and the highs of elite-level sport, and of her recent and intriguing foray into ultra running. Produced by IAmTheHow : music from starfrosch : Deadfro5h Remix Kit Dysfunction_AL : Kalte Ohren ( Remix ) (ft. Starfrosch, Kara Square) 

A genuine legend in the world of endurance sport, Chrissie Wellington became Ironman world champion on her first attempt just eight months after taking up the sport of triathlon. She went on to win every Ironman she ever competed, including three further world titles. We find out how she got started in the sport, and how she dealt with doubt, pain and setbacks during races. Produced by IAmTheHow : music from starfrosch : Deadfro5h Remix Kit Dysfunction_AL : Kalte Ohren ( Remix ) (ft. Starfrosch, Kara Square)

Not a lot of people know it, but snooker legend Ronnie ‘the Rocket’ O’Sullivan is a seriously fast runner. He tells Adharanand about the difference between the buzz from snooker and the buzz from running, about how the running club is his church, and about his dream to train in Kenya and to run a marathon. Produced by @IAmTheHow : music from starfrosch : Deadfro5h Remix Kit

Adharanand introduces the all-new The Way of the Runner podcast series in a short chat with his producer Dave Clarke on a wet morning in south Devon. He explains how the podcast is an extension of his books, and talks about some of the guests lined up for future episodes. He also explains the show’s tie-in with TRIBE, who are generously sponsoring the series. Produced by IAmTheHow : music from Dysfunction_AL : Kalte Ohren ( Remix ) (ft. Starfrosch, Kara Square)