After a somewhat extended break our Running Tales podcast is back.
In this second series, I’m joined by my husband Craig to learn more about the extraordinary stories of runners, wheelchair racers and walkers.
Our first guest this time round is one of our favourite Northampton runners, Michael Williams, who has recently completed the gruelling 860 mile JOGLE.
The event, which gets it’s name from the course than runs from tip (John O’Groats) to toe (Land’s End) of Britain, takes place over 17 days meaning runners face distances of more than 50 miles on most days.
Michael, an experienced ultra runner as you can hear on Episode 11 of Series One of the Running Tales Podcast, was taking on the event for the third time – despite being 70 years old.
It was third time lucky for Michael. In 2020, he was denied by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic which saw the race being cancelled, and a year later he had to drop out through injury.
This time he was the only entrant to complete the event, despite suffering shin splints, taking wrong turns and encountering every kind of weather from storms to some rare British sun.
Craig spoke to him at Northampton parkrun and you can listen to the podcast on Podbean, Apple and (as they like to say!) all good podcast providers!
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To sponsor Michael Williams, who was running for Childaid to raise money for refugees from Ukraine, you should visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/michael-williams854
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