About Run | Talk -talking all things running, mental wellbeing, and physical benefits
The RUN RiOT podcast - a series of conversations with runners talking about what Running is Release means for them. As part of the RUN RiOT brand, this series contains frank discussions about personal endeavours, mental wellbeing, physical challenges - basically, loads of good content related to running. This podcast is for all runners - those new to running, those who've competed in ultra marathons, and those who just lace up and go for a run to enjoy being outside in their own or in a group.
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RUN RiOT - a running brand focused on Running Is Release
Episode XV - Running x Campaign Against Living Miserably
A special episode for Stay Tuned, a month-long podcasting event in aid of CALM, the suicide prevention charity. We speak to Michael Jarvis, their Digital Partnerships Lead, about his own personal journey into jogging for mental wellbeing.
9 Jul 2026
Episode XIV - Running vs ADHD with Tegan Pryce
Tegan Pryce, Women’s ADHD Performance & Identity Coach, talks about her journey from decline of mental wellbeing at university, to using running as medicine for the mind, to diagnosis of ADHD, and to combining her lived experience with her professional life to become a coach.
Tegan first came to our attention when she ran 5 marathons in 5 days to help raise funds for Georgia's Voice, a charity that does great work in preventing suicide in young women aged between 18 and 25.
27 May 2026
Episode XIII - why running sucks with Raz Rauf
Anyone who runs thinks it sucks at least some of the time. Those first couple km in particular suck, when your legs, heart and brain haven't yet got their act together. But that suckiness is at the centre of why running is so good too. Type 2 fun they call it - a little bit grim while you're doing it, but totally excellent and rewarding in retrospect. In this episode, we talk to Raziq Rauf, runner and writer, and author of the most excellent substack Running Sucks (https://www.runningsucks101.com/). (Not to mention a great new book on running culture called THIS IS RUNNING (https://www.waterstones.com/book/this-is-running/raziq-rauf//9781837330423).)
12 May 2026
Episode XII - Mental Health Awareness week with Ben Grey
The theme for this year's Mental Health Awareness week is Action. Perfect for Ben Grey as his work involves getting people running and/or walking to help with their mental wellbeing. Dom talks about a recent new study that looks at how running can be as effectives as CBT or anti-depressants at helping with depressing. AND we announce an upcoming initiative that Run Riot is collaborating on with Run Talk Run. If you're interested in how exercise can be medicine for the mind, have a listen.
16 Apr 2026
Run | Talk - Episode XI - the Run Talk Run episode
A great discussion about the Run Talk Run initiative - on a mission to increase accessibility to mental health support through running & walking peer support groups - with Ben Grey. There is a link to the published paper references in this talk in the comments below. We talk about everything related to getting into running, the importance of running for your mental wellness, the upcoming London Marathon and the preparation for AFTER any big run when you need to consider your physical, emotional, and mental recovery.
11 Mar 2026
RUN | TALK - Episode X - the unrace episode
At the heart of this episode is Danny Bent’s idea of the Unrace, a philosophy that challenges the traditional view of running events as competition. Instead of focusing on times, rankings, or podiums, the Unrace is about shared experience, exploring landscapes, building community, and discovering what happens when running shifts from “I” to “we”.
We get there by taking a slightly unexpected route. The conversation begins with Danny describing his most recent adventure only a couple weeks ago, where 20 people spent a week living together on a remote island in the Maldives. Danny explore how people change when the usual structures fall away, and how quickly a group can move from individual survival to collective effort.
From there, the conversation turns to Danny’s work creating adventure-led running experiences like the Great Norse Run. The Unrace philosophy runs through it all - running not as something to win, but as a way to explore, connect with others, and discover what happens when the journey matters more than the finish line.
24 Feb 2026
Running vs Alcohol - trailer for RUN | TALK Episode IX
Jeremy Kuhles (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-kuhles-running-in-japan/) talks very openly to Oliver Childs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-childs-31721b25/) about his struggles with alcohol and how running proved a great release and opportunity to find balance in his life. Very grateful for Jeremy's candour AND his journey spanning over 2 decades in Tokyo learning about Japanese running culture.
24 Feb 2026
RUN | TALK - Episode IX trailer - all things Ekiden
This episode follows Jeremy K, a Westerner who arrived in Tokyo as a non-runner, but found himself slowly immersed in that world - from city streets to university tracks, and increasingly, into the under-recognised sphere of women’s Ekiden. Supporting a university team while training within elite circles, he brings a rare inside perspective to a culture built on teamwork, respect, and the symbolic weight of the tasuki.
23 Feb 2026
RUN | TALK - Episode IX - the Ekiden episode with Jeremy Kuhles
We talk to Jeremy Kuhles who arrived in Tokyo 2 decades ago and discovered a whole new running culture including Ekiden races.
12 Jan 2026
RUN | TALK - Episode VIII - the one with Vassos Alexander
Vassos Alexander discusses his motivations, stepping outside comfort zones, ultra running experiences, and the crucial role of running in maintaining mental wellbeing in an interview.
10 Sept 2025
Run | Talk - Episode VII - we talk to Rhys King, aka the Heavy Mental Runner.
Host [Host Name] interviews Rhys King, the Heavy Mental Runner, discussing how running supports mental wellbeing, addiction, and his upcoming Blink 182 challenge for Maggie's Swansea.
18 Jun 2025
Run | Talk - Shakedown episode - learnings from starting up a running brand
The Founders of Run Riot reflect on six key lessons learned in the first six months of building their running brand, discussing community, apparel design, and the significance of running.
23 May 2025
Run | Talk - Episode V - Anna Gray talks about how running is a steady rhythm through life’s toughest chapters.
Anna Gray describes how running provides a steady rhythm through life's challenges, reflecting her relationship with herself and offering clarity during difficult times in this interview episode.
11 Apr 2025
Run | Talk - Episode IV - David Thomas on why we run and the research into the mental benefits of running
Why do we run? It’s such a simple question, but the answer isn’t always so easy to articulate. And the answer can differ depending on the particular life and/or environmental context we find ourselves in.
Our latest Run | Talk episode features David Thomas, a man who wears many hats (and we mean that in the professional sense, not the literal sense of the Run Riot beanie he’s wearing in this episode) – he is not only a performance coach and Associate Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Psychology, but also a gym founder and part-time farmer. David is passionate about regenerative farming at Nethergill Farm (https://www.nethergill.co.uk/) and how the environment intersects with the individual.
In short, he’s brilliantly qualified to give his interpretation of our mantra ‘Running is Release’ and what that means to him personally, as well as touch on what the research says on the mental benefits of running.
1 Apr 2025
Run | Talk - Episode III - Dan Russell (award-winning agency leader) talks about his campaign The Invisible opponent with Tyson Fury
Running is Release is more than just a tagline. We mean it. Running is that time to think, or that time for no thinking at all. Whatever you need on that particular day.
One foot in front of the other, step by step, running supports mental and physical wellbeing.
This latest Run | Talk episode features our friend Dan Russell, who talks about a terrific initiative he was involved in for Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (https://www.thecalmzone.net/), featuring boxing legend Tyson Fury and footballer Declan Rice. Normalising discussions around mental health is so important, and it was a pleasure to speak with Dan, and of course run a little too.
1 Apr 2025
Run | Talk - Episode II - Glenn Southam (Community Leader at Run Social) talks about his personal journey with running
You run. But why?
Whenever you ask a runner this, you’re bound to get into a long conversation. Runners love talking about running.
And in our second Run | Talk episode, we’re lucky to have spoken to Glenn Southam, Community Leader at Run Social (https://www.runsocial.club/), a platform for socialising, networking and exercising.
1 Apr 2025
Run | Talk - Episode I - the founders of Run Riot talk about why they set up a new running brand
Run | Talk - a series of conversations with runners talking about what Running is Release means for them. As part of the RUN RiOT brand, this series contains frank discussions about personal endeavours, mental wellbeing, physical challenges - basically, loads of good content related to running.
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