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AthRecs Recommended Podcasts

Good company for the long run, the commute or those stretches you keep promising yourself you'll do.

A good sports podcast does more than fill the miles. It introduces you to people who've won world titles, run extraordinary distances, rebuilt careers or simply found a rather unusual way of spending their weekends. Sometimes it also makes an easy run feel a little easier.

Our picks wander happily beyond running. There's marathon racing and track, but also triathlon, swimming, cycling, trail adventures and the science of getting better at sport. We look at the guests and their achievements first, then give you enough of each conversation to decide whether to press play. No need to read the ending before you've heard the middle.

Start with Spencer Matthews, whose UNTAPPED interviews are informed by his own increasingly ambitious endurance adventures. Paula's Run Club brings the perspective of one of marathon running's greats, while Rich Roll takes the conversation from triathlon and ultra-endurance to the wider business of being human. Some of the guests have raced at the Olympics. Others have managed feats that make an ordinary Sunday long run sound reassuringly sensible.

Where we can confirm someone's identity, their name links to their AthRecs profile, so you can explore the results behind the story. Every review links back to the original episode. The listening, thankfully, is still up to you.