
Cheeky Run Club
Cheeky Run Club is a social running podcast and community - an unofficial meeting place for the everyday runner. Each week we'll dive deep into a topic that keeps amateur runners up at night. Let's rebrand running 🍌
Episodes
67 episodes
Losing/finding your running why
Hello cheeky pals!We’re wrapping up season five of Cheeky with an AMAZING chat with Nike Athlete Isobel Hume. We discuss everything from balancing full time work with a huge running load, how she fell in love with the sport (then o...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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52:37

Listening to your body-not always as easy as it sounds
Helllooooo lovely people! Ever had someone tell you to just, “listen to your body”? In today’s episode, we look at how stress can make it difficult to keep an ear out for those cues and give you guys some tools to help reconnect wit...
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43:18

The art of respecting the niggle
Happy Monday cheeky chums!Todays ep is CRITICAL LISTENING because we discuss one of the tricksiest and most finicky part of running: the art of respecting the niggle. Note we say ART not science because we're not medical professionals an...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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49:59

A deep dive into the track experience
Hello Cheeky friends!Today we’re taking you through track nights – what they are, if they’re accessible to amateur runners, and if so, how you can get involved. Phoebe also reflects on how her own track night went last week, racing in th...
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45:58

Soo should we all be taking creatine?
Hello cheeky friends!In today’s episode, we do some mythbusting around creatine: overhyped gym bro fad or genuinely helpful performance booster for runners? We also check in on our 2025 goals now that we’re in March!AND if you hav...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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42:39

The comparison trap
Happy Monday friends! This week, we answered a listener question: How do I stop comparing my running to others? We unpack why we compare ourselves to each other, why it’s so common in the running community, our own experiences, and ...
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48:55

Why you should probably get your iron checked
Happy Monday Cheeky friends!This week, we spoke with the wonderful endocrinologist Dr. Izzy Smith about (drum roll please)...IRON! We discussed the importance of iron in daily life and running, how to know if you’re low in iron, and what...
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59:15

12 lessons from 12 months of Cheeky
Helloooo friends!We officially celebrated our first birthday on the weekend and it was SUCH a special morning. If you missed out, don’t worry!! In today's episode, we debrief the event after recapping the lessons we’ve learnt over ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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40:52

Are you addicted to running?
Hiya legends <3 This week, we’re unpacking whether we’re *actually* addicted to running and, if so, whether the pros outweigh the cons. At the end of the episode, we also want to hear your take on this week’s spicy liste...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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40:57

Design your life: creating routines
Hi chums! In this ep we discuss how we can set up routines and processes to help us achieve our goals for 2025. We also have some banked-up running recommendations (and anti-recs) for you guys, so stick around until the end of the e...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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45:13

2024 Reflections & 2025 Goals
We’re baaaaack - we hope you had a lovely holiday cheeky friends!To kick off the new year and season five of Cheeky, we revisit the goals we made at the start of 2024 and reflect on how well we stuck to them. Then, we share our goals and...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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50:09

Protein for runners 101
Hello cheeky friends! This episode is all about protein for running. We speak to leading sports dietician and wonderful human Jess Rothwell to get an understanding of what protein actually is, how it helps us in our training,...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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50:11

Carbs for runners 101
Hello cheeky friends! This episode is all about carbohydrates. We speak to leading sports dietician and wonderful human Jess Rothwell to get an understanding of what carbs actually are, how they help us in our training, recov...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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54:07

How to enjoy running in Summer
For as there have been runners, there have been people who cannot stand running in the heat. And for good reason: in this episode we explore why running in the heat/humidity is sooo much harder. BUT what's less rarely talked about is the upside...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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48:22

MAILBAAAG! + some running hot takes
HOWDY! Welcome to our first ever 'mailbag' episode. This was so FUN. We gave our thoughts on... will the running boom will last?what if you're never the runner you were pre-injury? what are o...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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43:12

Our top ranked running products of 2024
Gooood morning cheeky chums! This week, we’re reviewing and awarding our favourite running related products of 2024. We thought it would be fun to look back over the last 12 months and give some recognition to the things that got us thr...
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41:44

How to interpret data from your wearables
Hello and happy Monday Cheeky friends! We thought it was time to take a deep dive into all of the different measurements and readings our wearables give us. We unpack:How to interpret resting heart rate patterns to lear...
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51:08

Running for a cause
Happy Monday cheeky pals!! Couple of big items on the agenda this week: Get deep on moving for a cause with Jenna (check out her mospace here)Give you...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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42:42

How to optimize your Z's
Helloooooo Cheeky friends!We had a lot to get through on today's show...and we were once again lucky enough to have sleep expert Dr Olivia Knowles on the show to chat through how to optimize your sleep pre race, sleep banking, how runni...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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46:22

Let's talk about... sleep
Happy Monday cheeky friends! On today's show: we’re talking about the relationship between sleep and running, something that we started to learn the importance of in season three. We are lucky enough to have sleep expert Dr Olivia Knowl...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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44:53

To race, or not to race?
HELLO AND WELCOME TO SEASON FOUR!!!! Very happy to have you here and very happy to be back with each other in person! Today, we are going to discuss the pros and cons of racing for amateur runners, as well as how we're going to plan wha...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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35:34

10 things we learnt training for a marathon
👉 End of season 3 survey hereSurprise! Hello!Hear all about Phoebe's experience completing the Berlin marathon and our top ten takeaways from the trials and tribulations over the...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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35:48

Next stop: Berlin Marathon
Hey hello hi friends!👉 End of season 3 survey here! In our final ep before the Berlin Marathon we talk about how to make a race plan (or two or three) and a few different co...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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56:36

Are you getting enough protein??
Happy Monday pals!! Today our deep dive is on PROTEIN as we realised that week that one of us is unknowingly falling very short of their protein requirements; turns out you actually need quite a bit of the stuff !! We unpack why you nee...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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47:48
