Raziq Rauf: Running culture, Substack and Harry Styles... 'This Is Running'

About this episode

Raziq Rauf discusses his newsletter, running culture, and his debut book 'This is Running'.

Coach, journalist and now author, Raziq Rauf, is well-known in the running/writers world on Substack. His popular Running Sucks newsletter , where he writes about running culture, run clubs and stories from across the sport, has more than 5,000 subscribers. He’s currently taking part in the Salomon Off Track Gravel Tour , which involves him talking all things running and going on a gravel run in the uber-cool Salomon Aero Glide 4s. Raz will also be reading a passage from his debut book, This is Running, a celebration of running that explores the culture, history, brands, races, and people that make this sport we love so special. Currently available on pre-order, This is Running will be released on April 2 in the UK and five days later in America. Running Tales spoke to Raz about the success of Running Sucks, why he decided to write a book - and what people can find in it, Harry Styles and the good and bad of celebrity in the running world, and run culture... Buy This Is Running on Amazon Visit Running Tales on: Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://runningtales.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/runningtalespod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michelle Lewis, Craig Lewis

Guest: Raziq Rauf

Topics covered

• running culture
• Substack
• celebrity in running
• running stories
• book release

Keywords

• running
• Substack
• newsletter
• book
• running culture
• Harry Styles
• Salomon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Running Sucks, Salomon

Books & works: This is Running

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