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Stu adds to his impressive tally of losing a race and legitimately winning a medal for it. Amy went for a run. We chat shit about Taylor Swift, ponder future plans for immersive running experiences, badly transition between news stories, and ask how far is ok to race with a baby strapped to your chest?

Stories of fire and ice in this episode, but also falling over and running into traffic. Stewart isn't proud of what he did, and Amy isn't proud of her first race result of the year. Want a free ultra place? Listen and find out how!

Another year, another year-end podcast detailing why that year was bullshit. We share our high-, but mainly, low-lights, as well as some top content from our listeners who are generally as miserable as we are. We also reveal alarmingly different race stats for the year, and inevitably not talk about running as much as we can.   Episode dedicated to Rain 🐾

We've got a guest! Local runner to us, different point of view, setting up something for a particular group that we don't know much about? You know we love that kind of thing. Stu loves talking about canicross and Amy loves ignoring signs which may have prevented her having a bad time. We refuse to learn from our mistakes.

This might have been the Halloween episode, but it isn't. Amy gets judged by local shopkeepers, didn't lose her dog, and her mum runs a bit. Stu goes for a walk, watches some runners, and reflects on post-industrial decline across the UK’s marginalised communities, citing how political choices have dismantled local economies and hollowed out the sense of civic pride and cultural belonging.

Welcome to the Number 1 Pheasant podcast, with more phun phacts than anyone else,  maybe. We also talk about running for a bit as Stewart gets injured and ignores it (LIKE A MAN) and Amy has another tale that could have only happened to her.  PinSkinMan IRL, arses, gout, and we want to sue Garmin for some reason

Amy had a close encounter of the rural kind, while Stu had a shit race and then a nice race. There is talk of rare pheasants, mysteriously intentioned portaloos, race mayonnaise, the Lincoln Showground (IYKYK), a TV show we've never heard of, and Amy loses her mind because someone jumped.

An all-time classic rant from us as Salomon invent a new genre of running that no one asked for. Stu attends his first Barkrun, Amy isn't keen on sexy pace, and our listeners have some spectacular levels of b******t ranging from the miraculous to the miserable.

Amy moved house, so the delayed episode was all her fault. She uses it as an excuse to not run, which is actually pretty reasonable compared to some of the others we've heard... Stu is very much back at it, racing silly races, getting wet and miserable and competing with children at parkrun. Our listeners chime in with stories of epic failure, being heckled (maybe), making other runners cry and one of them gets just the tip.

Roll up, roll up and slag off geographical features right here! Got a hill that's a bit too steep? A trail that's a bit too fiddly? A forest that looked at you a bit funny? We want to hear about them. We get some top listener advice on making women feel safe when running, Stu didn't have enough blood to run, and Amy isn't completely appalled at the idea of running the world's deepest marathon.

Men being creepy is obviously bad, but it really does make good entertainment as Amy gets all riled up. She also encounters a closed trail, runs down it, and realises it was closed for a reason.  Stu claims vengeance, ponders racelessness, swears at a hill, but wants to go to an even bigger hill in Colorado.

Amy has another animal encounter, but this one is a lot more mythical than usual, and we're pretty sure it was totally real. We talk about repairing shoes, and hope this will turn out to be a good idea. Our listeners get poisoned, look at some puffins, get cramp and  get stung in the foot. Hot, isn't it?

Some big questions in this episode: How do you let pedestrians know you want to get past? Can men be mega-babes? And, is trail running gay? We answer some of these and more, as well as details of Stewart having the shits and Amy's fond memories of norovirus, our listeners cry, get stung, and listen to this podcast in the wrong order. We also talk about some actual running news, but focus on the nonsense in the comments.

Stewart has an important yet stupid announcement to make, and Amy ran on a road. Our listeners fall over, get stopped by the police, get spat on, rant about t-shirts, and apparently one of you was a monk! A classic episode in many ways. Also, Amy gets all the hard names and Stewart doesn't edit out any of attempts, you're welcome.

Only we could have an episode title like this, surely? Stu is coming in hot with a rant that will definitely backfire, and Amy has forgotten what she's ranted about. There's talk of coughing, being unprepared for the elements, eggs, a parkrun nun, the cursed Edinburgh marathon, and a story that could only have come from Lisa Gibbon.