Everyday Runners

A podcast about the feelings, things, practices and methods of running. I interview experts and everyday runners about how they engage with and practice running. This is a new podcast so I’m very keen to hear any thoughts or observations you might have about it. Perhaps you know of someone I should interview: a friend of yours, or, perhaps there is an elite runner out there who you think I should interview. If you would like to get in touch, please send an email to readingsidewayspress@gmail.com

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Episodes

Friday May 23, 2025

Halo en welkom bij aflevering #64 van Everyday Runners. Ik ben Andy Fuller, de host van deze podcast en mede-oprichter van Reading Sideways Press. Zoals je zeker al hebt gemerkt, is dit een speciale aflevering in het Nederlands – iets wat ik misschien vaker ga doen in de toekomst.
Allereerst een dikke dankjewel aan de supporters van deze podcast – Nesrine, Levi, Gianluca, Joao en Bob. Jullie steun via het Buy Me a Coffee-platform betekent echt veel voor me en helpt om Everyday Runners in de lucht te houden. Super bedankt!
In deze aflevering hoor je een gesprek met Zeb Beelen, een atleet van Leiden Atletiek. Zeb is een heel gedreven en fanatieke atleet. Hij doet mee aan allerlei soorten wedstrijden – van de steeplechase tot cross en de halve marathon. Hij staat bekend om zijn vechtersmentaliteit en geeft zich nooit zomaar gewonnen. Onlangs werd hij tweede in de halve marathon van Leiden met een tijd van 1:10:15. Het is slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat hij onder het uur en tien duikt.
De aflevering wordt grotendeels gehost door Leon Huiszoon, die je misschien nog kent uit aflevering vier en viertig – en zelfs helemaal terug in aflevering negen. Ik heb het stellen van de meeste vragen aan hem overgelaten, maar ik heb er zelf ook een paar tussendoor gegooid.
Tot slot: als je deze podcast leuk vindt, zou het super zijn als je een beoordeling wilt geven op Spotify. Er staan nu 48 ratings, en het zou top zijn om de 50 aan te tikken. Je kunt ook updates volgen via Instagram – het account is: everydayrunnersleiden.
Blijf lekker lopen en tot de volgende aflevering!
Doi doi 
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Strava: Andy Fuller
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Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Monday May 12, 2025

It took me a while to get to interview Nesrine Leene, but finally, through a friend of a friend of a friend I got in touch with her. And yes, like my references mentioned, she is quite unstoppable. Nesrine, who was a top level down-hill skier in her youth, switched to long-distance running upon settling down in the absolutely flat Low Lands. So, Nesrine now has two national records to her name - the marathon and the half-marathon, for Lebanon. Her charm and sense of fun in all that she does of course though can't be measured. 
As usual: thanks to my supporters: Levi, Joao, Gianluca and Bob. 
Thank you to the legendary Jeroen Rondeel for the beautiful music that accompanies this podcast. 
tot de volgende -- 
doi doi - 
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Links: 
Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Tuesday May 06, 2025

Yo! Welcome to Episode #62. This episode features a conversation with Maikel Stolwijk, a two time marathon winner and someone who has run under 2:30 four times. He is friends with half of the city of Leiden. 
Maikel came over to dinner one evening and then afterwards, we had a chat about how he started to take his running seriously in his mid-30s, after previously being pretty keen on his footy (and drinking). 
Maikel is dearly beloved so this podcast series would be lacking were it not to feature him. I've known Maikel for the length of my running journey - and yes, I've beaten him once: it was by 1 second in the Stevensloop (Nijmegen) in 2023 (I think). 
I'd love to see Maikel be a bit more daring in the races he does - i.e. come on mate, do a few more 5km and 10km races :) But right now, he continues to smash the marathon. 
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Strava: Andy Fuller
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Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Wednesday Apr 30, 2025

Yo! Stella Radford is a steeple chase and 5000m athlete who is now getting interested in longer format races (10km and 15km). Stella is currently based in Manizales, Colombia, so we talk about what it is like to train at altitude and in hilly terrain. But I first got in touch with her because of her article, The Spatial Geographies of Women Urban Runners (2024) which looks at the spaces women use for running in Melbourne. So, this conversation is in three parts: Stella as athlete; Stella as a runner in Manizales, and Stella as urban planning researcher. 
Enjoy and until next time: doi doi :) 
 
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Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Thursday Apr 24, 2025

Willemieke Verweij is the founder of Tribes Studio which has six locations in the Leiden vicinity. Willemieke is a dancer, teacher, triathlete and Hyrox aficianado. 
Willemieke shares her thoughts about her experience as a dancer, teacher and practitioner of all sorts of kinds of movements - some which are regarded as sport, others as dance. 
Tribes has recently opened a running course and we discuss the reasons for it and what the course offers. 
 
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Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Tuesday Apr 22, 2025

Yo, hello! This is a story of a friendship formed through co-running. Agata is a visually impaired runner who lives in Nottingham. Marit is an anthropologist who is doing her PhD at Nottingham Trent University. 
In this episode Agata and Marit share their stories of running together and how 'blind running' is a co-created practice. We discuss friendship and trust and how guide runners learn the process of running with someone with a visual impairment. 
As the host of this podcast, every episode is important for me. But, this episode reiterated again to me the reasons why I started this podcast. I found the stories shared by Agata and Marit very moving. And, I'm honored by their trust in me in making (part) of their story available. 
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Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Blind Running (NL)

Wednesday Apr 16, 2025

Brent Pieterse is a self-trained athlete based in the bustling metropolis of Nieuwkoop (population 29,000). To his own admission, he hadn't yet done his marathon justice. But this time, in Enschede ('the Other Marathon of 13th April') he smashed it. He ran all of his kilometres between 3:20 and 3:29, except for one which crept over to the 3:30 mark. His race was perfectly paced, recording a 10second positive split. And, typical of Brent, he did it virtually all alone. His finishing time was 2:24:46. 
If you have done a race in the province of South Holland or perhaps in Utrecht, you are likely to have come across Brent in his famous blue Keus t-shirt. He has a thing for small, local races and although he puts little currency in winning races, he certainly does a lot of winning. He says he's happy running alone and along quiet roads and polder paths. 
In short, he's a gun and he's continually improving. Moreover, he is not a glory hunter and he's incredibly modest about his performances - recognising himself that he has made rather unexpectedly quick progress. This podcast has a strict policy against Humble Bragging and BP is no humble bragger. 
So, I want to thank Brent for being on the show and sharing his post-race thoughts. 
He'll be back racing very soon. 
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Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Thursday Apr 10, 2025

Yo! Igor Ouwerkerk is one of the Young Guns of Leiden Atletiek. Like the title of this show indicates, he has smashed out some pretty fancy times in his very short career. Igor has only committed to running over the past two years after previously being pretty serious about his cycling, too. 
Igor trains with Han Kulker of Leiden Atletiek and as long as a few persistent injuries don't get in his way, what he can achieve is as yet unknown. He'll be heading off to the States soon on an athletics scholarship. So, look out. 
Igor is a competitive beast and always brings his game face to race day - hence the awesome photo accompanying the episode. He's also super diligent in his loopscholing (running technique) drills and he performs them with the exactitude and agility of a ballet dancer. 
So yeah, I hope you enjoy this conversation and my opening chitter chatter about my Rotterdam Marathon preparation. 
Doi doi doi doi 
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Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
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Tuesday Apr 01, 2025

This episode features an interview with Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje and Daan Hoek, both of Leiden Atletiek. The two are long-time running buddies, who got to know each other when PC joined Leiden Atletiek to train under Bram Wassenaar. This is a very lightly edited episode as I wanted to let the episode be a clear representation of how the conversation unfolded. The three of us share our thoughts on how running has changed over the years, PC tells us of his running story and his experiences with various running coaches. He also mentions what might actually go wrong while changing shoes during a marathon. Daan Hoek, a high level steeple chaser back in the good old days, has been a consistent training partner with PC in his marathon builds. Daan also tells us what the Rotterdam Marathon was like way back in the 1980s. So yeah, I had a very enjoyable time talking with PC and Daan and, I think this conversation turned out well. I hope you enjoy it. 
Thank you to Bob, Gianluca and Joao for supporting this podcast via Buy Me a Coffee. Their support helps to cover some of the costs required to keep this podcast afloat. 
Thank you to Jeroen Rondeel for the music - specifically composed - for this podcast. Jeroen is the founder of the band, Cymbaline. 
Until next time, doi doi! 
Links: 
Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
Support the Podcast via Buy Me a Coffee
 

Thursday Mar 27, 2025

Askhaay Swaminathan is a young athlete on the rise and is based at Leiden Atletiek. He's only be running for two years and is still working out his favourite distances: but he's already got a time of 2:01 for the 800m and has performed well in many youth competitions. 
In this conversation we talk about how he started running and how he manages his time between his schoolwork and training. We also talk cooking, as it turns out, it is also one of Askhaay's hobbies. 
If you would like to support the show, please click on this link. All supporters will be acknowledged in future episodes. This kind of support helps me to keep the show free from advertisements and to cover running costs. 
Thanks again to Jeroen Rondeel for the beautiful intro music which he specifically composed for this podcast. 
Links: 
Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
Strava: Andy Fuller
Instagram: Everyday Runners Leiden
Email: everydayrunnerspodcast@gmail.com
Support the Podcast via Buy Me a Coffee
 

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