Runner's World Podcast

Joining Rick and Ben this week is journalist and author James Witts, who has just written the book, Dope: How the cheats stay one step ahead, and what's being done to stop them.

We discuss the ongoing threat of doping in running, the measures being taken to stop it (and whether they're working), what the future of the sport looks like with gene therapy and AI aiding dopers, the Enhanced Games and much more .
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Paralympic royalty joins Rick and Ben this week as Richard Whitehead MBE came in for a chat.

We talked about how he continues to get faster with age, how is training is continually evolving and the key thing all runners need to do to keep improving.

Plus we talk about the 2012 legacy and how he wants nothing more than for people with disabilities have access to the joys of movement and sport.
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Joining Rick and Ben this week if Death Cab for Cutie frontman, Ben Gibbard.

An accomplished ultra runner as well as a musician, Ben's journey into running is a fascinating one and he's so into it, he's even designed his own running shoe!
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Joining Rick and Ben this week is Sam Tomlinson, a runner who has completed some of the biggest races in the world, yet he's also DNF'd and DNS'd them all too.

In the podcast this week, we talk about "failure" in running and why it's so important, misunderstood and treated with shame rather than as part of the natural process of improving.
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Author and comedian Paul 'Tonky' Tonkinson joins us on the podcast this week to talk finding his running mojo again, why he needed to race the MdS (and what he thinks about the race), training incidents with dogs, writing his new book, why running will always be part of his life and more.
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