Blast Running with Catriona Bruce - Season 7 Ep 6 - Young Hearts Run Free Podcast - 20 January 2023

Is that a week passed already? Just where does January go 😉 We are back to chase away the blues with another corking episode to jangle your senses. We are thrilled to welcome Catriona Bruce to the show, Catriona is the owner of Edinburgh based race organisers Blast Running. She’s also an accomplished and experienced runner herself with multiple marathon and ultra-marathon finishes to her name. We take time to speak about her own running evolution then hear all about the Blast Running story. We start with our familiar weekly chinwag though with ice, undercarriages and spines dominating proceedings. Oh, and with John’s 2023 race debut at Maryhill Harriers Nigel Barge 10k this weekend we get tore into racing too. Catriona then joins in. After finding out how she made her way to become a proud member of the Hunter Bog Trotters via Fife, London, back to Fife, Perth and eventually Edinburgh we delve into some of her own running highs, lows, and everything in between. From favourite places to run and a great list of running kit favourites, we cover tons. Blast Running was born in 2019 and Catriona is rightly proud of how popular and established it has become. We hear all about how she has grown the races Blast Running offer to an impressive 27 events in 2023. With unique distances, settings and formats she’s catering for everyone. Her passion mixed with creativity is obvious and she’s certainly found a recipe for success. With a side hustle of Edinburgh Running Tours this entrepreneurial lass has all the bases covered! Ready for Blast Off? Find out all about Blast Running and their exciting events calendar here BLAST RUNNING WEBSITE