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Running PartnersAuthor: Paul Griffiths and Alison Scope
Running partners in more ways than one! Running partners is a podcast about all aspects of running, hosted by partners in life and running, Paul Griffiths and Alison Scope. We discuss training, racing, nutrition, mental health, coaching, injuries, motivation, and much more, and our reflections in the context of fitting it all in to a busy family and work life. Each week we share our ideas, thoughts and learning across the topics and some of our experiences from years of running on and off road from track races to ultra marathons! We also reflect on how our running is going week by week as we work towards our own goals. Running partners is about us talking about the sport we love and hopefully bringing some helpful insight that will be useful to you. If you love running, then make running partners a regular partner on your next run by subscribing and listening to our podcast every week! You can find us on Spotify, apple, and anywhere else you get your podcasts! Each episode is totally free and we hope you listen, subscribe and enjoy! Please o comment, leave us a review and email us any feedback to help us improve as we go! You can connect us anytime at runningpartners@outlook.com. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Running, Sports Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 128 Martin Dugard and The Long Run
Sunday, 10 May, 2026
This week we interview #1 New York Times bestselling author , runner and coach, Martin Dugard about his new book,The Long Run: The Decade That Made Marathons Cool is a 2026 book that chronicles the 1970s running boom. It highlights key figures like Frank Shorter, Steve Prefontaine, and Joan Benoit, detailing how running became a popular, mainstream sport. Martin talks all about the book, why he wrote it, what running means to him and why the marathon is the one event that everyone keeps coming back to! Buy here! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803297/the-long-run-by-martin-dugard/ Here is a link to support Paul's 100k x 10 challenge https://www.justgiving.com/page/paul-griffiths-5?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL Also why not join our Strava group for coaching tips and offers and much more! https://www.strava.com/clubs/1414138/members As always we go through our week of running and cover some recent race results, shout outs to listeners and some future topic suggestions. If you have any results you want us to cover or topics for future episodes, get in touch, or if you are interested in being coached by Paul (email Paul with 'podcast offer' to get a 10% coaching discount), please email us or connect on any social media. We will back every Monday with a new episode and here is how you can connect with us to help build the running partners community; email us at runningpartners@outlook.com Paul’s running coach website www.paulgriffithsrunningcoach.com Alis Strava http://www.strava.com/athletes/2163809 Ali’s Instagram http://www.instagram.com/twenty.six.point.two/?hl=en Ali’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alison.griffiths.58/ Paul’s Strava http://www.strava.com/athletes/10421356 Paul’s Instagram http://www.instagram.com/griffsrunning?igshid=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg== Paul’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/paul.griffiths.77312 Our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwc3oBawuCiG-5ldXWfN-PQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
