Outlandish

As runners, we probably spend more time than most thinking about what to have for breakfast, because it can be the difference between a good run and a case of the runs...!In order to check the sound is working and to get my guests into a conversational frame of mind, I always ask them the same question - what did you have for breakfast? I've spliced each of my guests from season one's answers into one bonus episode. Enjoy!

Super excited this week to bring you a chat I had with Richard McDowell, AKA the turbo ferret.Richard lives in South West London where this podcast was recorded, and in recent years he’s made a bit of a name for himself by laying down some incredibly fast times at a number of Centurion ultramarathon, including the South Downs Way 50 and 100, the Thames Path 100, where he ran the fastest ever trail 100-miler on British soil.It’s safe to say that Richard is the fastest runner I’ve spoken to on the

This week, I'm delighted to share with you a conversation I had with a true legend of the London ultrarunning scene, David Bone.One half of the coaching duo DaznBone, David is a force of nature. Whether he's directing events or setting 150-mile FKTs, he always has a smile on his face and seemingly all the time in the world to chat with anyone. He's simply one of the nicest guys I've ever met.In this conversation, we chatted about the origins of Camino Ultra and their unqiue, urban take on

Headwear. For many of us, a vital but easily overlooked aspect of our trail running experience.As a headwear enthusiast myself who never goes for a run without a cap, I was excited to speak in this episode to Darryl Hanstein, the brains behind Ugoku Projects. With a growing range of top-notch trail headwear, Ugoku Projects is quickly making a name for itself in the UK trail running scene as a purveyor of awesome caps.I spoke to Darryl at his home in Amersham to find out more about what goes into

Ally Whitlock, AKA Croydon's ultrarunning ambassador, is an ultrarunner and photographer from South London. A long-standing member of the Centurion community, in 2022 Ally ran the Thames Path 100, a pancake-flat 100-miler along the River Thames from London to Oxford.In this episode, I spoke to Ally before and after the race, to get a sense of what it takes to run that legendary distance, 100 miles!- Ed

Welcome to series one, episode one of Outlandish!To kick off this new podcast, I could think of no better guest than my good friend Chris Bradley. Chris is the founder and director of Runaway Adventures, a London-based trail running company hosting races and meetups in and around the city. If you're in the market for a great trail running event, you can't go wrong with one of Runaway's awesome races.I headed to Runaway HQ in Tottenham to chat to Chris about the story of Runaway and what goes into

Hello, and welcome to Outlandish, a new podcast for trail runners and other outlandish folk.My name is Ed Scott, and I’m a trail runner and person living in London. There are a lot of awesome trail running and adventure podcasts out there which I love to listen to, but I decided to put this podcast together because I felt like there was a bit of a gap in the market. You see, as much as I love mountainous landscapes and remote, wild places, the reality is that, as a Londoner, most of my running takes