Here for the Long Run
Amie and Jon chat about their experience of running ultra distance races to empower and encourage other people to access these events. Talking all things training, race weekends, stories from the trail, kit, the do's and don'ts... and everything in between.
Episodes
46 episodes
Race Day Ready: Marathon & Ultra Tips to Prepare for Your First Big Race 🏅
With marathon season just around the corner, Amie and Jon sit down to chat all about preparing for your first marathon or ultra.We pull together some of the best tips and lessons we've picked up from recent conversations with guests on t...
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Episode 46
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30:18
Lizzie Gatherer's epic Balls to Cancer challenge for Prostate Cancer UK 🍆 plus achieving Backyard Ultra royalty status 👑
In this episode, we chat with Lizzie Gatherer about her recent 'ballsy' 70-mile fundraising challenge for Prostate Cancer UK, following her father-in-law's recent recovery.We also talk about another powerful “why” during her fundraising...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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57:33
Chris Cope: Winning the Summer Spine & Racing at the Sharp End with Type 1 🏆
In this episode, we chat with Chris Cope about ultrarunning at the sharp end, all while managing Type 1 Diabetes.Chris shares the challenges of stress-induced insulin resistance in multi-day racing, and how moving to a closed-loop system...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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51:53
The Magic of Comrades with Jan, Four Time Finisher 🇿🇦
This episode covers everything Comrades Marathon 🇿🇦We were lucky to sit down with Jan, four times finisher of the event, which is the world's oldest ultramarathon.Jan painted an amazing picture of the race for us, its history and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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57:31
Sweat Test Results 🥵, Trialling Home-Made Gels and Injury Updates
In this episode, Jon and Amie reflect on their most recent podcast conversations, dig into the details and results from their recent Precision Hydration sweat test, and how they'll use it to inform their training.Jon also talks about his...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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33:45
Breaking New Ground at the Winter Spine ❄️ Ian Evans on Being the First Type 1 Diabetic to Finish
In this episode, we sit down with Ian Evans to talk about completing the Winter Spine Race — 268 miles across the Pennine Way — while managing Type 1 diabetes.Ian shares the long road to the finish line, his history of attempts at diffe...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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57:31
Chasing Marathon Goals in Your 70s: Staying Curious, Training Smarter and Rethinking what's Possible ⚡
In this episode, we’re joined by Alan Davies - V70 runner, Chair of White Horse Harriers running club, and currently the 8th fastest marathon runner in the UK in his age category following a fantastic run at the Richmond Marathon.We cha...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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56:10
James Hudson Sports Nutritionist: Fueling and Hydrating for Ultras Without the Guesswork 👨🏼🏫
In this episode, we’re joined by ultra-runner and registered sport and exercise nutritionist James Hudson, founder of Nutrition for Energy, to explore what effective fueling really looks like for ultra-endurance performance.We unpack th...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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56:17
VO₂ Max & Lactate Threshold Testing 🧬, Reviewing New Kit and Jon's Recent Race Entries
In this episode, Jon and Amie dig into the details of Jon’s recent VO₂ max and lactate testing at Oxford Brookes University — what it involved, what data he'll get from it, and how it’ll shape his training in 2026.We also do a low-key ki...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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29:17
A Year on the Run: Highlights, Lessons & What’s Next 🎄
In this episode, Amie and Jon sit down to reflect on the year that’s been — both on the run and behind the mic.We share some of our personal running highlights from the past year, the moments that challenged us, and reminded us why we l...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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30:56
Hayley Langley: Third Place Autumn 100 Finish, Trusting Your Training and Racing Smarter Over 100 Miles 🧠
In this episode, we sit down with Hayley Langley to talk through her journey into ultra running and one of her standout performances at this year's Centurion Autumn 100.Hayley reflects on returning to the 100-mile distance for the secon...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:07:07
Adventure Racing Deep Dive with Ian Furlong 🏃🏼♂️🚴🏼♂️🛶
In this episode, we dive into the world of adventure racing with Ian Furlong. Ian talks us through one of his most recent 3-day, 450km race in Scotland - complete with sleep deprivation, rough navigation patches, a food-less paddle on Loch Ness...
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59:57
Freedom Racing Five Trails Ultra: Race Review 🍂
In this episode, we break down Jon's recent experience running Freedom Racing’s Five Trails Ultra, a beautiful 50k race on and around the South Downs.We talk through his lead-up to the race, the training block that shaped his preparatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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26:32
The Luckiest Man in Ultra Ballots: Max Naughton’s Western States & UTMB Double 🍀
In this episode, Max Naughton talks us through the unlikely year he ended up getting into both UTMB and Western States (with just one ballot ticket..!). While Western States turned out to be surprisingly runnable, UTMB became a 44-h...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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58:48
James & Kev: A 40-Mile Run, a Rare Diagnosis, and the Power of Friendship 🤝
In this week's episode, we speak to good friends James and Kev, who share the story behind James' 40-mile run for Myositis UK - an challenge rooted in friendship and community. Starting at the charity’s Southampton HQ and ending in Sherfield-on...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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54:24
From Couch to 250K — Adrian Ball on Resilience, Mindset, and Finding Focus 🏜️
In this episode, we sit down with Adrian Ball, who went from couch to 5k, to completing a 250km ultramarathon across the Jordanian desert - all within just 18 months and at the age of 46. Adrian shares how ultrarunning transformed his life, tea...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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46:43
Into the OMM – Jon’s First Mountain Marathon Experience ⛺
In this episode, Jon shares his first experience of the Original Mountain Marathon (OMM), joined by friends Tim and Sarah. Together, they offer an honest look at tackling one of the UK’s toughest navigational running events.Featuring an...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:03:53
Fueling for the Long Run: Real Food Nutrition with Veloforte's Lara Guisti 🍊🍒
In this episode, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Lara Giusti, co-founder of Veloforte, a brand who bring real-food nutrition to endurance sports. We discuss fueling strategies for optimal performance - before, during, and after events ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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51:40
Maria Ledesma: Reflections on Autumn 100 2025 & Winter Downs 200. Strategic decision making, mindsets and the grace in stopping 🛑
In this episode, we sit down with seasoned ultra-runner Maria Ledesma to explore her remarkable journey through endurance racing, from her first trail race in 2019 to, three years later, completing four 100-mile races in the space of 13 months....
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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56:06
Bonus Episode: home gym upgrades, OMM preparation and project 'get strong' over winter 💪🏼
A little mid-week bonus episode, with some recent updates from Jon and Amie, including: kitting out our garage gym on a budgetvolunteering at Centurion's Autumn 100building single leg strengthJ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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26:21
Type 1D fun: Charlie Hurst on her 5th place at Dragon's back and running multi-day races with Type 1 Diabetes 🔵
This week, Jon and Amie were delighted to speak to Charlie Hurst, a seasoned multi-day ultra runner. Charlie recently placed 5th woman in the Dragon's Back race, a gruelling 6-day race across the spine of Wales, with 18,000m of climbing, a monu...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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55:05
Sarah Searle-Brown: The power of process goals, positive self-talk, strategic training and surrounding yourself with the right people 🫶🏼
In this week' episode, Jon and Amie sit down with ultra runner and UESCA running coach, Sarah Searle-Brown. We catch up about Sarah's fantastic performance at this year's North Down's Way 100, placing 4th in the women's race in a ti...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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49:13
Joe Turner: Chiltern Wonderland 50 Course Record, 2025 Race Highlights, Learning Experiences & the Importance of Running your Own Race 🧭
This episode is our second in a two-part mini series on the Chiltern Wonderland 50. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Joe Turner, who won the men's race in a new course record time of 6:18:15. We talk with Joe about his year ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:09:06
Chiltern Wonderland Race Review: Learnings from Kevin's First 50 Miler 👟
This is the first in a two-part mini series about Centurion's Chiltern Wonderland. In this episode, Jon and Amie are re-joined by Kevin Brady to reflect on his first experience running a 50 mile race. We talk through the build-up si...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:00:37
Bonus episode: Cross Training for Ultra Running and Lessons from Amie's First Triathlon 🥈
In this bonus episode, we chat about Amie's lessons from months of cross training in the comeback from an injury, and what she'll take forward into long distance training. We also chat about her experience at this weekend's triathlon (the culmi...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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27:31