Gone Running
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Episodes
128 episodes
#127 - REINFORCING 'NORMAL': Overcoming Self-Doubt & Embracing Your True Self W/ Emily Barker #bodypositivity
In this episode of Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard is joined by Emily Barker, who shares her inspiring journey from life at university during the COVID-19 pandemic to becoming a fitness coach and advocate for body positivity. What began as a si...
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#126 - From Running for Clarity to Running a Business W/ 2024 The Apprentice WINNER Rachel Woolford 🏃♀️
In this episode of RunThrough Presents Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard sits down with Rachel Woolford, owner of North Studio, a boutique fitness studio, to hear how she transformed her love for movement into a thriving business. What started as...
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#125 - How Running Helped Ivy Overcome Anxiety & Inspire Her Music As She Targets Her FIRST Marathon!
This week on RunThrough presents Gone Running, Ben Sheppard is joined by Singer, songwriter and now runner, Ivy. Ivy has been performing since childhood, starting with family shows before discovering that music was her therapy. From writing her...
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#124 - From Grief to Growth: How Running Became a Survival Kit with Emma Kirk-Odunubi #runnerscommunity
In this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard sits down with Emma Kirk-Odunubi to explore her multifaceted journey in the running world, from childhood competition to navigating grief and rediscovering running as a powe...
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#123 - How RENOWNED DANCER Austyn Farrell went from SMOKING & DRINKING to LIFE CHANGING Marathon Training!
In this inspiring episode of RunThrough Presents Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard sits down with Austyn Farrell, a professional dancer who has taken the online world by storm and discovered a new purpose through running. What started...
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#122 - Feeling Lost? How Therese O'Callaghan Broke the Cycle of Self-Sabotage and Transformed Her Life!
In this inspiring episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard is joined by Therese O’Callaghan, a health and fitness coach who shares her journey from poor health and low self-worth to helping others transform their lives.
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#121 - Jacob Ward: Connection, Mental Health & The Power of Showing Up For YOURSELF & OTHERS! #motivation
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #121In this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard is joined by Jacob Ward, creator of the ‘Better’ brand—a platform dedicated to mental health, personal growth, and building real...
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#120 - Why 'UNCOMFORTABLE, PAINFUL & DIFFICULT' periods lead to FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE W/ Benji Haldon
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #120In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of The Gone Running Podcast, host Ben Sheppard sits down with Benji Haldon — a personal trainer and passionate advocate for men’s mental health — for an...
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#119 - The Pain You DON'T See: Gut Health, Injury, and Starting Over W/ Annie Openshaw
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #119In this powerful and personal episode, we’re joined by Annie Openshaw, who shares her transformative journey through gut health challenges, injury recovery, and her return to competitive squas...
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#118 - What It Really Takes to Run a Trail Race | Inside Ultra Trail Morzine-Avoriaz W/ James Tilley!
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #118In this special episode, we sit down with RunThrough Trails' very own James Tilley for an honest, insightful, and inspiring conversation in collaboration with the RunThrough Trails podcast.T...
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#117 - Online HATE over a RUNNING VEST: "The COMMENTS are INSANE" W/ Ella Jalley #runningcommunity
#117 - 🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #117 In this powerful episode, Ben Sheppard is joined by Ella Jalley, who shares her journey from beginner runner to London Marathon finisher — and everything in between, including chatting ...
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#116 - From NEWS ANCHOR to SIX STAR FINISHER: How Carleth Keys faced ADVERSITY to achieve the EXTRAORDINARY
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #116In this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, Ben Sheppard is joined by Carleth Keys — former news anchor turned running content creator — for an honest and inspiring conversation about ident...
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#115 - Adventure Awaits: From LIFE as a DIGITAL NOMAD to a MARATHON on the GREAT WALL W/ Jordan Simons
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #115In this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, Ben Sheppard is joined by Jordan Simons, a seasoned digital nomad and travel content creator, as he takes us through his incredible journey over t...
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#114 - WHY Removing PRESSURE will CHANGE your relationship WITH RUNNING! W/Amanda Brooks AKA RunToTheFinish
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #114In this episode of the Gone Running Podcast, Ben Sheppard sits down with Amanda Brooks, founder of 'Run to the Finish', to explore her incredible evolution from beginner runner to a respected runnin...
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#113 - A LIFE with Rheumatoid Arthritis & BUILDING a SPACE for the AUTOIMMUNE COMMUNITY W/ Karina Patel
🎙️ Gone Running Podcast | Episode #113 In this uplifting episode, host Ben Sheppard chats with Karina Patel, a passionate runner who lives with rheumatoid arthritis 🏃♀️💥Karina ope...
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#112 - From Cancer Survivor to Marathon Runner: Tom Starck’s INSPIRING Journey to a 2.46 and BEYOND! #run
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #112 At just 12 years old, Tom Starck was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a moment that would change his life forever. In this powerful and uplifting conversation, Tom opens up to Gone Running host Ben...
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#111 - HOW Aminah Sattar found FULFILMENT through BUILDING the COMMUNITY 'Girls Who Run' #womeninsports
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #111In this inspiring episode, Ben Sheppard sits down with Aminah Sattar, a former food content creator turned fitness enthusiast and the powerhouse behind Girls Who Run, a community that uplifts women t...
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#110 - How MARK BRANNIFF is RUNNING at least 100KM EVERY WEDNESDAY in 2025 (and WHY it's JUST THE START)
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #110In this episode of Gone Running, Ben Sheppard sits down with Mark Branniff—a CrossFit coach turned ultra-endurance runner—who’s set himself the monumental goal of running 100km (in one go) every week...
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#109 - How the FITNESS INDUSTRY can IMPACT the complex issue of BODY IMAGE W/ Nathalie Lennon
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #109In this candid and thought-provoking episode, we chat with Nathalie Lennon—personal trainer, fitness coach and mental health advocate—as she shares her powerful journey through body image challenges, disord...
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#108 - The UNIQUE relationship between MUSIC & RUNNING W/ DJ, Presenter & RUNNER Jermayne Taylor!
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #108In this episode of the Gone Running Podcast, we sit down with the multi-talented Jermayne Taylor — a DJ, runner, and creative force who’s mastered balancing passion with purpose. Jermayne ta...
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#107 - The FASTEST BRIT to EVER RUN ACROSS AUSTRALIA, 4000K + in 61 days W/ Jack Pitcher
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #107In this compelling episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, host Ben Sheppard sits down with ultra-endurance athlete Jack Pitcher to unpack his extraordinary journey running across the vast and unforgiv...
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#106 - How HOLLY ARCHER is fueling her DEBUT MARATHON in the most STACKED ELITE field of ALL TIME in LONDON
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #106 In this powerful and honest conversation, elite runner Holly Archer joins us to share her journey from a young athlete to a fierce competitor, looking ahead to her debut marathon...
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#105 - How Helen Ryvar RAN 1000 consecutive HALF MARATHONS, breaking the WORLD RECORD, all while being a SINGLE MUM with a FULL TIME JOB!
🎙️ Gone Running | Episode #105 In this genuinely inspiring episode of RunThrough Presents Gone Running, we sit down with Helen Ryvar – a single mum from Wrexham who ran 1,000 consecutive half marathons. Yep, you read that rig...
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#104 - There is A NEED for SYSTEMATIC change in MENTAL HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION & FUNDING! W/ Ben West
On this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running, Ben Sheppard has the privilege of talking to Ben West, a leading light in the mental health campaigning space.In this conversation, Ben West shares his profound journe...
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#103 - Pro Boxer Runs 1.24 at MIDDLESBROUGH HALF & eyes up MIDDLEWEIGHT DEBUT! W/ Troy Williamson
On this episode of RunThrough presents Gone Running Ben Sheppard speaks to Troy ‘The Trojan’ Williamson, ahead of his middleweight debut against Jahi Tucker in Las Vegas.In this conversation, professional boxer Troy Willi...
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