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English, Sports, 300 seasons, 469 episodes, 4 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes
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Comedians Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering talk about life and comedy - but mainly running. Whilst running. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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Not Out of The Woods Yet

'The Cannock Chase-the-sun ten mile race is still fresh in Rob and Paul's minds, but since then Paul's been keeping the miles up and Rob's been entertaining the Green Man in Bannau Brycheiniog. Featuring fluffy-ball forgetfulness, Rob's result, festival report, friendly and unfriendly folk on the trail, people without pacers and pacers without people, that late-summer mood, and Yorkshire on the horizon.Happy last-blast-of-the Summer Holidays everyone. Thank you so much for listening, for all your support, and for sharing your running lives with us online. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here: - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/26-2-miles-to-happiness/paul-tonkinson/9781472975270 Happy running!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Thanks for listening - we'll be back next week, and if you're desperate in the meantime, subscribe and become a Fan - there are hundreds of old episodes you can have a go on, AND you'll get next week's episode three days early. Happy running! https://plus.acast.com/s/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/30/202343 minutes, 21 seconds
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Debrief On The Heath

It's time for the boys to get back out on Hampstead Heath and address the new month. Paul's done some classic gigs, Rob did the Big Half, and they've both watched their families dive into the new school term one way and another. Featuring sound effects real and imagined, many a magpie, gig and parkrun reports, time management issues, thoughts on the world of TV and your fantastic PBsThank you for sharing your runs with us, supporting us through the Acast Supporter button and sponsoring Rob for Parkinson's UK; you're wonderful - namaste.Rob's book Running Tracks is available here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444, and you can get Paul’s award-winning 26.2 Miles to Happiness here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/26-2-miles-to-happiness/paul-tonkinson/9781472975270Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/8/20221 hour, 1 minute, 30 seconds
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Zoe Lyons' Ultra

Brilliant comedian and self-deprecating runner Zoe Lyons runs with Rob - and she’s got quite the story to tell! WARNING: sweary, extremely biological and very, very funny.PAUL TONKINSON WILL RETURNThank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.You can now get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/19/20211 hour, 17 minutes, 49 seconds
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Q&A 2021

Paul is on the bench once more, which is a shame… but a fantastic opportunity for our 2021 Q&A! In this epic episode we deal with running slow, running fast, recovering, drinking, Ultras, tractors, dream runs, dream guests, and regrets - we’ve had a few.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.You can now get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/12/20211 hour, 30 minutes, 32 seconds
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Brisket and Tenderloin

A gentle run on Clissold Park’s wood chips as Paul is once again troubled by injury - on his Birthday! Featuring car trouble, hernia deniers, gigs Paul's been doing and TV Rob's been watching, surprise gifts, Olympics old and new, book-related excitement, more Ultra speculation and the secret of Rob's backpack.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.Rob's book Running Tracks is AVAILABLE NOW! https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - plus you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/5/202135 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Return of Parkrun

Rain and joy on Hackney Marshes as Rob and Paul join the many happy runners there - and around the UK - doing their first parkrun in seventeen months. Thank you parkrun. Thank you marshals!And thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/26/202121 minutes, 57 seconds
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Stag Dos and Don'ts

At last Paul and Rob catch up with each other for a gentle bimble round the soft surfaces of Clissold Park. Featuring a Euro 2020 debrief, dentistry in a galaxy far far away, tears and trauma for Paul, performances and publications for Rob, a Race to the Stones and an Olympic 10k and - of course - the full story on the Golden Stag Mile.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/15/20211 hour, 2 minutes, 24 seconds
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Interview Special: Jo Pavey

In the second of our interview specials, Paul is in Devon with another absolute inspiration - five-time Olympian and multiple medallist Jo Pavey. She’s certainly modest, but what a story, from the early days and the highs-and-lows of major events to more than balancing athletics and motherhood - then further family life and other adventures running in her forties, and through lockdown.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/8/20211 hour, 8 minutes
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Elasticity, Musicality and an International Memory

Their second sunny run of the week sees Rob and Paul seeking shade in the woods. Featuring two very different gigs, hot running, fast running, rigidity and elasticity, a healthy dose of innuendo, free shoes, Rob’s Dad and reports from the frontline of a weekend of joyful overindulgence.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/17/202142 minutes, 28 seconds
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A Country(ish) Mile (or two)

June in the Lee Valley; wonderful conditions for a turn around Walthamstow and Hackney Marshes. Featuring running report, artistic endeavours, potential pacy races, RC cars and al fresco saxophone, the birds and the bees - and the dogs and the wasps - being kind to our ageing bodies, movies, a moggy and Monet.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you; namaste.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/10/202156 minutes
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He Gets Knocked Down, But He Gets Up Again

June arrives, bringing high Summer with it, and for the first time in a while, Paul and Rob head up the Parkland Walk to the woods. Featuring Rob falling up the kerb and off the wagon, Paul saying goodbye to a trampoline and hello to a football, old friends, new friends and Friends, comedy in car parks, the Highgate Scowl and other lockdown nostalgia.Thank you once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful. We love you - namaste.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/3/202155 minutes, 17 seconds
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Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Ten Times Round Lake Windermere

With Paul back on the trail, he and Rob venture out into Central London, and the gorgeousness of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Meanwhile, Michelle Woodcock runs another six marathons. Featuring yoga, bird-on-bird violence, the late legend that was Ron Hill and the living legend that is Joss Naylor, tragedy in China, comedy report, holiday plans, and Michelle’s marathon - and Morris Dancing - adventures.Major thanks - and *PLOT SPOILER* congratulations - to Michelle for letting us share her journey.And thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/27/20211 hour, 21 minutes, 25 seconds
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Paul's Back, Rob's Down And Michelle's Going Strong

What an exciting week! Paul is back, Rob takes a tumble, and mighty Michelle Woodcock is taking on the Brathay 10 in 10. Featuring Paul's road back to fitness, Rob's week of tree-hugging (or at least tree-running-near), and Michelle's adventures in pain. Also illegal yoga and a terrapin.Thanks so much to Michelle for her contribution - as if she hasn't got enough on her plate! Find out more here: https://www.brathaychallenges.com/events/running/10in10/10in10-athletes/michelle-woodcockAnd, as always, thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/202149 minutes, 5 seconds
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Tiernan In For Tonkinson

Another Tonk-free week, so Eleanor Tiernan steps in for a couple of loops of Hackney Marshes. Featuring injuries and ailments, trees and birds, plant-based diets and beef jerky, the three billy goats gruff and dog tinder.Thanks so much Eleanor - here’s to your recovery Paul.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/13/202152 minutes, 13 seconds
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Where Tonk 2: The Price Is Right

Paul is taking a break for the sake of his poor calf, so we welcome Tom Price back for a sunny turn around our local parks and waterways. Featuring golf, runners’ noises, fowl families, dizziness and ADHD, dogs and their owners, theme tune facts and Tom’s game attempts at policemen and PB klaxons.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/6/202145 minutes, 9 seconds
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A Roof Over Your Head And a Black Chair Under Your Glutes

It's a beautiful sunny day in Victoria Park, but the boys have seen off all kinds of drama to get there. Featuring Paul's trouble spiral, Rob's 10k plans, returning to stand-up, weak and non-existent glutes, what to do when your house falls down, pinging calves and talking toes, Celebrity Mastermind and the return of Your PBs - aaaarrrrRRRRROOOOOger!Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/29/202145 minutes, 20 seconds
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Beautiful Day, Beautiful Person, Beautiful Game

A very gentle run / walk round and round Clissold Park this week, due to Paul being a little up against it physically and emotionally. Featuring what it’s like to lose someone you love, what happens when the football people fight the power, pirates at play, Rob’s heavy training-and-gaming schedule, and the grubby underbelly of the Vaporfly generation.In memory of Kathleen Berry.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/22/202155 minutes, 35 seconds
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Running Hot And Cold

A bright and chilly North London join-the-dots through Finsbury Park, Highbury, Clissold Park and Woodberry Down. Featuring stories of Daughters, Easter Sunday, formal and informal public toilets, films, birds, dogs, and the sleeping habits of the elderly.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/8/20211 hour, 8 minutes, 54 seconds
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Running Into The Future

A lovely long double loop of Hampstead Heath sees Paul and Rob in ruminative mood, talking hope and vaccines, stand-up comedy and the future, ornithology and horticulture, Rob's finish line theory, Paul's chicken cacciatore, running fast and fasting, and what to write next.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/20211 hour, 30 minutes, 10 seconds
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Consider Your Run Already Done

A bright blast up the Walk and through the Woods as Spring springs. Featuring supporter report, Rob on the yoga mat, Paul on the Covid ward, knitted legends, abstemiousness, injury and ageing - naturally, Running in the Midpack and trusting the process, and a little risky rugby.Seriously, thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/18/202144 minutes, 25 seconds
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Blue Skies And Bad Behaviour

On an absolute jewel of a day, Rob and Paul set off up the hill to Alexandra Palace to look out across London - and into the future. Featuring children moving on, the obligatory booze and yoga report, Paul's job, Rob's treespotting, extreme gardening, Harry, Meghan, Oprah and Piers, and an optimistic appraisal of upcoming running events.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/11/20211 hour, 4 minutes, 21 seconds
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Angels And Demons On Hampstead Heath

A chilly, misty circuit of the Heath - but signs of Spring abound. Featuring Rob's slightly speedy week, Paul's new job, why trainers are like fresh fruit and vegetables, a pair of exploding boots, an angel sighting in North London, and tough times for chateau owners.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/4/202144 minutes, 23 seconds
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Are We Getting Old, Or Do We Just Need Haircuts?

As Spring springs and a roadmap out of lockdown is announced, Rob and Paul are back out in the woods having a tentative look into the future. Featuring fitness report, press conference review, pants, Mars, whistling, writing, a bit of self love, and a glimpse of the snowdrops of hope.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/25/20211 hour, 10 minutes, 15 seconds
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Still Not Running

Rob is out of his onesie - but still in his armchair - and Paul is on the phone and back on the trail - but not both at the same time. In this episode they discuss Rob’s raft of maladies, Paul dipping his toe into the evil world of yoga, both getting back to running short- and long-term, the potential pitfalls of social contact, particularly with pop stars.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/202150 minutes, 2 seconds
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Five Candles

Paul’s on the mend - but Rob’s on the bench - as they surf a wave of memories, theories, and sillinesses as they celebrate five years - FIVE YEARS! - of running, chatting and having adventures. Here’s to the next five!Thank you for all your Happy Anniversary messages - we appreciate them more than we can express. And thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or more - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/11/20211 hour, 1 minute, 40 seconds
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Vax and the City

As COVID makes further inroads into Tonkinson Towers, Paul’s still isolating while Rob runs down to the Barbican and St. Paul’s - but worry not; they’ve got their remote chat tech down. Featuring Craig David, a 50% reduction in presenters running and drinking, proposal memories, Geordie confusion, generational chess, cribbage report, young entrepreneurs, and some tentative hopes and dreams for 2021.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/4/202147 minutes, 13 seconds
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Beans and Baths and Blue Skies

Amid further COVID trouble for Paul and his family, and the absolute acme of this Winter’s weather, the boys chat remotely - Rob in the open air, Paul in the lockdown kitchen. Featuring vegan and non-vegan recipe ideas, beans and baths - not in an Ann-Margret-in-Tommy way - scary films and romantic sitcoms, and, as January draws to a close, how those New Year’s resolutions are panning out.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/28/202142 minutes, 50 seconds
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Where Tonk?

Paul's had SUCH a good excuse for not running with Rob this week - but the files had to be deleted because they were so very spicy. So, spend of a few minutes listening to the sound of one man running - Rob, that is - and we promise Paul will be along in the end. Also featuring baked beans and sausages, drinking report, rowing with spouses and losing at chess to children, and inconvenience in the heart of London.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/21/202138 minutes, 3 seconds
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The Sound Of One Man Clapping

On a lockdown-appropriate double loop round Hampstead Heath, Paul and Rob discuss 2021 so far; ten days in, there's plenty to go on. Featuring President-for-now Trump, staying home and going out, dogs, rabbits and birds, planking, running and yoga, binge watching and not binge drinking, Paul's thrilling lockdown love life and Rob's useful freezer defrosting tips.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ - or indeed a very generous Christmas present - through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful and we love you.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/14/20211 hour, 11 minutes, 30 seconds
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That's Why They Call Him The Streak

Rob and Paul’s first run of 2021 was recorded pre-lockdown - but they could see it coming, so their resolutions are, shall we say, tentative. Featuring rhyming mantras, staying with Santa, consolidation, moderation, new runners, New Year’s honours, and… what rhymes with ‘plank’?Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful. Once again, we WILL continue through this lockdown - responsibly of course.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/7/20211 hour, 10 minutes, 26 seconds
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The Monarch, the Mud and the Memories

On their final run together of 2020, Paul and Rob catch up on all the important stuff - what presents they got, what films they watched, and when the bins’ll get emptied.Thanks for a surprisingly great year everyone; here's to an easier ride and lots of lovely running in 2021.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - out August - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness - recommended by Robin Ince - here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/31/202042 minutes, 59 seconds
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A Slice Of Festive Silliness

Merry Christmas one and all! A traditional trot up the Parkland Walk takes a surprising turn, and leads to adventure, featuring friends old and new, real and imagined, wintry travails, and accents... lots of accents.Thanks for being such a consistent joy this troubled year. And thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re all wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/24/202022 minutes, 10 seconds
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Solstice Sunrise

The boys head out at dawn as we approach the Winter Solstice - the only time of year when they’re ever up in time for this kind of thing. Featuring Hackney’s green spaces, new beginnings, birds, foxes, dogs and squirrels, lovely supporters and huge PBs.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/18/202057 minutes, 11 seconds
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Eleanor Steps In

With Paul in Dubai, Eleanor Tiernan steps in for a double loop of a very wintry Victoria Park. Featuring the wisdom of Tonks, planning and not planning exercises, performances and pregnancies, bone injury fun, ghostbusters, inventions, names you can’t drop, Catholic yoga and Christmas plans.Thank you SO MUCH once again to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful. Happy Holidays!Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness would make a great Christmas present for the runner in your life - order it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 #NOREFUNDS And you can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - out next summer.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/10/202056 minutes, 23 seconds
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Journey Into Darkness

To the woods, but not as we know them, as Paul and Rob trot out at twilight. Featuring viral spread, superannuation, law enforcement, yoga, satanic rituals, mighty Maradona, mysterious Molly, island running, stress-free teens and The Great British Bake Off.Paul's book 26.2 Miles to Happiness would make a great Christmas present; get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260. Plus you can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/3/20201 hour, 3 minutes, 30 seconds
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Just A Couple Of Miles - And An Adventure For Milo

A gentle trot round muddy Hampstead Heath under an opalescent November sky. Featuring a lost dog, a track marathon, eating like it's going out of fashion, Christmas plans and Carol, singing.Books make a great Christmas present... Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 (And you can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/26/202027 minutes, 54 seconds
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Return of the Jedi

Rejoice! - Paul is back on the trail, running and everything, and to celebrate the boys head off up the Parkland Walk to the woods. Featuring second-rate birthdays, pointless celebrities, lucky leaves, adventures in Vaporflys, parkrun dreams, therapy with silly voices, song-based Stockholm Syndrome, high-end karaoke, shonky statuary and yoga - the devil's exercise.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/19/202056 minutes, 12 seconds
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Price Drop

With Paul under orders to completely rest his injured calf, Rob heads out with DJ, podcaster and pal Tom Price for a sunny run round Highbury. Featuring Tom’s poor road safety skills, Rob’s banana facts, when a storm is not a storm, parenting poorly tiddlers and surly teens, pasties, puking and talking to chickens.TONKINSON WILL RETURNThank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/12/202039 minutes, 16 seconds
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Training In The Rain

On Halloween Paul and Rob headed to rain-drenched Parliament Hill Track, where Rob ran 5k and Paul hunkered under his umbrella. Was it speedy? Was it spooky? Were there any surprises? You'll have to have a listen and find out.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/5/202023 minutes, 53 seconds
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Hobbling Round the Heath

With Paul still on the bench, and the October rain still falling, the brolly boys are back, taking a turn around a none-more-Autumnal Hampstead Heath. Featuring boots and shoes, birds and dogs, circuit gigs and dream shows, mud and leaves, favourite films and rubbish new ones, running report and alcoholic assessment, comedy in car parks, and comedy that comes from Rob hearing park instead of car.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/29/20201 hour, 40 seconds
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Umbrellas and Sock Puppets

Undeterred and under umber-ellas, Paul and Rob stroll up the rainy Parkland Walk, as Paul’s injury puts paid to running - for now. Featuring Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe, snakes and mushrooms, silly runners and runner haters, vaporflys and wellington boots, and time travel.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/22/202045 minutes, 26 seconds
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Lacklustre Legs, Secret Shoes and Crumbling Castles

Autumn is definitely on the way in the woods, but green leaves abide, as Paul and Rob take a necessarily gentle turn. Featuring wobbly legs, secret shoes, Strava, non-taxing jobs and collapsing houses, classic movies and festive filth, injuries, recovery and future events, and two sad but touching shrines.Rob's sound is a bit strange at the end; do not adjust your ears.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/15/20201 hour, 12 minutes, 8 seconds
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Virtually the London Marathon

With less than a week to go, Rob shows Paul the last six miles - the second half, if you will - of his course for the virtual London Marathon. Featuring, hopes, dreams, and a few roads to cross.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/1/20201 hour, 6 minutes, 7 seconds
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The Last Day Of Summer

On a lovely turn around Hampstead Heath under beautiful blue skies, Paul and Rob talk about running and happiness, training and strength, bumping into friends and crossing the path of disapprovers, tapering and potatoes, and when a bridge is not a bridge.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/24/20201 hour, 15 seconds
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Virtual Great North Run, Actual September Sun

Sunshine on Hackney Marshes, where the car park is open again… or is it? Featuring Rob’s tree house, Paul’s pylon, Rob’s Great North Run report, Paul’s Woodberry Wetlands abuse, and two slightly different approaches to next month’s virtual London Marathon.Thank you again SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/17/202045 minutes, 52 seconds
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Autumn Adventures, Detox Dreams

For now, 2020’s glory abides - but will this be the last time we see green leaves over Highgate Woods this year? Featuring running report, the not-drinking debrief, Rob’s surprise adventures, Paul’s empowering dreams, new shoes and old legs. By the way, we had a minor technical issue towards the end - in case you think Rob’s on an old-fashioned radio.And thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/10/202056 minutes, 13 seconds
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On The Heath After The Holidays

A brilliant blue sky over Hampstead Heath on the first of September, as Paul and Rob reunite after their holidays. Featuring many a magpie, swimming in the sea, a curmudgeon in Corfu, Tonks’ tightness, swabs and spikes, trees and tracks, and toenail tips.Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who have ‘bought us a coffee’ through the Acast Supporter button; you’re wonderful.You can pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/ - and get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/3/202040 minutes, 15 seconds
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Some Like It Hot

On one of the hottest days of the year, Rob and Paul head for the cover of the trees in Highgate Woods. Featuring what happens when runners swim, Rob’s book being on track, when comedians don’t gig, the weird whistle of a wizard in the woods, old muscles and hangover habits, and good and bad dinosaurs. By the way, at the end Rob’s mic gets very spacy - thanks for salvaging something there Steve!We can’t thank you enough for the money and messages you’ve sent through the Acast Supporter button; cheers loves.Pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/13/202050 minutes, 47 seconds
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Catching Up With Tom Price

Our friend, Magic DJ and My Mate Bought A Toaster podcaster Tom Price returns for a sunny run around the local parks and wetlands, and a chat about… well, a lot; powered vehicles, Hugh Grant, the women in Tom’s life - Wife, mother, someone called Adrienne, an old Welsh lady, and Gwen Stefani - and the scary stories of why Tom hasn’t been running, and Paul won’t do yoga.We can’t thank you enough for the money and messages you’ve sent through the Acast Supporter button; cheers loves.Pre-order Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/6/20201 hour, 9 minutes, 8 seconds
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Woodland Wanderers

Back up the Parkland Walk to the woods, where clouds and leaves make for a magical August gloom. Featuring holiday plans, children growing up, blagging vegan food, avoiding non-alcoholic wine and being tempted by burgers, Paul’s great new book idea, Tom Cruise, John Donne, Jason Manford and Linda Lusardi, and how to be contemplative and competitive at the same time.We can’t thank you enough for the money and messages you’ve sent through the Acast Supporter button; cheers loves.Pledge to support Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/30/20201 hour, 8 minutes, 41 seconds
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Eleanor Tiernan

Hear Paul and Rob’s joy at catching up with another human, as they take a turn round Victoria Park with top comic and fairly-new-to-it runner Eleanor Tiernan - and hear how running has changed her life. Featuring parkrun tourism, coaching - virtually and in reality - coming out whilst staying in, running events and comedy dreams post-lockdown.We can’t thank you enough for the money and messages you’ve sent through the Acast Supporter button; cheers loves.Pledge to support Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/23/202057 minutes, 34 seconds
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Pace, Parks, Planking and Plonk

Rob and Paul continue to gently widen their net, returning to Clissold and Finsbury Parks, Woodberry Reservoirs and Highbury Fields. Featuring adventures on the track, gorgeous flora and combative fauna, the locked gates and lavatories of North London, and Tonks trying a challenging new beverage…We can’t thank you enough for the money and messages you’ve sent through the Acast Supporter button; cheers loves.Pledge to support Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/16/20201 hour, 12 minutes, 48 seconds
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Mind How You Go!

Paul takes Rob up the Parkland Walk, round Highgate Woods, and then, for the first time in many months, beyond. Featuring all the usual running, drinking, and police reports, plus Ennio Morricone (RIP), churches and galleries, the Tired Out Comedians Award 2020, Rob's ailments, Paul's parental strife, wood pigeons, noisy neighbours, and TV's greatest moment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/9/20201 hour, 18 minutes, 58 seconds
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A Run Round Hackney, Hawaii, Glastonbury and Narnia

A windy double loop round Hackney Marshes starts with a possible parking ticket and a brace of hangovers, but thanks to a a couple of cops and a shed load of swifts, it all comes good in the end. Featuring brilliant Beyoncé, partying progeny, REM on the riverbank, a problematic pylon, possible careers in degeneracy, the National grump, Paul's love letter and Rob's perfect Glastonbury.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/2/202050 minutes, 27 seconds
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Pains in the Park

Not so much medal Monday as medical Monday; as the sun shines on Victoria Park, Paul and Rob are feeling a little bit mortal. Featuring chest pains, famous Northerners Michael Parkinson and Geoff Wedge, the satisfaction of a job pointlessly done, trials and tribulations of feeding the family, and the comparative thrills of Terminator 2 and Sweet Magnolias.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/18/20201 hour, 2 minutes, 11 seconds
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Heckled in Highgate

A surprisingly interactive, still socially-distanced leafy lope through Paul’s woods. Featuring storms, Sideways and Spinal Tap, fast finish form, career conundrums for comedians, birds, dogs and monsters, Police, Parking Attendants and palaver.Pledge to support Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/11/20201 hour, 16 minutes, 42 seconds
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Running Up The Walk And Falling Down In The Woods

Confident in their newfound social-distancing skills, Paul and Rob return to the Parkland Walk and Queens and Highgate Woods. Featuring haircuts, hazards, hangovers, ‘huffers and puffers’, and a reconstruction of Hill Rep Gate. No sign of Sienna Miller though…Pledge to support Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/28/20201 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second
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Reunited

Together again! Rob and Paul enjoy a spectacularly sunny turn around Hackney Marshes - socially distanced, of course. Featuring books, art, dogs, flowers, families, and of course parkruns, drinking, old films and Julie. Pledge to support Rob's book Running Tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/21/20201 hour, 7 minutes, 8 seconds
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Err, Repeat Remote Report, Over...

Beautiful day for a run - a pair of remote runs - as Paul and Rob get out for a good old catch-up. Featuring dog trippin’, hill reps and push ups, when comedy and running clubs go virtual, lovely Lisa Jackson, what not to wear and what not to watch, panic as the pillars of our weekends crumble, late greats Jerry Stiller and Nora Ephron, and all the cat news.Pledge to support Rob's book Running tracks HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/14/20201 hour, 10 minutes, 50 seconds
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Magnum Force

A timely remote catch-up for Paul and Rob - on a brace of leafy trots though North London - after a week of fairly dramatic highs and lows. Featuring dogs, TV stars, literary excitement, white goods on fire, misery magnums, low batteries, and the traditional running and drinking round up.Find out about Rob's book Running Tracks- and pledge your support - HERE: https://unbound.com/books/running-tracks/Get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness HERE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/7/202037 minutes, 34 seconds
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Just Another Pandemic Monday

Rob and Paul manage to get out and chat - remotely of course - the day after the London Marathon 2020 would have been. Featuring their marathon memories, Paul’s challenging alarm situation, Rob’s crazy pop project, mileage and corkage, home-made entertainment shows and relentless rolling news, missing parkrun, post-lockdown book ideas, and a late appearance from a couple of old friends.Get through the lockdown and the lack of this year’s London Marathon this month by reading Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness, OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/30/202056 minutes, 27 seconds
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London's Lackadaisical Lockdown

Another week, another remote record - Paul in his house in Crouch End, Rob in his garden in Newington Green - where, unfortunately, little to no running takes place. Both have observed London’s increasingly lackadaisical attitude to the lockdown, but their attitudes are very different - you can hear Rob’s stress levels rise, even as Paul relaxes into these crazy times.Get through the lack of the London Marathon on Sunday by reading Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness, OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/23/202051 minutes, 25 seconds
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Remote But Together, Fit But Useless

Paul's back on the Parkland Walk, but Rob's off the treadmill and out in the leafy streets of Islington, as they record remotely once more. Featuring lax lockdowners, the new normal, drinking and Doritos, slippers and earplugs, what happens when stand ups are stood down, the huge respect Rob and Paul command from their immediate families, getting fitter and stronger and/or fatter and sadder, and a scary squirrel.Get through the lockdown and the lack of the London Marathon this month by reading Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness, OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/16/202050 minutes, 53 seconds
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Social Distancing, Remote Podcasting, Actual Running

As if by magic, Running Commentary continues. Paul’s in the woods and Rob’s in his back yard, but they’re both still running, and shooting the breeze - on the phone. Featuring where comedians go in a lockdown, virtual parkruns, garden marathons, giant spiders and land-based sharks, the Queen’s attitude to slapstick, Father of the Bride in a pandemic, and a little bit of UK Garage. Stay safe, stay well and run on.Get through the lockdown and the lack of the London Marathon this month by reading Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness, OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/9/202047 minutes, 6 seconds
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Running Ahead of the Lockdown - Part Two

The second part of the boys’ run - well, walk; in Paul’s case, limp - in what turned out to be the last hours before the lockdown. Seems a long time ago now, although Rob and Paul were both deep in plans for this weird old time in their own crazy ways. Featuring nature good and bad, old adverts, old people, puns in a crisis, Wonder Woman, Madonna, cookies, cosmopolitans and cookery, and the right moment to order a treadmill.Get through the lockdown and the lack of the London Marathon by reading Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness, OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/2/202057 minutes, 43 seconds
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Running Ahead of the Lockdown - Part One

Paul and Rob's first fully non-contact, socially-distanced run of the Coronavirus crisis takes them up the Parkland Walk - which is terrifyingly busy - and round Highgate Woods - where Paul's fatalistic take gives Rob the fear all over again.We promise we ran responsibly - please do the same, if you're going out. And whether you're going out for a run or staying in til this is all over, take care.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/26/202050 minutes, 52 seconds
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KEEP CALM and RUN ON

As Coronavirus reframes our very existence, Rob and Paul go for a run in the Spring sunshine to process the panic - mainly their own - plus talk running, report on parkruns and celebrate your PBs, of course.If you need some light reading over the next few weeks, Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/19/20201 hour, 11 minutes, 48 seconds
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Goalposts in Motion

A little plod on grass at Hackney Marshes - one of the boys has run many many miles, and the other is… INJURED! Possible pandemics, Coronavirus cancellations, training versus injury… Sometimes, plans change - but training abides.Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/12/202035 minutes, 59 seconds
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A Special Kind of Joy

At last a run for the boys that isn’t beset by biblical weather. Rob is full of news from Marathon Talk Run Camp, and Paul is full of booze, or at least the after effects thereof. Featuring Bakewell parkrun, Carsington Water Half Marathon, mighty Martin Yelling, mushrooms, medals, new Spring flowers, ageing relatives and Marathon predictions.Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/5/20201 hour, 3 minutes, 6 seconds
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Gate Analysis

Gamely, and without making any fuss at all(!), Paul and Rob head back out into a worsening Storm Dennis for more miles, mithering and memories. Featuring various Deering family members, an impromptu recreation of a classic RomCom scene, and the usual blend of running sense and random silliness.Paul’s book 26.2 Miles To Happiness is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/27/202050 minutes, 51 seconds
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Anyone for Dennis?

With Bramley 20 cancelled, Paul and Rob roll out into Storm Dennis for a Long Sunday Run - cos they need those miles, weather or not. Featuring gig report from Paul, parkrun report from Rob, public tragedies, domestic celebrations, Paul’s marvellous book, and George and Mildred.Paul’s book is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/20/20201 hour, 35 minutes, 44 seconds
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Showbiz, Slumps and Sunday Lunch

Another long one, as Paul and Rob head into the storm-beleaguered woods and try to get their pre-marathon mileage up. Featuring book-related showbiz for Paul, a training-and-10k-related comedown for Rob, the first signs of Spring, further talk of Vaporflys, sadness about dogs and Dads, the curative community power of a marathon, Big Breakfast presenters and Sunday lunch guidelines.Paul’s book is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/13/20201 hour, 39 minutes, 8 seconds
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Two Months to Manchester, Two Days til the Book's Out

A good long one for anyone who, like Rob and Paul, is getting deep into marathon training - the boys trot from Newington Green to Primrose Hill and back via Camden and the canal. Featuring adventures in New York and on Teesside, the superpowers of Diane Van Deren, how to pace a fast 10k, and how NOT to sell your book on the radio. Plus: will Paul find his keys?Paul’s book is OUT NOW! You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/6/20201 hour, 47 minutes, 56 seconds
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The National Running Show and Other Adventures

Paul is back, Rob's back on the trail, and both are back from the National Running Show in this new episode, featuring the zen mode of the Ultra Runner, falling off the wagon, staying on the wagon and the non-existence of the wagon, running in sunshine and rain, now and in the past, in old directions and new. Also, Paul's ridiculous hat.Paul’s book is out any day now! You can pre-order it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/30/202049 minutes, 10 seconds
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Ed Gamble

Rob is joined by superstar comedian and all-round good guy Ed Gamble - and deserted by a poorly Paul - on a picturesque turn around Walthamstow and Hackney Marshes. Featuring Ed’s marathon memories and training tips, and an insight into all the exciting things - weddings, international trips - you can do with your Spring if you’re NOT marathon training. Meanwhile Rob talks films and parkruns, for a change.Paul’s book is out in two weeks! You can pre-order it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/23/202048 minutes, 10 seconds
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The Mighty Gavin Evans

A chat with mythical Heathside Harrier Gavin Evans - writer, super-speedy veteran and all-round lovely man. On a mud-spattered pootle round Ally Pally and Highgate Wood, Paul and Rob grill Gavin on his adventures, injuries and - most importantly right now - marathon prep. Featuring destroying doughnuts, first aid in the field, and the relative merits of Prague and Milton Keynes.You can pre-order Paul’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/16/202054 minutes, 8 seconds
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Out With The Old

Paul and Rob cruise into the wintry woods to compare Christmases - and New Yearses. Featuring chicken and egg, running to parkruns and running to parked cars, friends back from Finland, resolutions and races to come, new year new runners, and a couple of dogs.You can pre-order Paul’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/26-2-Miles-Happiness-Comedians-Marathon/dp/1472966260Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/9/202052 minutes, 50 seconds
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That Was The Year That Was...

Some of our best, most exciting, silliest and uncomfortably purplest adventures from 2019. Thank you for a wonderful year - let's do it all again in 2020! Well - not ALL of it...Happy New Year.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/5/20201 hour, 14 minutes, 23 seconds
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Arthur's Seat and Santa's Sleigh

A holiday special, as Rob and Paul find themselves together in Scotland on the very cusp of Christmas. Featuring all your festive favourites - booze, babies, potatoes, policemen, families, footballers, relatives young and old, here and gone, all on an exciting trot up Edinburgh's feature mountain - Arthur's Seat. But will Santa find the time to meet them at the top?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/26/20191 hour, 9 minutes, 56 seconds
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Back to the Woods

A sunny trot through the mud in the old woods with Christmas - and an election - on the horizon. Featuring a parkrun report from Wilmslow, a book report on Harpo, a gas leak and an armchair, Christmas gigs, and a fair amount of s-q-u-i-d-g-e.Still looking for gift ideas? Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/19/201939 minutes, 21 seconds
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Return of the Jedi

Paul is back, fit for a gentle turn round Clissold Park in the watery Wintery sunshine. Featuring a Christmas preview, the end of a decade, pre-training training, lovely birthday presents from Rob's Mum, and a glimpse of a sheepish dog.Still looking for Christmas gift ideas? Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/12/201936 minutes, 17 seconds
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Cruisin' Up To 50

Paul is on the bench with a calf strain, but Rob makes it to his fiftieth parkrun in this little Saturday catch-up. Also featuring footballers, finishers, hairpins, Hackney Council hazards, a rookie parkrun error, and the official debut for Rob's Tom Cruise finish.Christmas is coming; what do you get the runner with everything? Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/28/201933 minutes, 53 seconds
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Running, Driving, Walken

We catch up with Paul and Rob before and after the RunThrough Victoria Park 10k. Featuring mojo or lack-of, overtakers, hat-wearers, barefoot-runners, barefoot-theatregoers, tambourines, cowbells and a surprise appearance by a Hollywood legend.Christmas is coming! Use the Promo Code 'thankyoumarshal' to get 10% off our beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts - HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/21/201942 minutes, 18 seconds
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Royalty, Rutting and RunFestRun

An incredibly picturesque loop of Windsor Great Park, as Paul and Rob get an early preview of next year’s RunFestRun. Featuring Royalty, parkrun challenges, deer, 10k predictions, legwear, good and bad pinks, and some spectacular Autumn scenery.Christmas is coming! Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/14/20191 hour, 6 minutes, 23 seconds
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Darren Kirby - on the Towpath with a Triathlete

An Autumn out-and-back along the Grand Union Canal in Hertfordshire, in the company of triathlete, Iron Man and Fitter Healthier Dad (TM) Darren Kirby. Featuring that moment when you find the change in yourself, what triathlons are really like, fuelling, pacing, good mental health, and the pros and cons of early morning training. Plus an altercation with some angling youths.Christmas is coming! Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/7/20191 hour, 6 minutes, 20 seconds
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Twilight on the Phoenix Trail

A halloween special, as Paul and Rob run through lonely countryside when it's very nearly dark. Featuring Cross Country report, cats and dogs and fish, looking ahead to future runs short, long and longer, and your brilliant PBs.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/31/20191 hour, 37 seconds
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Blitz Spirit in Balham, Holding and Hoovering in Yorkshire

The report is in - not just from Rob's Yorkshire Marathon, but from a VERY exciting gig Paul did in Balham. Bear with us, because there are some sound issues with this recording, but the stories are well worth hearing.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/24/201953 minutes, 3 seconds
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Marsh Madness

With just days to go before Rob's Yorkshire Marathon, he and Paul run round Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes, and Springfield Park. Featuring parkrun report, Kipchoge's trainers, a trip to Berlin, a visit to Buckingham Palace, some interesting gigs, thoughts before Rob's run, a lone log and a whole lot of dogs.Christmas is coming! Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/17/201957 minutes, 33 seconds
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Newington Green, Code Brown

Paul and Rob catch up on a gloomy - but not-so-rainy - trot along the old canal and the New River. Featuring an illuminating answer to Rob’s ‘how are you?’, a look at how to approach Marathons and Half Marathons, and some very eventful PBs…Got your merch yet? Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/10/201953 minutes, 54 seconds
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Wetlands and Blue Skies

A deluge clears up surprisingly quickly over the boys on this little turn around Clissold Park and the Woodberry reservoirs - but not before the rain gets into Paul's wires and makes him sound a little strange. Featuring Paul's Scarborough 10k report, a celebration of Wakefield parkrun - and others - a look at Rob's final weeks of marathon training - featuring his knees - and stand-up-related adventures all over Britain from both. Also a dog and some birds.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/3/201943 minutes, 6 seconds
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A Long Sunday Run

A long, hard run into the deep, dark woods, as Rob racks up the miles and Paul addresses empty-nest syndrome. Featuring Tetto’s talk, parkrun excuses, Frozen nipples, how to taper, Rob’s ‘ridiculous’ hydration vest, troublesome teens, the arrival of Autumn, predictions for York and Scarborough, the yin and yang of the hard miles in a marathon, October manifesto pledges, and a surprisingly high number of stiff climbs.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/26/20191 hour, 43 minutes, 39 seconds
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Swinging Round Bing and Chugging the Krug

As Paul and Rob settle in for the next hundred episodes, they take a turn in some gorgeous early Autumn sunshine. Featuring a report on a brace of very different 5ks - Rob among the Gormleys in Crosby, Paul among the speedy on the track - oysters and champagne in Mayfair (Paul), being mistaken for someone much more successful (Rob), and an incredible example of abstemiousness for us all from Paul.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/19/201952 minutes, 50 seconds
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Races, Paces, Silly Faces

Between Rob's Great North Run and Paul's 5k race, the gentlemen run back into the woods to regroup. Featuring Paul's Goofy top, Rob's Great North Run report, both Hulking out, neither being as abstemious as they would like, Paul falling over, Rob crying and Mo Farah running the Crouch End 10k - perhaps.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/12/201954 minutes, 22 seconds
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A Clissold Quickie

A short shuffle round Clissold Park in a stolen hour at the end of the Summer Holidays. Featuring the weekend's gig report, hotel breakfasts, running in Manchester, drinking in Cuba, a Great North Run preview, how to run a 10k - maybe - some peculiar park people, and a round-up of your brilliant PBs.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/5/201936 minutes, 10 seconds
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Good Mourning Highgate Wood

A cool, cathartic canter under the leaves of the Parkland Walk and Highgate Wood ahead of the heat on a very sultry day. Featuring a Cuban Missile Crisis joke, some New Year’s resolutions, booze, bereavement, broken guitars and table tennis.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/29/20191 hour, 1 minute, 21 seconds
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Your Questions Answered - Part Three

Paul and Rob 'lean in' to more of your excellent questions, covering subjects like seasons, cities, Starburst... and many more.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/22/201956 minutes, 13 seconds
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Birthdays, Birds, Broken Beds and Bad News

A nicer day than last time as Rob and Paul cruise through Clissold Park and around the reservoirs, trying to ignore the signs of Autumn around them. Paul reports on his fiftieth, and Rob reports on the Edinburgh Fringe - and some bad news. Also featuring metaphors, the word ‘Scrabster’ and innumerate birds.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/15/201941 minutes, 39 seconds
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Canal-side Catch-up

On a VERY rainy Tuesday Paul and Rob take the towpath to Victoria Park and catch up on all their recently adventures. Featuring a 21st Century 10k, a grumpy parkrun and a classic fall, all very local, from Rob, and adventures in parenting, dining, running and interviewing, all stateside, from Paul. PLOT SPOILER: the microphones survive the rain, but only just.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/8/20191 hour, 6 minutes, 37 seconds
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Paul in New York with Matthew Futterman

When Paul was in New York, he ran round Central Park with Matthew Futterman, the author of Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed, his account of the exploits and adventures of visionary running coach Bob Larsen.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/1/20191 hour, 2 minutes, 21 seconds
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Your Questions Answered - Part Two

Rob and Paul, still on Hackney Marshes in the sunshine, deal with more of your questions, their answers becoming more discursive and philosophical as the miles rack up - which is, of course, the Running Commentary way. Featuring more faces and races, f-bombs and code browns, form and fartlek.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance / Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/25/201955 minutes, 15 seconds
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Your Questions Answered - Part One

Summer in Hackney; we head East through Hackney Downs to Hackney Marshes, all the while answering your questions - questions about shoes, races, music, faces… Great questions - thanks everyone - more answers next week.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance /Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/18/201946 minutes, 42 seconds
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Paul and Oates

Up the hill to the palace, across the terrace to the woods, and back down the walk, in the balmy, hazy sunshine. Featuring a variety of accents, an ambitious sheep tick, a cavalcade of stars - John Malkovich, Michael Mcintyre, John Oates, Serena Williams, Norman Collier, Julie - and a preview of exciting moments ahead - Rob’s 10k, and Paul’s 50 years.Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance /Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/11/20191 hour, 9 minutes
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Run, Sleep, Repeat

Rob and Paul in Clissold Park and round the reservoirs on a beautiful Summer’s day. Featuring a trip to the theatre, beautiful bird babies, Rob’s Dad’s dementia, Paul Sinha’s Parkinson’s, end-of-term family report, and a surprise musical bicycle.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/4/201946 minutes, 52 seconds
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Telling Tonks About the Towpath

Rob revels in the luxury of having Paul back out on the trail, telling him all about his Marathon adventures in Leeds. Also featuring when and when not to talk to strangers, Portsmouth pride, parkrun and pebbles, and a thought for all our late compadres.New Balance /Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/27/201949 minutes, 12 seconds
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Tom Price in Tonks' Place

With Paul still recovering from his surgery - and listeners still recovering from the description of his recovery - friend-of-the-show Tom Price steps in for a run with Rob. Featuring when jokes go too far, some lovely houses, Words on the Water, secret plans for World Domination, Kings Cross, Barnsbury, Wales, and cheesy pop - lots and lots of cheesy pop. Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance /Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentary Liverpool Shirts available on their website... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/20/20191 hour, 2 minutes, 21 seconds
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The Colour Purple

Paul returns, and with quite a story to tell… this episode features both kinds of PB, Rob’s Marathon prep, a little light, ill-advised running, runners’ wives and more. Welcome back Tonks!Beautiful, bespoke, New Balance /Running Commentary shirts available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/13/201945 minutes, 59 seconds
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Vikki Stone in Vicky Park

As Paul convalesces, Rob runs round Victoria Park with musical comedian and marathon runner Vikki Stone, whose 2019 VLM story chimes very nicely with our last interview. Featuring animals - dogs in photos and late-night gyms, pandas at the start line, eagles at the piano and magpies every which way - and celebrities: Helen George, Lee Hendry, Greg James, and - of course - Bob Carolgees.Our lovely merch is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/6/201939 minutes, 13 seconds
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Kate Carter, the Fastest Panda in the World

Sunshine, Battersea Park, and friend-and-marathon-runner-extraordinaire Kate Carter, here to tell Paul and Rob about her adventures; the quest for sub-3, hoovering up the World Marathon Majors and, of course, running the London Marathon dressed as a panda. Featuring world records, tight finishes, near misses, angry parents and beer.Our lovely merch is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/30/201949 minutes, 43 seconds
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South of the River, Down Battersea Way.

A change of scene on a stunning day for Rob and Paul, as they run along the South Bank of the River Thames from London Bridge to Battersea Park. Featuring Paul’s painful pair, Rob’s happy Half, a tour of Tom Cruise movie locations, party report, theatre review, and a classic RunComPod route-finding exercise...Our lovely merch is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/23/201950 minutes, 19 seconds
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Summer and Fall

Back to business as usual as Rob and Paul run through the woods and round the palace in glorious sunshine. Featuring race report, trip trouble, Manchester and Liverpool, noddy coming to cloddy, raves and races, and hot and cold running water. Thank you marshal.The merch is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/16/20191 hour, 17 minutes, 39 seconds
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Recovery Run, Marathon Memories

An understandably jolly Paul and Rob debrief after the London Marathon on a gorgeous afternoon run round Hackney Marshes. Featuring policemen, puking unicorns, milk trouble - and lots and lots of PBs.Beautiful merch - available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/9/201950 minutes, 57 seconds
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London Marathon 2019 - Part Four

Paul and Rob's London Marathon: Endgame. The last seven miles of the marathon see the boys dealing with a little light fatigue and dealing out a shedload of shenanigans. Rob's recorder goes crazy - but comes back - and when Paul gets supportive, don't worry about Rob - it's the world Tonks is chivvying. So feel the love and ride on in. Push push!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/201944 minutes, 19 seconds
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London Marathon 2019 - Part Three

A shorter chapter as Rob and Paul turn left and South through Wapping, Mudchute and the Isle of Dogs. Featuring Steven Berkoff, jingling farmers, upside-down bumbags, narcissistic musings, a one-woman PA, a sweet-sounding choir, and more miles covered...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/201925 minutes, 46 seconds
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The London Marathon 2019 - Part Two

The second hour of the RunCom VLM quest finds Rob and Paul in giddy mood. Featuring more fabulous friends and funny signs, some mobile phone-based adventures, the incredible moment that is Tower Bridge, and disappearing toilets at the half way point. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/201952 minutes, 42 seconds
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Cut to the Chase - Our London Marathon in a Nutshell

Our London Marathon in forty-five minutes; if only we could have truncated it like this on the day! Featuring wonderful other runners, brilliant supporters, excellent marshals (thank you), fictional policemen, a couple of Spider-men, Michel Roux, the Queen, a Unicorn in distress, and miles... lots of miles.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/201943 minutes, 37 seconds
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The London Marathon 2019 - Part One

It begins! after hob-nobbing with the stars at the start, Paul and Rob get to the task at hand, heading to and through Greenwich. Featuring funny signs, heavy legs, speedy friends, steel bands, batmen, the Cutty Sark, Up The Creek, carrots, bananas and pomegranates. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/2/20191 hour, 11 minutes, 8 seconds
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Last Little Run Before The Big One

As Paul and Rob take their traditional, gentle, pre-marathon turn around Clissold Park, they find out exactly how ready - or not - they are for Sunday’s marathon. Featuring parkrun report, parakeets, Baz and his mad mileage, Maciej and his many PBs, and memories, expectations and inevitabilities ahead of another 26.2 miles across London.Beautiful merch - available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/25/201935 minutes, 20 seconds
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Running and Not Running, Flying and Not Flying

Paul accompanies Rob down to the ticket booth at Kings Cross and back. Rob reports on a raft of exciting runs; Paul reports on several adventures featuring varying levels of inappropriate behaviour, and both of them take turns to sound slightly odd in the rain.PS - The merch has landed, and is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/11/201953 minutes, 23 seconds
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Sixteen Miler - Part Two

The second half of the boys’ longest run together ahead of the London Marathon, with more from Paul’s Stag Do-resistant trip, and more and more Gimli-off-of-Lord-of-the-Rings from Rob. Featuring Michael Jackson, Mickey D, R Kelly, Ricky Gervais, Bobby Davro, Marie Kondo - and dogs. Lots of dogs. But how will Rob and Paul fare as the miles tick up?PS - The merch has landed, and is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/4/20191 hour, 40 minutes, 25 seconds
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Sixteen Miler - Part One

Paul and Rob stride out North from Stoke Newington in search of mileage. Featuring adventures in Scotland and Malta, adventures avoided in Derby, Daughters' adventures in Wembley and Thailand, how to - and how not to - run really far, slapstick, cartoon builders, merch, and the Vaseline song. TO BE CONTINUED...By the way, the merch has landed, and is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentary Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/28/20191 hour, 19 minutes, 16 seconds
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Parliament Hill, Kenwood House, Jack Straw's Castle, Miscellaneous Mud

A return to Hampstead Heath, on a glorious sunny day, with a family adventure-report from Paul, and a running adventure-report from Rob. Featuring whoops and loops, woodland choices and silly voices, grand prix and burglary, park run pacers and Asian dangers.PS - The merch has landed, and is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/21/201949 minutes, 53 seconds
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It's Always A Good Time

A shorter episode this week, because... well, you'll have to have a listen. Featuring dogs, Australians, parkrun report and your latest PBs. AaaaarrrrRRROOOOger!!!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/14/201930 minutes, 27 seconds
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Men, Marshes and Merch

The beginning of February’s unseasonably glorious weather sees Paul and Rob on a lovely loop around North East London’s big green spaces. Featuring park run report, further discussion of drop-offs, dogs, and where the two meet, Marie Kondo and the Sparks of Joy (which is a great name for a band, by the way), younger, more famous comedians doing great stuff, and…*NEWS FLASH*…our MERCH, which has landed, and is available HERE: https://newbalanceteam.co.uk/clubs-teams-and-unis/running-commentarySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/7/20191 hour, 19 minutes, 4 seconds
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More Miles

The second half of the long run that started with Tom Price takes Rob and Paul through Islington, along the canal to Haggerston, and back up to Clissold Park through Newington Green. Featuring shame in the Dads Race, lonely Lego Movie watching, Baftas, balloons, comedian compadres, family fu, a scary-Mary stencil and Paul's expert ability to judge distance. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/28/201958 minutes, 33 seconds
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With Tom Price. Deliberately.

As Spring pops in Stoke Newington, Highbury and Finsbury Park, Tom Price joins Paul and Rob for a muddy loop past the pretty bits. Featuring radio talk, parenting and the passage of time, pretending to be policemen, Michael Buble and Ronan Keating, spotting dogs, casing houses, breakfast show memories and 'putting on numbers'.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/21/20191 hour, 12 minutes, 40 seconds
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All Sorts in Islington

An action-packed run round Angel finds Rob skiing, Paul retiring, the towpath full of all kinds of people, the roads full of angry cyclists, Radio DJs out walking their dogs and sunshine, lots of sunshine. Plus jazz, movies, teenagers and topiary.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/14/20191 hour, 14 minutes, 53 seconds
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Twenty Happy Years, Ten Frosty Miles

A long one here as Paul and Rob take on a bitterly cold and totally beautiful ten-miler around all the nice bits between their houses. Featuring run report, film review, anniversary celebration, children’s achievements, getting the giggles about a terrifying, existential nun, dog control, book title workshop, and much much more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/7/20191 hour, 48 minutes, 35 seconds
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Highgate On Life

Back to the woods in the beautiful Winter sunshine, as Paul and Rob head up the Parkland Walk to Highgate Woods for the first time this year. Featuring pals, parenting, pies, magpies, homeworkers, tearjerkers - all of these, AND your PBs.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/31/20191 hour, 11 minutes, 6 seconds
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Mancunian Miles, Media City Memories

Paul and Rob are in Manchester, where they trot up the towpath to Salford and back. Featuring the phantom canal pusher, Mancunian memories, the incredible achievement of wossername, finish-line spitters, a demo on the down-low, a pretend parkrun, Rob’s lovely leggings, real-life soap opera and soap stars in real life, and a strange ringing noise that may or may not be the actual sound of Paul's reminiscences.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/24/20191 hour, 10 minutes, 6 seconds
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Local Loops with Laura Lexx

Laura Lexx - late of Live at the Apollo, and a smash at last year's Edinburgh Festival - joins the boys for a chilly triple turn round Clissold Park, where they chat about all the Big Things - taking control of your life, running and mental health, climate change and, of course, comedy in all its forms.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/17/201944 minutes, 42 seconds
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Happy New Year Marshal

Paul and Rob see in 2019 with the parkrun at Hackney Marshes; if you think they normally huff and puff, just wait til they start racing… Featuring resolutions, being recognised, not being recognised, drinking, not drinking, drinking but feeling like you're not drinking, competing with children and little dogs, and the definitive sprint-finish workshop.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/10/201949 minutes, 4 seconds
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Santa, Canter, Banter

Before all the New Year's resolutions kick in, one more brand new interview run. This time it's back to Lapland for the return of the man himself - Father 'Santa Claus' Christmas. Featuring the entire festive round-up; presents, mince pies, booze, elves, Christmas dinner, Die Hard, reindeer, and, of course, digestive problems. Happy New Year everyone!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/3/201927 minutes, 21 seconds
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Round Victoria Park with Miranda Markham

Paul and Rob are joined by Miranda Markham, who writes the Award-Winning Thoughts and Pavement blog, for a breezy blow round Victoria Park. Featuring obscure sports, Marathon highs and lows, emergency cookies, running in extreme cold, triathlons, foot grief, running without ‘the numbers’ and, of course, Christmas.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/27/201835 minutes, 15 seconds
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Susie Chan's Biggest Fans

Susie Chan returns to run round Regents Park and report - with customary modesty - on her year of adventures, coming back from illness to run a hundred miles here, a hundred miles there... Featuring Goldilocks, baby food, Primrose Hill, wolves and warthogs, foot trouble, stories from the wrong side of the tracks, marathon majors, and matching the aged with minors.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/20/201844 minutes, 50 seconds
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Seasonal Singing in the Stokey Sunshine

Gorgeous winter sunshine in Clissold Park as Paul and Rob talk festive shows, shouting out of cars, winter birds, river parkruns, Elvis, dogs... and Rob tries to stop Paul singing THAT song. Plus all your festive PBs!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/13/201841 minutes, 36 seconds
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Carry On Running

Soft surfaces under grey skies as Paul and Rob loop none-more-December Hackney Marshes. Featuring back pain, backstop plans, Christmas songs, Christmas shows, abandoned shoes, abandoned poems, surprise potatoes, Ireland, plans for 2019, some audacious curry puns and an in-depth discussion of washing up.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/6/201852 minutes, 14 seconds
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Going Downhill

A short shuffle up and around Alexandra Palace Park. Featuring bad backs, bad moods, bad bread-based behaviour, when children become grown-ups, seasonal reality TV report, old people - seeing them and being them - shouty weirdos and other sundry craziness in the mean streets of Crouch End.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/29/201852 minutes, 23 seconds
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Men Without Hats

As November bites, Rob and Paul run easy through the woods. Featuring flatulence without frontiers, the Shamen for some reason, maintenance running, the return of the policemen, why maths matters, and your marvellous PBs - vs their marvellous noises.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/22/201859 minutes, 32 seconds
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Commemorations, Comparisons, Comedians and Christmas (nearly)

A short Sunday run in the Autumn sun, featuring memories, performing for the queen (and the headmaster), abstemiousness - or lack of - entrepreneurial and confrontational children, comedy and comedians.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/15/201844 minutes, 24 seconds
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A Long One for those Long Autumn Nights

Paul and Rob wander East at the end of October, as All Hallow's Eve looms and the Autumn leaves slowly lose their battle with Winter. Featuring birds - majestic, in flight, and leaving their lucky, er, gifts - parenting, gap years, motivation and the lack-of, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Halloween (the film), technology for the superannuated luddite, sports cars, marathon cheats and all your brilliant PBs.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/8/20181 hour, 29 minutes, 1 second
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The York Report

At last, on a Sunny morning in Highgate, the full report from Rob’s Yorkshire Marathon. Featuring Tony Audenshaw, Wayne the pacer, James Brolin and Telly Savalas, would-be high-fivers, and rain - ‘is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed.’ Also in this episode: tree questions, Paul’s trip to Dubai and post-marathon mantras.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/1/201858 minutes, 38 seconds
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Sunshine, Shoes, Shenanigans and Seann

The boys sneak in another pre-Yorkshire run on a stunning day. Featuring new shoes, old mantras, physio, finances, film references aplenty, reality TV and, of course, virtual klaxons.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/25/20181 hour, 16 minutes, 38 seconds
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A turn round the forest with Running with Robins author Gemma Bell

Rob and Paul's guest is Gemma Bell, author of Running with Robins. Her story digs right into the highs and lows of running - running to deal with bereavement, then not being able to stop. Meanwhile, the woodlands of Berkshire are suffused with Autumn perfection, leaving these city boys wide-eyed.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/18/201850 minutes, 36 seconds
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He Stoops to Conker

Rob and Paul's traditional pre-marathon short one round Clissold Park, enhanced by a day as autumnal as a Keats sonnet. Featuring ping pressure, parkruns, mantras, musicals, ravens, ravers, conkers, corporates, and a canine existential crisis.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/11/201843 minutes, 16 seconds
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Pinch, Punch, Parkland Walk, Parkrun, PB

On a beautiful day - the first of October - Rob and Paul run through the woods and catch up. Featuring treadmills and tracks, mantras and moomins, burses and ganglions, parkruns, Postman Pat, and the inaugural Running Commentary PB Awards.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/4/20181 hour, 1 minute, 3 seconds
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Rob's Long One Part Two

We rejoin Paul and Rob in Highgate Woods, five miles or so into Rob's pre-Yorkshire Marathon twenty miler. Featuring dogs, the booze gang, a pre-school attempt on Everest, the quest for an unfriendly parkrun, wrestling with your central governor and fibbing to yourself about finishes, time, John Betjeman, and the dronings of Elon Musk.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/28/201856 minutes, 51 seconds
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Rob’s Long One Part One

Another two-parter begins, as Rob sets off on his pre-Yorkshire Marathon 20 miler and Paul tags along. Featuring robot cows, partial nudity, corner cutters, Mick Artistic, Serena Williams, stand-up reports and some traffic trouble in the woods.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/20/201851 minutes, 33 seconds
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Hackney Dog Run Part Two

The adventure out East continues, as Paul and Rob follow the canal out past the Olympic Park to Hackney Marshes, and Downs, and home. After Rob's brush with insect evil in Part One, Paul reveals an incredible family story of wasps and baked goods. Plus a bit o' barefoot running, back-to-school shenanigans and more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/13/20181 hour, 5 minutes, 9 seconds
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Hackney Dog Run Part One

Quickly abandoning their plans, Paul and Rob head East and hope for the best in a long run round Hackney way. Featuring training reports, speed, distance, Daley Thompson, Paul Hardcastle, Mick Artistic, stags and a wasp.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/6/201859 minutes, 55 seconds
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Drinks and Hi-jinks for Tonks

Once again Paul and Rob are reconvening after a period of travel and adventure - particularly for the former; featuring booze, canoes, teenagers, hernias, stand-up sitting down, missing the city, missing the parkrun, cats, dogs, traumatic movies and second-rate ninjas.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/30/20181 hour, 57 seconds
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The Camden Catchup - Part Two

Sunshine and joy as Paul and Rob reconvene after several weeks of holiday running and adventures for a 'Dog Run' through Regents Park to Camden and beyond. In Part Two the boys wrestle with snobbery in comedy, training without injury in middle age, not falling into canals, noisy neighbours in the city Summer, and being ridiculed by your own children.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/23/201833 minutes, 35 seconds
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The Camden Catch-up - Part One

Sunshine and joy as Paul and Rob reconvene after several weeks of holiday running and adventures for a 'Dog Run' through Regents Park to camden and beyond. Part One features airport parking, inexplicable jumping, parenting with your mouth full, Tracy Chapman, Mary Wollstonecraft, when comedy is not comedy, and trouble on the towpath.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/16/201854 minutes, 37 seconds
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Spirit of (North) London - Part Two

More bants from the woods; in this episode the boys talk tax, Take That, tadpoles, Tough Mudders and travel. Also featuring kafka, sharks, graffiti, Riverdance, Greggs and home furnishings.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/15/201841 minutes, 54 seconds
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If You Go Down To The Woods Today...

Rob and Paul take a turn round Highgate Wood in the still chill under an iron grey January sky, inadvertently terrifying passers by as they go. Featuring a foot report, some litter bitterness, good and bad gardening tips, boat gig stories and big bloke stories - sometimes at the same time - retro graffiti and a very tempting tyre swing. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/11/20181 hour, 16 minutes, 36 seconds
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Brighton re-Rocks

Wind and waves, surfing and Starburst, nudism and ball games, piers, poles and the possibility of pasties, a Brighton re-run (well frankly a repeat of two episodes, condensed, Readers Digest style) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/28/201756 minutes, 58 seconds
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A Lapland Canter with the Actual Santa

A massive festive scoop as Paul and Rob take a little trot through Lapland with Santa Claus himself - Mr Christmas, as he likes to be known for the rest of the year. Featuring insight into the Claus training schedule, reindeer relations, elf politics, cracker jokes, steamy knees, and what he really thinks of mince pies.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/21/201725 minutes, 1 second
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Snowman Battlefield

A freezing foray into Rob and Paul's Safe Space, as a fighting fit Tonks leads a poorly Deering around icily beautiful Clissold Park. Featuring leggings, funerals, a teeny tiny snowman, social drinking vs vampirism, second-rate nature photography and a little clue as to who next week's big guest is.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/14/201749 minutes, 2 seconds
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The Dark Days of December

Gloomy skies but nice conditions as Rob and Paul head East to Hackney Downs and Marshes. Featuring family foibles, Paul's further adventures in Norway and the Far - well, further than Hackney - East, sore feet and long distances, angry robins and aggressive squirrels, and the major issues of the day: Brexit, the Trump Presidency, whether Jack could have got on that door with Rose, and appalling pigeon behaviour.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/7/20171 hour, 19 minutes, 42 seconds
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Business As Usual

On the auspicious occasion of their one-hundredth podcast, Paul and Rob retrace the steps of episode one - gingerly, for they are, of course, injured and hung over. Featuring birthday messages - from former guests AND passing van drivers - comedy, philosophy, memory, love actually, and an urgent visit to a popular coffee establishment.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/30/20171 hour, 5 minutes, 28 seconds
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Beautiful Brum

A beautiful 'there-and-backer' along the canal from Birmingham to Bourneville - also by the railway, which might explain the strange and slightly sinister background noise. Featuring Dad comedy vs Comedian comedy, lost gloves, university memories, Ultra plans, synonyms, synagogue gigs and cinema visits, and a veritable kaleidoscope of accents.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/23/20171 hour, 23 minutes, 32 seconds
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Issues in Islington

On a sunny morning in north London Paul and Rob get to grips with the key issues of our time - how comedians should be treated backstage and how comedians really shouldn't behave backstage, the way forward for men and women in the age of the internet, the very nature of change, judaism, armageddon and, of course, the John Lewis Christmas advert.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/16/20171 hour, 14 minutes, 53 seconds
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The Lonely Running Boy In New York

In the soft, safe environs of Clissold Park, Rob gives Paul the blow-by-blow story of his New York adventure. Featuring medals and miles, bridges and burgers, support and solitude, speed and sloth, beat cops and superstars.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/9/201743 minutes, 27 seconds
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The Back's Better So It's Back To The Woods

The clocks have gone back, the back is all better, and the sun is shining, so it’s back to the woods for a beautiful seven-or-so miler. Featuring miserable men from Fazakerley, parkrun etiquette, taper talk ahead of New York, student life choices, new shoes, being a ‘vaygan’, drinking, surveillance, and meeting up before Christmas.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/2/20171 hour, 19 minutes, 19 seconds
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(after) Finsbury Park Parkrun

A little review of the parkrun Paul and Rob have somehow not done before now. Featuring pace in spite of injury from Paul, the weight advantage/disadvantage from Rob, impressive stats from a man called Tom, and a blast of extreme weather from Brian.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/25/201729 minutes, 2 seconds
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Dark Skies Over The Heath

Paul and Rob return to Hampstead Heath on a wet, quintessentially Autumnal day. Featuring memories of the late Sean Hughes, solutions for wet microphones, extreme medicine for recurrent back pain, training and preparation for New York, comedy for charity, new shoes and old ideas.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/19/201746 minutes, 5 seconds
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Back But Back Out

A ginger trot round Clissold Park, Paul and Rob's Safe Space, as Paul recuperates from a condition known as 'old guy's back'. Featuring long runs, running machines, PB's celebrating the Autumn season and all your successes therein, and the most elaborate pronunciation of Weinstein you'll hear this week.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/13/201738 minutes, 40 seconds
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An Autumnal Bimble

On a quintessential September day Paul & Rob take in Ally Pally, the old railways and the woods, and talk passports, time, relays, races, watches, Strava, Jesus Christ Superstar, and playground pugilism.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/5/20171 hour, 15 minutes, 4 seconds
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Raworth on the Run

Rob and Paul are joined by BBC broadcaster and top-notch runner Sophie Raworth. Featuring medals, achievements, injuries, ultras, goals, plans, swans, Parkinson's and camels. Good luck in Chicago Sophie!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/28/20171 hour, 14 minutes, 7 seconds
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Highs and Lows in Islington and Hackney

Adventures in North London as Rob and Paul do a leisurely ten miles round their locale. Featuring half marathon self abuse, fortieth, fiftieth and one-hundredth birthday parties, parenting on the front line of school and university, the social power of banks, rage both run- and road-, a close-up visit to the towpath, Autumn glory vs awful roughness, and a LOT of silly high voice action.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/21/20171 hour, 43 minutes, 21 seconds
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We're going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo.

Ahead of Sunday's 'Stampede' event at ZSL's London Zoo, and their Roar With Laughter comedy gala at the Hammersmith Apollo on November 30th, Paul and Rob take a glorious, morning turn around Regent's Park Primrose Hill and the zoo itself with ZSL Director James Wren.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/14/201743 minutes, 3 seconds
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Hangin' in Highgate

On a rainy run round the woods the boys submit their weekly report; featuring wine (loads), cars (none), audiences (chatty), Rob's decision making (flappy), Dick Gregory (legend), graveyards (grey area) and Paul's hot take on hedgehog gate (curmudgeonly). Wet mic issues / Paul sounding like he's in a tin tube later on.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/7/201758 minutes, 53 seconds
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Toe Trouble

Feet, foxes, food-for-fuel and funny friends as Paul and Rob take a tentative turn around Clissold Park - their 'safe space' - to test out Rob's injured toe - bumping into a few interesting people along the way.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/31/201732 minutes, 36 seconds
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Tales on the Heath

More Hampstead Heath, as Paul and Rob take a wandering trot and report on their Summer adventures. Featuring Paul's holiday in Corfu, Rob's Cannock Chase 10k, live dog-runnin', a whole load of magpies, a look at the athletics championships, and Hayes and Hampstead contrasted.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/24/201733 minutes, 26 seconds
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Hampstead Heath Parkrun

Rob and Paul crawl out of bed on a Saturday morning to attempt a parkrun they've never done before. Featuring beautiful scenery, Paul's lavatorial concerns, Rob's gig report, some extremely questionable parenting, and more panting than ever before as they race for the finish lineSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/17/201742 minutes, 2 seconds
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Summer in London Part Two

The return trip up the towpath back in sunny July. Featuring marathon plans, 10k talk, snoggers and froggers, drunkenness in comedy audiences, abstemiousness in training runners, festivals, families and the smell of toast.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/10/201748 minutes, 18 seconds
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Summer in London Part One

The first half of a sun-kissed two-parter, recorded in July. Featuring the new Dr. Who, Wimbledon, a little light parkour, sub-aquatic police work, a look at the boys' running plan for the coming months, and a nasty stinging incident.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/3/201746 minutes, 51 seconds
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Episode Eighty Two - with Adharanand Finn

A summer trot with 'Running with the Kenyans' author and modest but impressive runner Adharanand Finn. Featuring Wimbledon in Kings Cross, buses that aren't buses, street food and buskers, ultras, barefoot running, global running differences and similarities, and running right into Heaven - unless they shut the gate.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/27/20171 hour, 29 seconds
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Episode Eighty One - Into The Woods Part Two

Rob and Paul, now totally resigned to being hopelessly lost, go even further into the woods. Featuring the Happy Mondays' long lost slug song, a detour down the Woodcock Way, deer in the distance, mediocre metaphysics, and getting lost all over again right at the very end.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/20/20171 hour, 15 minutes, 55 seconds
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Episode Eighty - Into The Woods Part One

Paul and Rob attempt a challenging ultra, without support or GPS, on a different day to everyone else, in a misty forest - what happens next will blow your mind... Featuring Rob sounding like he's in a little tin box, slugs, deer and cat hair, Ed Sheeran, and a very exciting - albeit quietly grumpy - cliffhanger.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/13/20171 hour, 2 minutes, 56 seconds
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Episode Seventy Nine - the Return of Susie Chan

Friend of the show and runner extraordinaire Susie Chan takes the boys back to Regents Park to report on her latest adventures. Also featuring a parkrun PB for Rob, some camels, and some technical difficulties for Steve to wrestle with.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/6/201729 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode Seventy Eight - Heatwave Special!

Paul and Rob's favourite park - Clissold Park - sizzles and shines as the boys take a brief turn on the hottest day of the year. Featuring paddling pools, bad gender guesses, what-and-what-not to wear, a Golden Stag preview, and the most disgusting trainers in London.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/29/201736 minutes, 12 seconds
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Episode Seventy Seven - Round the Parks

Rob and Paul are back in North London after a week of national and international travel. Featuring swans, reality TV, a little bit of politics, surprisingly good Donald Trump impressions. Bookended by Clissold Park House fun - a kids' singalong upstairs to start, and an emergency visit downstairs for Rob to finish.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/22/20171 hour, 5 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode Seventy Six - A Dorset Adventure with Martin Yelling Part Two

The epic jaunt continues and concludes. Featuring cows, comparative podcasts, what to tell a runner before they do a run (or have a baby), more rocks (Old Harry this time), the magic of parkruns, reasons to run a mile, and how to do it when you do.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/15/20171 hour, 14 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode Seventy Five - A Dorset Adventure with Martin Yelling Part One

Marathon Talk's Martin Yelling joins Paul and Rob on the Isle of Purbeck. In this first instalment, they talk about coastal calamity and the wonders of Comrades, photobomb a non-couple, get into difficulties on a rock, cross a golf course and climb a hill. Will Rob's vulnerable knees make it all the way round? Find out next week.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/9/20171 hour, 7 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode Seventy Four - with Sam Murphy in some Royal Parks

Insight and larks with Paul's fellow Runner's World columnist Sam Murphy on a Summer run round St. James's Park, Green Park... and St. James's Park again. Featuring serious bird action, three-dimensional training, running then and now, and serious running challenges in the past and in the future.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/1/201750 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode Seventy Three - Tech Trouble, Tremendous 10k

After performing at the Comedy Store in the early hours, the men turn up - Paul injured, Rob on virtually no sleep - for the glorious Crouch End 10k. Part of this recording was lost, but Steve has saved the day, so enjoy the huffs and puffs as Rob and Paul try to chat, make up time and sprint to the finish all at once.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/25/201735 minutes, 33 seconds
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Episode Seventy Two - Sunny Regents Park with Natalie Haynes

Summer in Regents Park, where Rob and Paul are joined by writer, broadcaster, stand-up and classicist Natalie Haynes. Featuring classical tragedy and popular film, camels, bears and fancy ducks, nudity and toe-length in ancient Greece, but NO RUNNING ON THE GRASS.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/18/201738 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode Seventy One - Highs and Lows

The yin and the yang of life on a classic Islington loop; cold but Summery, beautiful but polleny, new rivers, old canals, private jets and forgotten support acts, preparation and improvisation, and spotting a minor celebrity... and her bag of poo.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/11/20171 hour, 3 minutes, 16 seconds
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Episode Seventy - Bluebells, Beasts and Kneejerk Knonsense

Normal service is resumed as Paul and Rob trot up the Parkland Walk to Highgate Wood. Featuring wheels and the wall, Liverpool and Lincoln, complaining about complainers, wheelie bins and wild beasts, toilets and traps, masculine pursuits and a man in a gorilla suit.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/4/20171 hour, 5 minutes, 56 seconds
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Episode Sixty Nine - The Virgin Money London Marathon 2017

Paul and Rob's full report on the weekend's long-anticipated adventures. Featuring before, after and longer after, the squirting of water and gels, body armour from both ancient Britain and a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, hot air balloons, spaghetti bolognese, to wee or not to wee, sub-3 and not sub-3, chilling on Sunday, martini Monday and much more besides.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/27/20171 hour, 9 minutes, 49 seconds
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Episode Sixty Seven - Last Thoughts Before London

Twice round the park and the boys are set for Sunday. Featuring predictions, temptations, Belgians, karaoke, ill-advised shoe shopping and the quest for a mantra.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/201727 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode Sixty Eight - A Marathon/Crossword Special with John Halpern

Rob takes a short run in London - a few days before the LONG run in London - with John Halpern, crossword setter, who is setting a crossword as he runs the marathon on Sunday. Featuring cryptic clues, crosswords and comedy, Christopher Wren, wedding rings and London landmarks.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/20/201737 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode Sixty Six - Six On Grass Round Hackney Marsh

A foot-friendly long loop-the-loop round Hackney's huge Marshes. Featuring toe trouble, DJ Dobby on the Decks, Brexit, clock nazis, proper dancin', smoothies and cocktails, saveloys and a tongue-tied crow.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/13/20171 hour, 3 minutes, 23 seconds
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Episode Sixty Five Kate Carter Guardian

A run along the Regent's Canal and around his park with the Guardian's Kate Carter who, like Paul, is hoping to do the London Marathon in less than three hours. Featuring drama, confusion and stupidity - right at the start - a noisy pontoon, Strava, cherry blossom, jam, a shy giraffe, international adventures, and hopes and plans for April.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/6/20171 hour, 14 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode Sixty Four - A Brighton Long'un, Part Three

The third and, thank goodness, final part of Paul and Rob's epic run, back along the coast to Brighton, past it, and back again. Featuring wind and waves, surfing and Starburst, nudism and ball games, piers, poles and the possibility of pasties, an inspiring statue of Steve Ovett, PWs, PSBs and PDBs. We may never know how far they went in the end - but it was pretty darn far.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/20171 hour, 18 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode Sixty Three - A Brighton Long'un, Part Two

The boys turn South from the South Downs Way and head towards the sea. Featuring a Runkeeper-related confession from Rob, Irish adventures - and accents - a beautiful, sad spot, lots of map-reading, Bill Bryson, the pros and cons of solitude, and a wind that slides inexorably up the Beaufort Scale towards Gale Force.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/30/201750 minutes, 41 seconds
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Episode Sixty Two - A Brighton Long'un, Part One

Rob and Paul head out from Brighton for a pre-London 22 miler. In part one they climb up to and along the beautiful, windy South Downs. Featuring the Bath Half in review, an old school Ordnance Survey map, cyclist/runner tension, invisible fences, the Hanson Method and a little bit of Withnail & I. To be continued...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/23/20171 hour, 9 minutes, 32 seconds
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Episode Sixty One - Bath Half

Adventures real and ridiculous, before, during and after Bath Half. Featuring flatulence, floozies, fancy dress, dinosaurs, impressive and not-so-impressive race times and all kinds of good fun and good people.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/16/201722 minutes, 55 seconds
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Episode Sixty - A Spring Taper Special

Ahead of their next Half Marathon, Paul and Rob keep it to a strict three miles round pretty Clissold Park. Featuring Tai Chi, tree surgery, tapering tips, saucy swans, skiing stories and thoughts on doing a Half for the first time.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/201736 minutes, 28 seconds
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Episode Fifty Nine - Road Rage

A little trot down the canal to Victoria Park turns out to be far more exciting than Rob and Paul could have expected. Featuring White Van Man, Cerys Matthews impressions, speed cameras, Driver Awareness courses and Motorway Service Areas - along with sinking boats, heavy rain, squawking parakeets, Oscars and running to jazz.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/2/20171 hour, 19 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode Fifty Eight - Spring is Springing

Paul and Rob check for evidence of Spring on a leisurely 7 miles round North London's parks and green spaces. Featuring noisy drills, road-crossing thrills, nights in Havana, parkrunners in bandanas, Jonny Lee Miller's muscles, squirrels, geese and castles, crocuses and daffs, and how to cook brown rice, and serve it up with something nice.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/23/20171 hour, 13 minutes, 37 seconds
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Episode Fifty Seven - Joe Warner

Round Regent's Park and up Primrose Hill with Joe Warner, Editor of Men's Fitness magazine, who's running the London marathon for Parkinson's UK. Featuring a surprise trip to Berlin with Haile Gebrselassie, a mystery bum ache, transformations, giant chocolate buttons, and how Boris Johnson drove Joe to drink.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/16/201753 minutes, 33 seconds
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Episode Fifty Six - Finsbury Fun

A short one for a change, as Rob and Paul head down for a spiral round Finsbury Park. Featuring Cross Country and Launch Lunch reports, Trainspotting, track suits, slips and sweats, caymans and couscous.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/9/201739 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode Fifty Five - Sub Zero

To distract themselves from the bitter chill of this North London run, Rob and Paul cover it all; treadmills, improving half marathon times, the yin-and-yang of inner voices, killing your pets to improve your marathon time, builders scamming your neighbours and much more besides. Features excitable dogs and a glimpse of a previous guest.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/2/20171 hour, 16 minutes, 1 second
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Episode Fifty Four - Way Out West Part Two

Paul and Rob complete their long run out along the Grand Union Canal to Hayes. Featuring potato techniques, family relationships, bittersweet comedy vignettes, Eva Longoria, foxes, herons and swans... lots and lots of swans.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/26/20171 hour, 1 minute, 26 seconds
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Episode Fifty Three - Way Out West, Part One

Rob and Paul pull a few January miles, with a long canal run out of London to the West. Featuring even more birds than usual, a gusset-toe interface, family members charging you full price, several branches of Sainsbury's and a coconut.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/19/20171 hour, 2 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode Fifty Two - Clapham Common with Bryony Gordon

Paul and Rob are joined by writer Bryony Gordon, author of Mad Girl, for a start-the-year walk-run round Clapham Common; it's a day for dynamic extremes - slow and fast, high and low, serious and silly, partying and planking, Ibiza and Kensington Palace, first-time London Marathoners and old campaigners, and the glory and grubbiness of the condom. Sorry - common.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/12/20171 hour, 2 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode Fifty One - Marathon Tips, Running Resolutions.

Rob and Paul hit the ground running in 2017, trying to untangle the headphone wires that are their running plans for the Spring. Featuring Rob's regime, friendly cyclists, unfriendly dogs, marathon mantras, to wee or not to wee - that is the question - and a return to the postage stamp of grass where it all began. Happy New Year everyone - and happy runnin'.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1/5/201747 minutes, 44 seconds
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Episode Fifty - Last Run of the Year

Paul and Rob run down the canal to Limehouse Basin, looking back over Running Commentary's 2016... once they've dealt with booze, foxes, teddy bears, sunken boats, sitcom-characters-in-real-life, Rob's knees and Paul's thoughts on what to do at a comedy gig when they've already had it all. It's been a good year everyone - thanks for listening. See you in 2017!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/29/201645 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode Forty Nine - Running Home for Christmas

A little one to help you not run TOO far over the Christmas weekend; Paul and Rob have just run South Manchester parkrun, where there was mud, lowering skies, questionable cornering, and a real-life elf. Happy Holidays!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/22/201618 minutes, 54 seconds
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Episode Forty Eight - Christmas Memories

Round Highgate Wood, and down memory lane, as Rob and Paul do some Christmas reminiscin'. Featuring the joy, sadness, and gluttony of the festive season, mid-life crisis rope swinging, student life then and now (it was grubbier then), grouting, foxes and Chris Rea.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/15/201656 minutes, 21 seconds
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Episode Forty Seven - Freezing and frosty with guest Tom Price.

Rob and Paul are joined by actor / comedian / DJ Tom Price on the coldest, crispiest morning of the year. Featuring Arsenal landmarks, running-as-therapy vs the worst kind of peer pressure, 'can you run with a broken thumb?', frost, sunshine, skiing, mountains, Argentine Tango, Doctor Who and Paul's car.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/8/201652 minutes, 44 seconds
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Episode Forty Six - happy on the Heath.

A 'dog run' round Hampstead heath on a beautiful Autumn day. Featuring classic cross country, road rage, big nights and nights off, violence and the avoidance of, and a variety of green birds.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12/1/20161 hour, 4 minutes, 40 seconds
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Episode Forty Five - Dark Clouds and Blue Skies.

Out East to Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes, where the sun starts shining and Autumn gets out the gorgeousness. Featuring apples, macs, Apple Macs, post-truth politics, poppies, and the beginnings of a review of the year - allowing for whatever might happen next.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/24/20161 hour, 11 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode Forty Four - Sorry Ms Jackson

Our guest this week is Lisa Jackson, author of Running Made Easy and Your Pace Or Mine, and sworn chat- and walk-runner. Featuring the Tower of London, South African things from biltong to Anthony Sher, and some excellent insight into some of the adventures that take place in a marathon beyond carb gels, motivational headphones and speedy PBs.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/17/201658 minutes, 29 seconds
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Episode Forty Three - November Sunshine

After a week of illness and international upheaval, a surprisingly lovely turn round the parks and waters of Hackney, Haringey and Islington. Featuring Planet Earth 2 plot spoilers, one runner feeling better than the other, football, films, a fleet float, footwear, fowl, families, Four Weddings... and a fuse box.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/12/20161 hour, 4 minutes, 21 seconds
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Episode Forty Two - Golden Brown

A crisp golden autumn run with a little bit of rock'n'roll Hackney thrown in for good measureSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11/4/20161 hour, 16 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode Forty One - Heroes and Villains

Still recovering from the Yorkshire Marathon, Paul and Rob take an Autumnal turn round Islington. Featuring Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra, Jarvis Cocker, Rosemary's Baby, killer clowns, multiple magpies, a hipster having canal boat-related difficulties, and Rob's friend Lesley. Quite an exciting morning all round!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/28/201649 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode Forty - last run before York.

Paul and Rob talk taper as we flash back to their last run together before the Yorkshire Marathon, on another sunny run round (and round) North London's Clissold Park. The sound of runners breathing comes in for some criticism - quite a pot-calling-the-kettle-black situation for listeners - along with chat about childhood games, parkruns, deer, and the boys' delicately balanced commitment - or lack of. But who's on a bit of a downer, and who seems ready for a fight? Listen and find out...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/20/201645 minutes, 9 seconds
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Episode Thirty Nine - Marathon Report

We join Rob and Paul in York just before the Yorkshire Marathon, and on their recovery run round Clissold Park afterwards. Featuring a scary hotel, a TV presenter getting a workout, Starburst, extreme weeing, a high-fiving vicar and a very impressive PB.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/14/201647 minutes, 35 seconds
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Episode Thirty Eight - mighty, modest Vassos Alexander

BBC broadcaster and incredible runner Vassos Alexander takes Paul and Rob - and his dog Holly - on a sunny spectacular round the green spaces of South West London. We hope you find this as inspiring as we did, it was GREAT. Some minor sound issues at the beginning - apologies.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/6/20161 hour, 16 minutes, 22 seconds
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Episode Thirty Seven - Can You Hear Louise?

Rob and Paul are joined by actor Louise Breckon Richards, along to tell us all about her autobiographical, one-woman play Can You Hear Me Running? - if she can get a word in. Featuring classic woods, real and pretend running.... but no plot spoilers.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10/6/201643 minutes, 47 seconds
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Episode Thirty Six - Indian Summer

Gorgeous September Sunshine in North London, as Rob and Paul discuss - and in one case execute - their last long runs before the Yorkshire Marathon. Featuring a Good Samaritan, a pack of dogs, fund raising, hill climbing, bird watching, a shiny conker and a vibrating knee.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/29/20161 hour, 21 minutes, 25 seconds
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Episode Thirty Five - Back to School

Rob and Paul head from Newington Green to Victoria Park along the canal - and back again. Featuring ideas for new sitcoms, all the new-term, September-y Autumness you can handle, a good look at the upcoming Yorkshire Marathon and hazards left right and centre.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/22/20161 hour, 57 seconds
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Episode Thirty Four - Two Mice, Two Tigers, Two Feet, Two Faces

The boys take a turn around Hackney's nicest bits on the cusp of Summer and Autumn. Featuring mid-life crisis hobbies, Buddhism and bare feet, Keats, a witch and some credit card fraud.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/15/20161 hour, 20 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode Thirty Three - squeezing the pips out of Edinburgh

The boys' last Caledonian run before Paul heads home and away - actually the second part of a 12-miler. Featuring flat-sharing, a Yorkshire Marathon preview, a Great North Run critique, baby-carriers, Braveheart and a speedy finish.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/8/20161 hour, 7 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode Thirty Two - The Innocent Railway

Rob shows Paul one of Edinburgh's lesser-known routes. Featuring bounce bouncers, a beef about a roast, a bit of local history and ZOMBIES!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9/1/201644 minutes, 23 seconds
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Episode Thirty One - Zoe Lyons

Fourth and final comedian on the Edinburgh run Zoe Lyons talks comedy and running. Zoe is a regular on 'Mock The Week' and is having a stonking time in EdinburghSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/25/201641 minutes, 15 seconds
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Episode Thirty - Mark Watson

Our third comedic run in Edinburgh with the hugely talented Mark Watson a regular on 'Mock The Week' and 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks'Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/25/201637 minutes, 23 seconds
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Episode Twenty Nine - Simon Evans

Our second run in Edinburgh with comedian Simon Evans, not only do we ask the question why do we enjoy running? Simon also talks about making financial news funny and there are bagpipes too, the noo!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/18/201630 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode Twenty Eight - Jason Byrne

A run with Irish comedian Jason Byrne that includes Black Belt comedy, the pain of running a Marathon. And nearly a technical disaster when Jason knocks one out as he runs. Running Commentary with Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/18/201639 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode Twenty Seven Tate That

Rob and Paul run from Pimlico central London via the old Tate to Tate Modern a journey that involves some disturbing stories of hairy legs whether salt or sugar is best to add to your hydration plan, bad jobs and London sights.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/11/20161 hour, 3 minutes, 5 seconds
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Episode Twenty Six - Scorchio

Picturesque North London Loop starting with Clissold Park in the sun, a run that involves the benefits of heavy drinking, rat urine and moths in the wardrobe running the beautiful Woodberry Wetlands and the Emirates Arsenal Stadium. Running Commentary is the podcast where comedians Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering talk about running, whilst running.It’s funny, free-form and frank, and covers plenty besides running, from nature to politics, parenting to booze and beyondSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8/3/20161 hour, 10 minutes, 56 seconds
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Episode Twenty Five - woodland witterings

Paul and Rob take a detour in more ways than one, covering a range of subjects as they cover new ground in Highgate Woods. Featuring favourite films, fancy dress, flowers, superheroes, high-speed challenges, tardiness, dogs, dark tales of the comedy circuit and... well, a lot of stuff.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/28/20161 hour, 10 minutes, 55 seconds
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Episode Twenty Four - the men from TRIBE

Guy, Rob and Tom from TRIBE - the guys who can take you for a run and/or put healthy running food through your door - take Rob and Paul on a Summer's evening jaunt round East London's green spaces. Featuring long-distance adventures, audacious road crossings, fascinating facts and first-date revelations.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/21/20161 hour, 4 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode Twenty Three - the awesome adventures of Susie Chan

Susie Chan, Guinness World Record holder and Ultra runner extraordinaire, joins Rob and Paul between marathons and multi-stage epics to tell them all about it, on an altogether more genteel turn around Regents Park and Primrose Hill. Featuring, pizza and pot noodles, birds and buckets, ants and alligators - well, caymans - and danger of death. Mainly from motor scooters.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/14/201650 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode Twenty Two - Matt Barbet's Marathons

Paul and Rob are joined by newsreader, presenter and two-time London Marathon-er Matt Barbet for a turn around Clissold Park in Stoke Newington. Featuring twangy hamstrings, speedy parents, cygnets, cycling, and a mysterious silvery wolf.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7/7/201634 minutes, 8 seconds
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Episode Twenty One - our first run outside Europe. Sort of.

The gentlemen put the world to rights on a trip to Victoria Park. Featuring canoes, foxes, squirrels, helicopters, plumbing supplies, Boris and a bunch of Brexit.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/30/20161 hour, 9 minutes, 54 seconds
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Episode Twenty - through North London's tropical rainforests

A wet wander through the boys' classic haunts, but via some hillier routes. Featuring hotly-contested parking tickets, near-death experiences, Nigel Havers and big red balls.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/23/20161 hour, 8 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode Nineteen - Miles Over the Moors, Part Two.

As it turns into a veritable jewel of a day, Rob and Paul continue their Yorkshire wander. Featuring doubtful directions, sheep and unicorns, a catalogue of minor injuries for Rob and a treat at the end for Paul.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/16/20161 hour, 5 minutes, 52 seconds
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Episode Eighteen - Miles Over The Moors, Part One

A change of scene for Rob and Paul as they start a long one in Yorkshire. Featuring birds, a bench, Bilberries, the word 'Buchanesque', and a distinct lack of confidence from the navigator. Will they ever return? TO BE CONTINUED...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/9/201646 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode Seventeen - A short run after a long one

Rob and Paul head East to Hackney Downs in the sunshine, having previously headed elsewhere. Featuring explanations and apologies, fake falls and niggling nipplesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6/1/201625 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode Sixteen - Dog Runnin'.

Paul and Rob go off-piste and find some new ways through their old stomping ground. Featuring Dog Runs, Dad races, bathroom breaks, secluded spots, a circus, and a little sound-effects fun from Steve the sound man.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/25/20161 hour, 7 minutes, 35 seconds
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Episode Fifteen - the Crouch End 10k

The big day! Featuring doubts, doughnuts and the near-mythical quest for Julie.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/20/201625 minutes, 44 seconds
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Episode Fourteen - Barefoot in the Park

Adventures in humid, verdant, rainier and rainier North London ahead of the boys' 10k in Crouch End. Featuring feet, confessions, the philosophy of the finish line, education, politics, doughnuts, classic literature, petrol-related adventures... there's very little not featured, if we're honest.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/12/20161 hour, 19 minutes, 20 seconds
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Episode Thirteen - North London in the sun

Paul and Rob are full of the joys of Spring - and the joys of having completed a marathon - in the parks and green spaces of North East London. Featuring cheats, crackheads and chin-ups, and memories of a traumatic wasp attack.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5/5/201657 minutes, 6 seconds
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Episode Twelve - The London Marathon!

Before, after and even-more-after the big day. Featuring... well, everything.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/28/20161 hour, 13 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode Eleven - through London, getting ready for LONDON!

A sunny taper trot along the Thames and North to and through Islington - featuring all Rob and Paul's pre-Marathon tips and theories - some more useful than others.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/21/20161 hour, 4 minutes, 51 seconds
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Episode Ten - A Springy Trot

As their pre-London Marathon taper begins, Rob and Paul get back to home turf - where Spring is springing - and talk kilometres, sideline supporters, showbiz parties and (more) arguments with strangers.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/15/201653 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode Nine - phase two of the big one

We rejoin Paul and Rob for an epic trot across North West London. Featuring picturesque parks, Paul's (lack of) pants, magpies, wolves, and a radical reassessment of the route.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4/7/20161 hour, 13 minutes, 49 seconds
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Episode Eight - celebrating parkrun, running in a park

Rob and Paul take a turn around London's surprisingly lovely Finsbury Park. Featuring parkruns, American Footballers, leaves, and the threat of unnecessary cartoon violenceSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/31/201629 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode Seven - Hampstead Heath, just for starters

The first leg of Rob and Paul's 20 miler, featuring heavy plant, flowering plants, stately homes and a host of... something daffodils.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/25/20161 hour, 7 minutes, 17 seconds
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Episode Six - Rob and Paul Run The Bath

'Rob and Paul report from the Bath Half Marathon. Featuring glorious weather, and several different takes on this classic run. Plus Paul comes into some money...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/16/201628 minutes, 24 seconds
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Episode Five - a sally round Ally Pally

Less than a week to go til the Bath Half Marathon, Rob and Paul take a turn round North London's nice bits. Featuring booze, Buddhism, belittling bald guys, literal mud-slinging, a picturesque palace, and a weird noise.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/9/20161 hour, 6 minutes, 49 seconds
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Running Commentary Episode Four: Spring is springing.

Regents Canal, Victoria Park, stories from the front line of parenting and veganism, and lucid critiques of Groucho Marx and George Clooney. No one fell or was pushed into the canal during the making of this programme...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3/3/20161 hour, 23 minutes, 29 seconds
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Running Commentary Episode Three: Early Starters (the last six miles)

Paul and Rob run a long way at an early hour through Hackney's green - if dark and damp - spaces. Featuring shocking admissions, heavy exercise regimes and a heartbreaking birthday story.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/25/20161 hour, 6 minutes, 4 seconds
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Running Commentary Episode Three: Early Starters (the first six miles)

Paul and Rob run a long way at an early hour through Hackney's green - if dark and damp - spaces. Featuring some nipple talk, and a lot of not-yet-open pubs.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/24/201645 minutes, 11 seconds
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Running Commentary Episode Two: Stories of Rage and Urination

Join Paul and Rob for a Sunday seven-miler - though for the record, they'd already done three. Featuring sad children, shy dogs and outsized sporting goods.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/18/20161 hour, 13 minutes, 15 seconds
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Running Commentary Episode One: Late Starters

This week Rob and Paul go over their reasons - alright, excuses - for not starting their London Marathon training (and Running Commentary) five weeks earlier. Plus: wind, ducks, Norwegians, mud, and a run in with the law.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2/10/201658 minutes, 29 seconds