The Green Runners Storytime
How do we protect the planet we love to run on? Join The Green Runners as we explore the intersection of ultra-running, adventure, and climate action. Meet the athletes who are choosing "imperfect activism" over perfect silence. We don’t need a handful of saints; we need a community of runners making a difference, one pledge at a time.
Episodes
Ready to step off the fast fashion treadmill?
Laura catches up with slow fashion designer, sustainability creator, and TGR member Lydia Bolton to explore how upcycling can change how we kit up. Lydia breaks down how she went from unpicking old curtains to running Trash Labs for Nike, reworking Adidas football kit, and starring in the final chapter of our Gear for Good campaign.
A chat about the beauty of taking the mindful path...
Everything you always wanted to know about Local Meet Ups, but were afraid to ask: join Laura as she chats with seasoned endurance runner and super volunteer Kevin Bowen, founder of the original chapter of The Green Runners’ Local Meet Ups.
From tackling multi-day challenges like the Dragon's Back Race and Montane Spine Race, to pioneering Local Meet Ups in Nottingham, Kev shares his experience on creating a simple, accessibl...
An Olympic gold medalist, a Supreme Court pioneer, and a visionary eco-artist walk onto a riverbank... but the fight to save Devon's dying rivers is no joke.
This episode, host Laura Briggs sits down with Anne-Marie Culhane, Goldman Environmental Prize winner Sarah Finch, and London 2012 Canoe Slalom Champion Etienne Stott MBE to unpack the wildly creative 43-mile relay fighting to restore the River Exe's endangered Atlantic salmon...
What happens when you trade your desk for a dusty running track on the other side of the world?
This month, host Laura Briggs sits down with award-winning author and journalist Adharanand Finn (Running with the Kenyans, The Way of the Runner, The Rise of the Ultra Runners) to explore the terrifying, hilarious, and deeply transformative reality of a life lived on the run.
Adharanand opens up about his early roots in environmental jour...
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How does a man who has spent 15 years presenting on national radio breakfast shows find his balance? He runs. Really, really far.
This week on The Green Runners Storytime, Laura chats to the irrepressible Vassos Alexander, sports presenter, author, and veteran of some of the world's toughest ultramarathons.
Vassos shares his captivating philosophy of being a "minimalist maximalist": chasing massive, ...
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Have you ever felt the heavy, physical weight of climate paralysis? Laura does too. Her answer wasn’t to stop: it was to move differently.
In this episode we follow Laura from the Welsh mountains (where the "Eco Pilgrims" were born) to the relentless climbs of the Camino Primitivo. What happens when a team of three becomes a 200-mile solo mission?
Laura discusses the "drudgery" of winter traini...
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In late 2025, sustainability strategist and B Leader Hannah Cox set off on an impossible mission known as Project Salt Run. Her goal: to run 100 marathons in 100 days tracing the Inland Customs Line, a forgotten, 2,500-mile living hedge built by the East India Company to enforce a lethal salt tax.
Fresh from crossing the finish line in February 2026, Hannah joins Laura Briggs to share the "dirt bag"...
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Welcome to The Green Runners Storytime. Laura is joined by Damian Hall, who has just returned from Tennessee after being the 'Last Man Standing' at this year's edition of the Barkley Marathons. After 40+ hours of Tennessee mud, missing book pages, and sleep-deprivation hallucinations, Damo sits down with Laura Briggs to discuss the grit required to survive Loop 3 and the inevitable "Climate Hypocri...
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