{"id":219381,"date":"2025-10-23T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/219381\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:43:10","slug":"latest-going-long-podcast-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/219381\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Going Long podcast episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"2560b674-5d8d-4abc-87f3-a998288cca06\">The latest Going Long podcast episode is a worthy listen for anyone looking to tackle their first <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/i-rode-100-miles-on-a-fixie-what-it-taught-me-about-cycling-surprised-me\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/i-rode-100-miles-on-a-fixie-what-it-taught-me-about-cycling-surprised-me\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">century ride<\/a>. Cycling Weekly&#8217;s resident photographer is a fairly recent edition to our team, and as such arrived at the office without having turned a pedal in earnest since the heady days of Raleigh Olympus ownership in the late 70s.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t long, of course, before Richard &#8216;Butch&#8217; Butcher &#8211; surrounded by beautiful bicycles and Lycra-clad colleagues \u2013 decided that he wanted in on the action.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"2560b674-5d8d-4abc-87f3-a998288cca06-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Starting from scratch, then, Butch found that his balance was still intact and at 58-years-young eased his way back into it with a consistent series of ebike <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/group-tests\/best-bike-commuting-345561\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/group-tests\/best-bike-commuting-345561\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">commutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A year down the line and 20kgs lighter, he&#8217;d powered his way around a 100-mile course on a sleek Van Rysel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Listen on your favourite audio platform or watch on YouTube for an inspirational tale: it&#8217;s never too late to get on your bike&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>GET FIT QUICK and take on your FIRST HUNDRED MILER &#8211; YouTube<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761190990_942_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"GET FIT QUICK and take on your FIRST HUNDRED MILER - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-fZpB1uhyTw4\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fZpB1uhyTw4\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fZpB1uhyTw4\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch On <\/a><br \/>\n<a id=\"elk-7ac2d370-aef4-4947-b19b-5f0f51b02fb0\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><a id=\"elk-3008f4a4-69ce-4615-887e-f7ba13bdd0e9\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>The Going Long podcast<\/p>\n<p id=\"20c472c0-1279-4cc7-bedd-34a94876fef7\">Going Long with Cycling Weekly is an ultra-riding, adventure and bikepacking based podcast. Featuring star interviews, tech chat, advice and a hearty slice of healthy banter there&#8217;s something for everyone in every episode.<\/p>\n<p>Podcasts are released in the usual places on Mondays and Thursdays and you&#8217;ll also find us on YouTube at &#8216;Going Long Adventures&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>So why Go Long? Our hosts have long been fascinated with exploring the boundaries of physical endeavour. From <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/latest-news\/unbeatable-lands-end-john-ogroats-record-beaten-first-time-17-years-383379\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/latest-news\/unbeatable-lands-end-john-ogroats-record-beaten-first-time-17-years-383379\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Land&#8217;s End to John o&#8217; Groats<\/a>, to Paris-Brest-Paris and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/the-kebab-was-a-bad-idea-how-i-fuelled-a-24-hour-time-trial\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/the-kebab-was-a-bad-idea-how-i-fuelled-a-24-hour-time-trial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">24-hour<\/a> rides against the clock we laid a foundation for our love of all things endurance and adventure. And the long rides just kept on coming&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Having noticed a gap for endurance and adventure in the podcast market, Cycling Weekly writers James and Steve Shrubsall, and art director Dan Baines decided to fill it. Enlisting the expertise of ultra-riding sage Ian To and top female rider <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/know-a-great-local-cycling-route-why-not-get-it-and-yourself-into-the-fastest-known-times-record-books-as-long-as-you-obey-the-rules\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/news\/know-a-great-local-cycling-route-why-not-get-it-and-yourself-into-the-fastest-known-times-record-books-as-long-as-you-obey-the-rules\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicky Shaw<\/a>, we have a team with decades of experience ready to help prime you for the trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Going Long podcast episode is a worthy listen for anyone looking to tackle their first century&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-219381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}