GB Olympian Stewart Harding shares his story of running at the Olympics and completing the Olympic marathon unlike the so-called 'greatest marathon runner ever'. 

Amy heads back to the middle boring bit of England, which has apparently got a lot nicer recently even if she inadvertently chased away all the local wildlife. There is also a long story about trying not to poo.

Finally, and we can't emphasise this enough, do not enrage the sparrowhawk.

Huge BS merch news if you like your neck tubes to be multi-functional!

We've had medals, we now have coasters, we ask what's next? We've got a complex story from Race to the Stones, mourn the passing of some trail running companies and add loads of great entries onto the injury list, as well as the 'definitely not injured' list. 

We come in hot this week with some more takes on runfluencers and social media, as well as a few rants about running for charity. Which sounds a bit risky doesn't it? Oh well, we've had a good run, bye everyone...

Amy nearly dies in a river, and dodges the snow. Stu's whole life is just mud.

The only thing worse than running is not running, right? In this episode we delve in the murky world of cross-training, and why pretty much all of it is bullshit. 

Speaking of not running, we both share non-running related injury stories and Amy continues her bid to become an inspirational speaker.

Music credit to http://www.freesfx.co.uk

While we're still allowed to run, we'll still complain about it. We read out your running confessions, and will happily keep taking them on an ongoing basis because we know you're all terrible running sinners, and we can forgive you.

We explain why you won't be seeing a BS face mask, get the lowdown on the Ross Barkley 5k, and tell fat-shaming advertisers to fuck the fuck off.

Features an appearance from everyone's favourite corgi.

Providing a mild distraction from your lockdown, Running is BS delves into the bizarre world of the garden marathon, running up Everest in your house and other weird things desperate runners are doing to stay occupied and get their distance in.

Has Amy been running? You may be pleasantly surprised. And Stu urges you to stop running up and down the same parks, canal paths, and streets and go and do a bit of exploring!

Our guest this week is Gareth Allen, an ultra runner who live streamed his garden marathon to a worldwide audience!

What do you do when there's no running to talk about? Talk about yourself! Thanks to all our listeners who sent in questions for us, we had a great time going through them and offering our complete lack of expertise as answers.

We manage to squeeze in a bit of bullshit running news, and have now both adopted the Genders Studio™ method which is effective but doesn't half make your head a bit hot.

Amy massively overreacts to a single comment about her audio and has taken a drastic solution to improve the ‘studio’.   We inevitably drop the C-bomb as the world of running is now dominated by the reaction to COVID-19 and its impacts, as well as post-run showers, brambles, fancy teas, and fell races that haven’t been cancelled.   We also ask very important questions such as “Would you wear a manbra” and “Is it ok to just go and run a strava segment?”… See more

A last minute stand in for Amy sees SBC rock the mic with Stewart for this episode full of all kinds of running bullshit.

There's sweary banter galore with chafing, race cancellations, filthy puns, and making noises at gross out comments. 

We have bonus double guestage with London Marathon pacer Liz Ayres giving us a rundown of the changes being made to this year's race and Howard Owen's review of his, understandably, slowest ever marathon in Siberia.

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Stewart and Amy (and a yappy Corgi) take on the biggest and most important topics in running (probably) in yet another episode of the podcast that loves to hate running.

We talk about being ill, boobs, race tshirts, and speak to a former international high jumper and coach who only bloody went to the Olympics, Sharon Heveran.

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The podcast that loves to hate running delves into the murky world of shoes, and the whole Nike debacle. Watch out, Stu has read, like, two articles and now has Opinions.

We also talk about why you shouldn't use Eventbrite for races, how far breasts bounce, and the best way to kill time during a quarantine.

This episode is dedicated to Cactus. He was a very good boi.

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It's Cross Country time, so we've spoken to Maud Hodson about Run Equal, a fantastic campaign that wants men and women to run the same distance. It doesn't sound like a lot to ask does it? You'd be surprised at the bullshit they encounter...

This episode's Bullshit Running News theme is like nothing you've ever heard before (by which we mean good), and that's all thanks to our awesome Patreon subscribers. Why not give us a dollar? If you want a buff, this is the place to go.

You want merch? We got merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/runningisbullshit/

Cover photo credit: Leonard Martin

The running podcast with the worst running hosts is back, and who better to dish out the advice than someone who's been injured for 2 years and someone who doesn't run?

In this episode, we insult New Zealanders, talk about dog shit, and endlessly scream into the void about 'burning off those Christmas calories'.

‘Women have less ego. Men think: How hard can this be?’: the female ultra-athletes leading the field.

 

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Head to patreon.com/runningisbullshit to see how you can support this podcast.

 

There has been MUD this week. So much mud. We experience both sides of a race for the first time, and are both exhausted for different reasons.

We learn a bit more about where you listen to us, lobster horse roleplaying, a lot more about men pissing in places they shouldn't, and of course a shed load about runfluencers and how no one should give a shit about what a stranger eats in a day, because it's all just fucking smoothies anyway.

Our yearly review of the year, and you guessed it, it was bullshit.

Naturally, we bring you more exciting tea updates, and talk about Amy's ludicrously cute puppy Finley and how much he shits and has ruined her life.

We talk about our new year's resolutions (don't hold your breath), and recap the Bullshit Running News that caught our eye during the year.

AND there's a new way to support Running is Bullshit - Patreon.

Well Amy hasn't been running, but that's no longer a big deal as Stu can't stop racing for some reason.

We have double guest action with Gary Damer and Dean Smith from Behind the Medal podcast, who definitely love running and swearing more than us! 

We give you top dogging tips, and all we ask in return is your opinion on what Bullshit Tea should taste like. It makes more sense if you listen rather than reading this tbh...

Another episode, another week where Amy hasn't run, but don't worry you won't be disappointed by the reason.

Our guest is Kerrie Aldridge, one of the pack of the back runners at the 2019 London Marathon who were so mistreated. We find how she got started and why she's going back to London. You can also find out more about her amazing charity work here: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

The best three weekly podcast that loves to hate running is back.

There's the usual amount of bullshit, and somewhat inevitably, actual shit to discuss. We talk about American race fees, the 'Great' Runs and arbitrary scoring systems.

Stu had so much to complain about he forgot to mention the extremely minor barbwire injury he got while trail running, but hopefully now you've read this and know about it.

Amy's lack of planning really comes into its own this week as she describes the trail run from hell and Stewart has a lot to get off his chest. We talk about why watching running might not actually be bullshit, but how the World Championships really were, the new way to enter Tough Mudder, and a discussion on what is your price on for shitting yourself at the end of a race.

 

Ivor Hewitt's blog: https://blog.ivor.org/2018/08/my-accident.html

The only thing worse than running is watching other people running. You know it, we know it, so here it all is.

Episode also features Amy's animal adventures, trollunteering, and Stewart ruining the accessibility of the podcast by not being completely shit.

We want to hear about your rookie running errors, and if you've ever seen non-runners tucking into the post-race food or aid stations! Drop us a line on twitter, facebook or email!

Hear the sad voices of Amy and Stewart as we once again delve into the bullshit world of running. Includes, amongst other things, Theresa May, the legend of Pin Skin Man, Ed Balls and our lovely guest Ella Dove who has the ULTIMATE running injury story.

"There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes"

BULLSHIT.

Obviously we think that, it's our thing. We also discuss strava "art", pissing in the path, Eliud Kipchoge selling out, and Ed Milliband.

Can anyone beat Pin Skin Man? That's the vital question being asked in this episode. We also discuss sweating, Father Ted, Love island, how to poo and dead sheep. You know, all the important stuff.

Tom Fairbrother joins us for part 2 of his interview to talk about his experience of eating disorders and how we can support our fellow runners.

The #TRAINBRAVE campaign aims to inspire more athletes to share their stories and raise awareness of the risks of eating disorders and RED-s.

https://trainbrave.org/

We speak to Tom Fairbrother, the disqualified winner of Race to the Stones, about his experience and the most aggressive race strategy you've ever heard of.

Plenty of news, rants and complaint as per usual, and a surprisingly strong defence of Disney races, though not from either of us...

 

Tom co-founded Train Brave, a campaign to support runners with eating disorders and to raise awareness of this important issue: https://trainbrave.org/

Don't mention Strava! I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it. We talk to Ian Williams who created Fetch Everyone, a massive website full of fantastic numbers for you to log your runs.

There's also a surprising amount of piss related discourse, a fair bit of sweating, and a fantastic bit of cheating.

The podcast that loves to hate running is back to talk about goose banter, not training, running hangovers, and surprisingly little about bodily fluids for a change. Our topic this episode is shit races and virtual races/runs. Are they all bullshit, or is there a place for them?

The podcast that loves to hate running! This episode we talk to Holly Corlett, better know to the Bullshitters as SBC, about her weird running story which ultimately lead to running on a treadmill for 24 hours...

We also talk a lot about snot and where to deposit it, and ask you what running things did you learn about far too late?

Running is BS buffs now available! Get in touch to get merched up.

WE DID ULTRAS

We talk about ultras.

Have you done ultras? 

Contact us about ultras.

(Don't worry, we're both shit at them)

When is a long distance training session not a long distance training session? Our guest Mica Moore is quicker sitting down than she is running!

We discover another dastardly supervillain in a dramatic reading and see the return of the Amy Genders' Gender Agenda!

SO, here's our London Marathon special all about, like, marathons, and why they're, like, bullshit.

We also, like, respond to criticism and find out Amy doesn't know how sentences start.

Bullshit running news, more updates from China, and we ask how far do you trust a fart?

Oh, and there's a COMPETITION!

Danny rants do do do do do do, Danny rants do do do do do do...

With Me Now presenter Danny Norman is our guest to talk about the background to his fantastic podcast and some parkrun bullshit.

We're lacing up our trail shoes and heading out into the wilderness for this episode as we talk about trail running. We talk about Barkley, the bullshit running news and of course your tweets and bullshit stories.

 

Have you fallen out on a run? We want to hear about it.

Our guest is a rock solid legend, the 'inspirational' Rhys Jenkins, ultra runner and race director. Of course, we talk to him about poo.

We read your tweets, the bullshit running news, and bullshit story of the week! Let us know if Mercury has affected your running recently...

Find out why we're big in Japan, Amy talks about poo and Stewart tells his favourite tampon story...

This weeks theme is running inspiration, and why it's complete bullshit.

We interview the fantastic Hope Virgo and get a great insight into eating disorders and running, as well as making up a whole backstory for her as a superhero against her invented arch enemy...

We also have a competition WINNER - gotta listen to find out who though.

Please tell us what wasps are for, what makes a running wanker, and bully Amy into running more so she has something to talk about for next time.

Amy has been on an exclusive hot weather training camp and Stewart is continuing to dominate local races.

These things are partly true, which is good enough for podcast purposes. Also includes talk of absolute zero, flattering seams, dogging and the most adorable running shoes.  

COMPETITION TIME - leave us a review, screenshot it, send it to us and you can win this rather snazzy backpack: https://iamrunbox.com/en/backpack/3-backpack-lite.html#/color-orange

This week we're joined by Liz Rees, an awesome runner, supporter and C25k graduate and leader! She gets stuck into what's bullshit about being a chubby runner and how she's turned that into everlasting twitter glory.

We also have loads of contact from our listeners, and we mostly insult them for their loyalty. Sorry.

The final episode of 2018! It's been quite a bullshit year, so what could be better than making a podcast about it? There are some proper pearls of wisdom in this episode and, frankly, more calls to action than is decent.

We've got a whole load of race hate for you on this episode. Wait, what? Phrasing? No that seems ok to me...

This episode is a bit boob obsessed, but for all the right reasons! Hannah the Runner is our amazing guest as we tackle some of the week's running news, and continue to complain about the thing we love the most.

How not to propose during a marathon, Americans in sports bras, and complaining about every single thing in the lead up to a big race.

This week we want your toilet stories! Send them to us on twitter and Facebook.

The podcast that hates to love running is back with your responses to last week when we solved gender inequality in running (you're welcome), discussing our bitter jealousy of world records and we even manage to rope in a guest! Kate Derrick is the Grumpy Jogger, so who better to tell us all about what she hates most about running.

Don't forget to let us know about your chafing issues, and what has been BS about your running this week.

Amy and Stewart discuss friend of the show Bobbi, women's stuff, and absolutely do not mention eggs.

Amy and Stewart talk about themselves, the speed camera challenge and Stewart's nipples.

 

**EDIT** Honestly, these get much better. Maybe check out a new episode before starting from here?

We've got mixed reports of races from the end of last year and mixed luck with getting into some big name races this year!

Amy got confused by an aid station, Stewart gets annoyed at Strava, and you all have set some really stupid running targets and we can't wait to hear how they go wrong.

What a bullshit year. At least for most of you, we actually had quite a nice time.

We're cancelling race organisers, tricking you into buying tea, cursing cyclists yet again, and talking about all the horribly actually sad reasons why you can't run.

What's the weirdest thing you've got from a race goody bag?

Stewart escaped Meriden! We can finally hear all about this race that has been over a year in the making. Good news, it was miserable.

Amy's been taking advantage of her car-based freedom by going to one single new place over and over again, and still can't pronounce names.

Just one more episode until Meriden so we're getting into the best bits of any race, the map, the plan and the admin!

We've also got some great ultra food ideas from our listeners which are uncharacteristically helpful. Amy also has the least scariest running story you'll ever hear, just in time to have missed Halloween.

We're on a roll with guests and this is a really good one! Louise Butcher had a double mastectomy but instead of shying away from her scars, she's running topless every day not just to raise awareness, but because it feels bloody brilliant!

We also talk about running smells because we're 120 episodes in and have run out of things to complain about.