The Nine Minute Mile: Recent Episodes
Thea Macdonald
Everyone. From day one.
Everyone has a story to tell. The current focus of mine is training for the London Marathon. We have stories about running, stories about our loved ones, stories about our experience of cancer, and stories about things that interest us. I want to hear and share those stories, whilst out on a run.
As I train for the marathon, friends and special guests will join me to run (or jog or walk) a mile and tell me a little bit of their story. Condensed into a tight nine minute episode, I hope to keep me and other listeners at a tantalising sub-four hour marathon pace.
In October 2021 I have the ridiculous and frightening privilege to run through the iconic streets of London in order to raise money for the wonderful Macmillan Cancer Support, this year's official charity of the race. For many years, running has been a solo activity but as I raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support I want to share my love of running, learning and conversation with others. Over 26 weeks, 26 miles and 26 short conversations I hope listeners can be inspired to learn, donate, tell their own stories and perhaps even run.
Donate to Macmillan Cancer Support at the Nine Minute Mile here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nineminutemile
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In the second part of our conversation, Chris and I chat about the struggles of fundraising and how important it is to keep pestering our friends.
This was the final recording before the marathon itself, which will definitely be debriefed in a future episode. But the short version is - I loved it & am so grateful for every pound donated to Macmillan Cancer Support, it truly was a boost that got me round all 26.2 mile.
There is still time to donate! https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nineminutemile
Part one of a great catch-up with Chris, squeezed into our lunch hour, to discuss some mad fundraising challenges and the special motivations behind what we do.
There is still time to donate to the Nine Minute Mile - thank you !!
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I am so delighted to continue my conversation with Jen about the huge benefits of running, how it impacts so much more than our legs and how we hope we never have to stop.
The London Marathon is in only SEVEN DAYS ! I am so grateful for every donation and would love to reach my target of £3,000 before the big race. Please donate if and what you can to the Nine Minute Mile to help the amazing Macmillan Cancer Support. Thank you !
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nineminutemile
I am delighted to catch up with our good family friend Jen to hear about coming to running later in life and the essential kit and motivation we need to get off the couch in the first place.
As always, all this running is really about fundraising for the amazing Macmillan Cancer Support - with just over a week to go until the marathon, I am close to my target of £3,000 to raise for them. I am so grateful for any donation you can make, thank you !
In this episode I catch up with a dear friend who has joined the runners crew, making the most of the free Couch to 5K app and finally loving running!
As always, all this podcasting and running is for a great cause and I am raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. I would be so grateful for any donations towards my £3,000 target - please donate at this link if you can, thank you !
Part two of my conversation with Katharine, including some top tips and why the marathon just makes us cry.
I am so grateful for any contributions to my fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. Two months to go !!
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nineminutemile
Welcome to the first episode of the Nine Minute Mile, a nine minute podcast all about running and the mad things we do for an excellent cause. It is only fitting that my first guest is one of the London Marathon’s biggest fan. Katharine and I could easily sit in the pub chatting about running and marathons for hours, and have done many times, so it was only right to kick off this podcast with a double episode to give a glimpse of our regular topic of conversation.
All this running is for an excellent cause and I'd be so grateful for any donations to Macmillan Cancer Support ahead of the big day!
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nineminutemile
Hello! And Welcome to the Nine Minute Mile - a podcast sharing stories about running, fundraising and the crazy things we do for a good cause.
In October 2021 I have the ridiculous and frightening privilege to run through the iconic streets of London in order to raise money for the wonderful Macmillan Cancer Support, this year's official charity of the race.
Over nine minute episodes, timed to match my target race pace, I hope listeners can be inspired to learn, donate, tell their own stories and perhaps even run.
Tune in for the first Nine Minute Mile episode very soon!
I am so grateful for any donation to Macmillan Cancer Support and more details are available here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/nineminutemile