George 'the Guru' Gandy-A legendary athletics coach remembered
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Release Date: 10/25/2021
What happens when running meets art and environmental activism? Answer: The Salmon Runfrom Ultra to 5km
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
The Salmon Run (now in its third year), gives runners from Ultra to 5km and non runners the chance to express their care for this fascinating and seriously endangered keystone species, by getting involved in a running ritual, which takes people on the salmon's migratory river journey over 50 miles from sea to spawning ground and in doing so, connects the many communities alongside the Exe. Ceri speaks to the founders Anne Marie and Jo Salter of Tidelines CIC about the Salmon Run, which takes place on September 29th, 2024.
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From Wild Child to World Champion: David Sharpe, Enigma on the Track
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
There's nothing conventional about David Sharpe, former world 800m junior champion, European outdoor silver medallist and European indoor 800m champion. Ceri talks to Sharpey about his athletics career, his wild side and undiagnosed ADHD and also interviews the author of a new biography on Sharpey, Brian Gardner. Interview with Brian Gardner to 16:30, Part 1 with David Sharpe to 52.12 and Part 2 with David Sharp to 1.15.
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Diversifying skill sets to get connected
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
What makes a good outdoors educator and what changes are needed in the face of climate change, mass disconnection with nature and barriers to access in the countryside? Ceri speaks to educator, expedition leader and soon-to-be author Emma Linford
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A Right to Roam - what's our future?
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Right to Roam Instigator and founder of the Stars Are For Everyone, Lewis Winks talks to Ceri about the Darwall case, creating a Right to Roam which is more like Scotland's and seeking to influence the political narrative.
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A fly in the medicine
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Global expedition leader Mark Hannaford, whose expeditions have trained the Ukrainian SAS and helped Syrian refugees, among many others worldwide, talks to Wild Running about what the Darwall ruling will mean for future generations, if it is lost.
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The Meek shall inherit the earth
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Jo Meek, sometime Wild Running Guide, and ultra icon, talks about taking on (and winning) the Cape Wrath multi day ultra.
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Save Our Soles - The Grizzly
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
We preview the notorious (and popular) Grizzly trail race by interviewing race organisers Steve Haines and Andy West: the best and arguably, the toughest, mixed terrain running event in the South West.
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Get in the zone: zone training the slow way.
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Kilkenny physio, former International track runner and European Masters champion Eoin Everard, discusses zone training, the science behind the benefits of slow running benefits, neuromuscular athletes v aerobic athletes and why Jake Whiteman was able to beat Ingebrigtsen. Listen and learn stuff.
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Tim talks fells, cells and running parallels to Gaia
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Ceri talks to Tim Lenton, Devon based fell runner and Professor of Earth System Science at Exeter University, about Gaia, competition, zombie running and the parallels between the earth as an organism and us as an organism...a running organism!
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Up a mountain, down a hill with Mike Jones.
Wild Running: Trail Running and SwimRun Adventures
Another peak behind the curtains of trail event organising. In this episode, we talk to Ultra-Trail Snowdonia RD Mike Jones.
info_outlineWild Running pays tribute to George 'the Guru' Gandy, the British athletics coach, who will be fondly remembered by Loughborough students and athletes from across the country.