Adharanand Finn's Blog, page 6

The otherworldly outdoor play that keeps you on your toes

The Company of Wolves is a promenade theatre adventure that takes the audience on a mysterious night-time hunt for a rogue wolf and its a running experience like no other

Trail shoes, leggings, a head torch. They also told me to wear something red. Its not the usual getup for the theatre, but this is no ordinary play.

Im off to watch The Company of Wolves by south-west theatre company Burn the Curtain. I say watch; by the end of the evening, Ill be dressed as a wolf, descending at a charge thro...

The blind ultrarunner: 'Im going to run from Boston to New York'

Simon Wheatcroft on staying in strangers houses, running around Robin Hood airport, and Alan Turings marathon time

Hi, Simon. When is your next race? Im running the New York marathon on 2 November. But before that, Im going to run from Boston to New York. Its 221 miles and Im going to run it over nine days. And then Ill do the marathon.

Wow. And who will you have as a guide runner for that? Ill be running with different people all along the way. Im using Twitter to connect with local people al...

The blind ultrarunner: 'I’m going to run from Boston to New York'

Simon Wheatcroft on staying in strangers’ houses, running around Robin Hood airport, and Alan Turing’s marathon time

Hi, Simon. When is your next race? I’m running the New York marathon on 2 November. But before that, I’m going to run from Boston to New York. It’s 221 miles and I’m going to run it over nine days. And then I’ll do the marathon.

Wow. And who will you have as a guide runner for that? I’ll be running with different people all along the way. I’m using Twitter to connect with local...

My friend Japhet's Edinburgh marathon success – and my own struggle

I first met Japhet while I was researching my book, Running With the Kenyans. Seeing him take second place in a race that I was not sure I would finish has filled me with pride

Last year at the Edinburgh marathon I stood watching as my Kenyan friend Japhet Koech ran a brave race to finish fifth in 2 hours 21 minutes. I say brave, because he ran the race after a stressful four-day journey from Iten in Kenya, where he lives, involving missed flights, sleeping on the floor in Nairobi airport and...

My friend Japhet's Edinburgh marathon success and my own struggle

I first met Japhet while I was researching my book, Running With the Kenyans. Seeing him take second place in a race that I was not sure I would finish has filled me with pride

Last year at the Edinburgh marathon I stood watching as my Kenyan friend Japhet Koech ran a brave race to finish fifth in 2 hours 21 minutes. I say brave, because he ran the race after a stressful four-day journey from Iten in Kenya, where he lives, involving missed flights, sleeping on the floor in Nairobi airport and...

Japhet Koech's Edinburgh Marathon adventure

Kenyan runner Japhet Koech was able to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon this year thanks to crowdfunding and despite a disappointing race, it was a remarkable experience

As we walked along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh the day after the marathon, people kept stopping my Kenyan friend, Japhet, and asking to take a picture with him. "Japhet," they said, "we watched you run yesterday. You were amazing!"

He was constantly taken aback at being addressed by name. "I am famous,"...

Running blog: how was your weekend running?

Did you enjoy running in the sunshine this weekend and did anyone take part in South Africa's legendary ultra marathon?

The recent days of shivering, wind-blown runs now seem but a distant memory. This weekend I found myself lolloping through picture-postcard land on a sunny, eight-mile run along the coast path in Devon.

Elsewhere, our own Kate Carter was racing to yet another personal best in the Poole 10K in Dorset, while in nearby Dartmoor they were battling through a hilly 32 miles in the D...

Running blog: how was your weekend running?

It was another wet and windy weekend in England. Did you go running anyway or perhaps you ran in sunnier climes?

Even in the English Riviera, British summer is a fairly fragile affair. And so it proved when on Sunday I took part in the Torbay half marathon. It's a lovely race along the seafront, with donkey rides on the green, fun fairs and holidaymakers stopping to cheer the runners. But with winds of over 20mph, the racing was tough going.

Add in a few hills, and overall I was pleased to fin...

Why are Kenyans the best distance runners? - video

Kenyan long-distance runners are arguably the best in the world. Is it the diet, the lifestyle - or anything to do with running barefoot to school? Elite marathon runner and Kenyan athlete manager Tom Payn and up-and-coming Kenyan athlete Boniface Kiprop Kongin tell Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, why their country has produced so many great runners

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Christopher McDougall: 'Every step I run, I'm focusing on form'

The author of Born to Run on running with the Amish, going barefoot and why Geronimo was the greatest runner ever

Hi Chris. Hi. Good morning. Man, it's too bad you couldn't be over here this past weekend to join us for a really spectacular trail run with some Amish friends.

Sounds great. Do you run with the Amish a lot? Increasingly, yeah. There's a group out here that has just started becoming really passionate about running. Passionate in a way I think most of us forget about. They're not onl...