Running is BS

It's medals galore for the Extended BS universe, as Stu became a champion and Amy became sick on a boat.

We have a parkrun revelation, tiny pins, frogs, more nonsense marathons, mansplaining, and proof that paranoia about your friend being in the rescue helicopter is not always unfounded... 

Amy is the consistent runner this week, while Stu fails and then quits for a while. 

We also have a listener story that perfectly fits the Running is BS story algorithm, some tips on how not to handle accidentally trespassing in a race, brambles, being saved by an e-scooter, and, as ever, falling over. 

We enjoy some of your quickfire bullshit and accidentally stumble into our favourite talking points of the episode!

Once again you are offered completely amateur uninformed medical advice, a load of bollocks about the Enhanced Games, Amy visits a church, and Stu nearly forgets to tell a horrible story.

• The Enhanced Games set out to ‘transform sport’ but the results looked surprisingly ordinary

The Great Fall of 2026 has happened, but to the wrong host.

We talk quite a lot about AI and how stupid and annoying it is to use, as well as how useful it can be.

We've got plenty of listeners getting injured, a good few sensibly ignoring them, and our one-woman bullshit generator is very much back on form.

We learn about Amy's fear of new technology and Stu wins an entire cross country division all on his own, or at least in his mind.

We have some brand new long run nightmare fuel, two toe tales, physio banter, something about the pigeon lady from Home Alone, and why we all need to build up another fuck bucket.

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.

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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 bullshit 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.