Mel Sykes chats Summer Spine Challenger South with Young Hearts Run Free Podcast - Season 8 Eps 12

In this episode we sit down with Roberta Fletcher, the 2026 West Highland Way Race women's winner. From running 10Ks with a buggy after having children to standing atop the podium at one of the world'...

17 Heinä 1h 18min

Stevie McKenna joins us to share the story behind his incredible five-hour improvement at the West Highland Way Race, reducing his time from 28:18 to 23:23 and achieving a coveted sub-24-hour finish.F...

10 Heinä 1h 27min

In this powerful and emotional episode, we welcome Melissa McLarnon to the podcast.After being timed out at Beinglas in the 2025 West HighlandWay Race and a subsequent battle with anxiety and mental h...

3 Heinä 1h 22min

Trail runner and endurance athlete Serena Broadway joins the podcast to share her journey into ultra running and her experience taking on the Summer Spine Challenger North, a brutal 160 mile race alon...

26 Kesä 1h 41min

Something a little different this week as John Cassidy and Rachel Macpherson sit down for a raw and honest debrief just hours after completing the Montane Summer Spine Challenger South.From months of ...

19 Kesä 2h 14min

What does it take to run the entire length of Scotland?In this powerful episode of the Young Hearts Run FreePodcast, we sit down with Gregor Yates, who completed anextraordinary challenge: running rou...

12 Kesä 1h 32min

You go out for a casual 5K during lockdown to clear your head, and suddenly you wake up a few years later with a 96-mile trail race on your calendar. Classic mistake.This week, Steven is joined by Cal...

29 Touko 59min

This week on Young Hearts Run Free, we’re joined by our Yorkshire Correspondent Mel Sykes to unpack her incredible run at the Ultra Trail Snowdonia 100K.After a last-minute entry, brutal Welsh mountai...

22 Touko 1h 19min