The Runs Podcast

This week the boys wrap up their Ironman content by welcoming on Spaniard Carlos Rufo.They first encountered Carlos at IMW18, when they noticed him on the run route being supported by his father. Naturally the boys joined in with cheers of VAMOS CARLOS on every lap!They tracked him down through Strava and have exchanged Kudos ever since! Carlos spent an hour taking us through his journey from judo to triathlon, the quest for Kona and now into a more relaxed approach to the disciplines!

This week the boys welcome Swansea boy Marc Barrow onto the pod!Marc has achieved excellent results on the triathlon route, both on the course and away from the course with Swansea Vale Triathlon Club.He might not have been much cop at sports in school, but he's made it up for it since!

With Ironman Wales just around the corner, the boys welcomed Shane Parsons onto the pod this week. Shane has had a wild ride and has gone from bodybuilder to triathlete in the space of one year!They cover everything from growing up playing the traditional Welsh sports in school before going off to uni and finding bodybuilding, right up to his transition to a triathlete and even bigger plans for 2025!Bare with us on the audio of this episode, the wifi in Niki's hotel whilst he's working away was not user friendly!

This week the boys catch up over some community questions from Instagram.

This week the boys welcome marathon runner and runfluencer Mix Fox onto the pod, all the way from County Armagh in Northern Ireland.The boys chat about the different sports Mick threw himself into before piling on 30KG in just over a year. He then turned back to running in a quest to shed the pounds and discovered marathon running.The rest? Well, it's not quite history!

This week the boys welcomed Tammy Fry from Caerleon Runners onto the pod!Tammy will race any distance with or without a buggy!Who debuts at marathon distance hoping to dip under 5 hours and just misses out on a GFA time by minutes?!Tammy Fry does!________________________________________________________________________________________SUPPORTED BY RACKD.info@rackd.online________________________________________________________________________________________

This week the boys welcome Phil Caseley on for a chat.Phil is an online performance coach, helping his clients to excel in all aspects of life.But his journey has been an interesting one. Part of the original jab-a-tan and GHD straightners brigade, a long stint in Ibiza seen Phil put the glow sticks away. With plenty of bumps along the way, you won't want to miss this one!

This week the boys welcomed the big dude who runs a lot.That's right, Alex Hermanson AKA Herm.Runs over on Instagram joined us from across the pond to chat about running and life as a content creator.Expect donuts, and quite a bit of chat about sports we don't usually chat about!

This week we are joined by long time friend and training partner of previous guest Jake Smith, James Heneghan!James has made his way to South Wales from the other side of the bridge, and is a bit of an honorary Welshman now. We talk about growing up in the Hamphshire schools running circles, that have spawned some of the most competitive Park Runs in the UK.We couldn't let him go without talking about his record snatching shift at this years Castles, his constant battles with Jake and of course, the inaugural Tonypandy Track Classic!