Tilly Ramsay | Cooking, Running & Why You Don't Have to Choose Between Fuel and Flavour

Tilly Ramsay is one of the most joyful people you'll meet. She's also quietly one of the most competitive.

You probably know her from her cookery shows. What you might not know is that she beat her parents in a triathlon, set her 10K PB during her first marathon, and is already thinking about what scary thing to sign up to next.

This week on The Runna Podcast, Anya sits down with TV presenter, cook and runner Tilly Ramsay - daughter of Gordon Ramsay - to talk about marathon training, the joy of cooking around it, and why running and cooking have more in common than anyone expects.
And yes, she ate pizza every Sunday after her long run!

In this episode, you'll learn:
🍕 Recipes for Runners: Tilly's top 3 meals from her 16-week marathon training block
🍳 Cooking & Running: Why practice, discipline and mistakes connect them — and the Gordon Ramsay advice that applies to mile 22
💃 Strictly to Start Line: What the youngest ever Strictly contestant learned about doing scary things
🏆 She Beat Her Parents: T100, then 70.3 Ironman - the result nobody saw coming
🎯 "When I Commit I Give It My All": The mindset behind every race and every recipe
🔥 The Gritty Side: Determined, competitive and not what you'd expect

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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 – Tilly Ramsay - cook, TV presenter and marathon runner
1:40 – Growing up in a foodie family - finding her own passion for cooking
3:39 – Ballymaloe cooking school - why she paid herself and didn't tell her parents
7:50 – How growing up watching her parents race shaped her athletic drive
11:00 – Marathon running and sibling competition - why she currently holds the fastest time
13:17 – "If they can do it, why can't I?" - the mindset behind her drive
16:28 – Strictly Come Dancing: youngest ever contestant on doing scary things
18:10 – Gordon Ramsay's advice that applies to cooking and running equally
21:20 – T100 to 70.3 Ironman - and beating both her parents
22:00 – "When I commit to something I give it my all" - marathon training mindset
25:30 – First marathon race day - negative splits, Tower Bridge and a 10K PB
31:10 – How to keep the joy in food during marathon training
38:06 – Top 3 recipes for marathon training - chicken pesto pasta, salmon rice and pizza
44:30 – "Running owes nothing to anyone" - beginner running advice
52:00 – Dream race: Italy, Aperol, pizza and a family finish line