English For The Long Run

Have you ever wondered where to go for a run in Rome? Or are you about to go there for a holiday or a work trip and want to get the miles in? If it's a YES, then do listen to today's episode! Today's guest is Italian Isabella Calidonna. She is a 41 year old tour guide based in Rome who offers unique experiences that combine tourism and history with one of her passions: running. Isabella has an PHD in Art History and she is an expert tour guide as well as a licensed track and field coach. She

Today's guest is Adam David Broughton. Originally he is from Nottingham but now he's based in Madrid. Adam has been an English teacher since 2005, and he loves what he does. Adam doesn't teach people WHAT to learn in English, he teaches HOW to learn English. In 2019 Adam wrote a book called How to English. In this book he shows us how we can become independent learners in 31 days. I read his book during lockdown and I absolutely loved it. Adam has a community and you can subscribe to his

Chris Finill is a 63 year-old runner from the UK. He’s actually quite a celebrity because he is one of the 7 men who have run all 41 London Marathons since its inception in 1981. Those seven men are members of the Ever Present club and are now between 63 and 88 years old. Chris also holds the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive editions of the same marathon completed in less than 3 hours. He ran 33 years in a row a sub three London marathon. He’s also an ultrarunner and a USA

Gabi Hayes is a producer and filmmaker who grew up in former East Germany. Running gave her a sense of freedom living behind the Iron Curtain. She met her American husband hitch-hiking after a bus broke down in East Germany, and they dated behind the Iron Curtain for 4 years. After the Wall fell in 1989, she and Mark moved to the US and settled in Los Angeles. She couldn’t understand why there were so many homeless people in one of the richest cities in the US. One Sunday morning she was

Megan Cassidy is a 41 year old runner from Cleveland (Ohio), and she didn’t start running until she was 28 years old. She has been running for 11 years now and her favourite distance is the marathon. She ran 41 marathons in 41 days in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record. She was nowhere near that record, but she learned a lot about herself, her mind and her body. Right now she is training for the London Marathon. What We Talk About: * Where she grew up and where she lives

What on earth is a Parkrun ... It´s a huge global movement and although it initially started in the UK with 13 friends meeting up for a Saturday run followed up by coffee and tea, it has grown to over 2000 locations in 23 countries around the world. Yes, it´s BIG, it´s for EVERYONE and it´s FREE. And no, Parkrun doesn’t exist in Spain. Yet. Today’s Guest: Simon Jones retired in June 2019 and he now works part-time for a local charity. He has been running Parkruns since 2013 and has

Today's guest is Jo Schoonbroodt, a 71 year old marathoner from the Netherlands. On May 8, Jo set a marathon record for the 70 + age group at Belgium's Maasmarathon. He crossed the finish line in an incredibly fast 2:54:19, beating the previous record. So he is now officially the fastest 70+ marathoner on planet earth. It was not his first sub-three marathon though, it was number 75. Jo lives in the neighbourhood of Maastricht, the Netherlands and when he isn´t running, he likes to play