Slow Miles

Running for ordinary bodies, from couch to half marathon

Siobhan Rafferty2 episodes2 min of audio124 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Aug 9, 20260:4382 plays Preview

Maura ran her first 10K at 61

Maura Keane started running after her husband's heart scare. Two years later she finished the Galway Bay 10K. She and Siobhan talk about fear, knees, and training alone in winter.

S1 · E1Jun 30, 20260:4742 plays Members

Siobhan lays out the walk-run method she uses with every new runner, explains why breathing hard on day one is expected, and answers a voice note from a listener who is embarrassed to be seen running.

About the show

Slow Miles is a weekly running show hosted by Siobhan Rafferty, a former cross-country runner from Galway who now coaches adults who think they are too slow, too old or too heavy to call themselves runners. Every episode is around 35 minutes and alternates between two formats: a solo talk where Siobhan answers listener voice notes about shin splints, breathing, shoes and the terror of the first parkrun, and an interview with a runner who finished something they once thought impossible. The show is not about pace. It is about turning up three times a week for long enough that the habit sticks, learning what your own body needs on a wet Tuesday, and finding people to run beside. Whether you are on week one of a walk-run plan or lining up for your first half marathon, Siobhan talks to you like a friend who happens to have a coaching badge.

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