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.

Rob and Simon talk the virtual London Marathon and are joined by ultra runner James Moore.  James has finished eleven 100 mile races including the Autumn 100, the next race for the boys in the Centurion Grand Slam.

Simon and Rob discuss their second Centurion race.  The Thames Path 100 miler

Rob and Simon discuss their first race of the Centurion Grand Slam - The North Downs Way 100.  The first race of its kind in the new normal post lock down on one of the hottest days of the year.  

Two weeks till Rob and Simon have to face the North Downs Way 100 they catch up with Graham Carter.  A multiple 100 miler finisher with experience of the NDW and Centurion Grand slam finisher.  

Rob and Simon are back after lock down hibernation with ultra runner and Thames Ring 250 finisher Paul Mason to discuss his experiences with running insanely long distances and his upcoming Project 565 miles.  

The boys are joined by multi marathoner and quiz master Louise Sutherland for a battle of wit. Porn star or My little Pony, Pizza and Music of 2020 are just some of the rounds thrown at the boys 

Its day 42 of lockdown, Simon and Rob are joined for some games with the queen of halves, Kerry Shevlan.  Kerry is one of four that has run 100 half marathons in 52 weeks!

Rob and Simon are joined with friends throughout the day to talk live to Gareth Allen whilst running an Ultra marathon around his back Garden. Having previously ran a marathon round his garden at the start of the lockdown and attracting over 400,000 viewers on his live stream, Gareth attempts a 36hr ultra race along the same route.

Rob and Simon speak with Vanessa Brewster.  300 lifetime marathons, loads of ultra marathons and London marathon finisher a staggering 29 times!  

The boys settle in for a pub chat with Pete Mizzi a global marathon runner on a quest to reach 100 marathons.  The boys chat to Pete about his journey and large number of overseas marathons over beers and gin.