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The Running Channel Podcast

171: Running Alone Is Holding You Back... Here's Why

The Running Channel Podcast

The Running Channel

Sports, Running, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Running is often seen as a solo sport, but could running alone be limiting your progress and performance?

Andy, Rick and Sarah explore the scientific evidence showing how running with others can boost performance, increase motivation and improve mental wellbeing. Andy shares insights from his professional running career and Olympic experience, while Sarah explains how joining a running group has transformed both her training and enjoyment of the sport.

In this episode, we swapped our London studio for a multistory car park in the heart of Buenos Aires, to take part in the On Squad Race Series. Andy, Rick and Sarah immerse themselves in Argentinian running culture, soaking up the energy of the city and the community spirit surrounding the event.

The Running Channel Podcast tackles one big topic each episode, amongst helpful tips and light-hearted chat on the latest news in the running world. Hosted by Sarah Hartley (amateur runner) and Andy Baddeley (former pro runner) alongside Rick Kelsey (recovering runner), the TRC Podcast is friendly, jargon-free, and the perfect accompaniment to your runs.

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0:00.0

If you're enjoying the podcast and want to support what we do at the running channel,

0:02.8

the best way to do that is through the club.

0:04.4

As a member, you'll get every episode of this podcast, add free, plus bonus episodes every week that we don't release anywhere else. You'll also get access to our community app, which is basically a space for runners who love talking about running, but don't love what social media has become. It's a genuinely supportive, no noise place to ask questions and connect with other runners. If that sounds like your kind of thing, head to club.the running channel.com and use code POD for 20% off. We're going on tour and I'm so excited about this. It's a deliberate pun because this episode is sponsored by On. So we're going on tour with On, for the On Squad race. So we're going all over the world, starting with South America. Buenos Aires. I cannot wait.

0:37.9

The On Squad Race has already started, and we are going to five different locations to take part in this sick event.

0:44.4

Yeah, we're going to be finding out all about the local running culture in three different continents, which is pretty cool for us.

0:50.1

And racing up and down in a spiral car park, which I feel like is going to be a test in itself. Yeah, four by four relay, two men, two women on each teams. We're going to be captaining various teams when we take on these challenges around the world. And On is on a mission to ignite the human spirit through movement, which is what we're going to be doing by travelling all over the world and meeting all these amazing runners. And if you want to find out more about On Squad Race, then head to the link in the show notes.

1:16.0

Hello, everybody.

1:17.3

This is an absolutely bonkers podcast.

1:21.4

There's literally a plane taking off.

1:23.8

Como and Dan.

1:24.9

Welcome to Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a massive 777 goes off behind us because

1:31.5

we are on the eighth floor of a multi-story car park in the center of the city after just

1:39.1

taking part in an on-squad race.

1:41.6

What on earth is that, Sarah?

1:43.2

I honestly feels like we've blinked and we have woken up in Buenos Aires and we have had such an incredible time. Yeah, and this is the first of five exclusive podcasts coming live to you from On Squad Race, the sort of On Squad Race series that are taking place around the world. So this is in Argentina the first time.

2:01.4

And you might be able to tell from the way that we're doing this intro that we're a little bit jet lagged. We've also just done the event itself. And we're also in this episode today going to be talking about why running in groups could massively help your running. Something that's really appropriate for the fact that we've just taken part in a four-person relay format of the On Squad race. So we're going to tell you a little bit more about.

2:18.1

How did that go?

2:18.9

My legs hurt so much.

2:20.1

Well, Sarah and I have worked really hard today. What have you done today? What position did you come in? How did you get on with that? Hey, hey, hey, look, we are going to reveal all in this episode. Yeah, should we get into it? Yeah, thanks so much to On for making this happen. And now let's recap our experience because we have packed so much into such a short space of type.

2:38.1

Yes. Should we get into it? Yeah, thanks so much to On for making this happen. And now let's recap our experience,

2:35.1

because we have packed so much into such a short space of time.

2:38.1

Yes.

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