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EP 57 | She Lives With Narcolepsy, So Why Run a Midnight Marathon?

2026-11-0345:19

What happens when the thing that makes you feel strongest becomes one of the hardest things to keep doing? For Fiona Mobbs, running has been a lifeline through single motherhood, personal challenges and years of unexplained symptoms. Eventually diagnosed with narcolepsy with cataplexy, Fiona has had to navigate a condition that can cause sudden muscle weakness, overwhelming sleepiness and unpredictable episodes ... including whilst running. She's lost opportunities, friendships and much of th...

EP 56 | How Can We Stop Girls Walking Away From Sport?

2026-10-2743:32

What if one of the best ways to help girls keep running is to tell them it's okay not to run? As a teenager, Amy Kline gradually stopped feeling like sport was somewhere she belonged. It wasn't until she discovered recreational running as an adult that she realised movement didn't need to be about winning, competing or proving you were good enough. Years later, an experience at the New York Marathon planted the seed for Girls Run Club... an inclusive, low-pressure running community designed t...

EP 55 | What Happens When You Run Until Your Body Shuts Down?

2026-10-2044:17

Phil Gore has spent years redefining what's possible in backyard ultra (BYU) running. But Project 168 was different. His goal was to run for seven consecutive days, pushing beyond anything he'd attempted before. So what happens when your mind is willing to keep running, but your body has finally had enough? After 152 hours, his body forced him to stop. What followed was surgery, months without running and a confronting opportunity to reflect on the limits he'd been so determined to discover....

EP 54 | Is It Possible for Running to Become Part of Who You Are?

2026-10-1339:59

What happens when running becomes more than something you do, and starts becoming part of who you are? Oli Jones has spent much of his life around running. He's founded a run group, coached runners, worked with young athletes and spent five years telling other people's stories through the Local Legends in Running podcast. But after years of consistent running, the last three have brought injuries, a marathon DNF and the possibility that his fastest days may already be behind him. Along the wa...

EP 53 | He Built the Run Club He Was Once Too Intimidated to Join

2026-10-0637:20

What if the person most intimidated by a run club is exactly the person it should be built for? Cam Smit wasn't always a runner. He started in his late twenties, hated his first 2.7km and was too intimidated to join a run club himself. Years later, he created Cam's Run Club... the kind of running community he wishes had existed when he started. The first session, literally nobody showed up. Today, 20–40 runners regularly join a community built around one simple idea: nobody runs alone. ...

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