Fascinating focus on form this week, as Paul picks the brains of Shane Benzie, running coach, movement specialist, researcher and founder of the Running Reborn coaching platform. Perfect timing for Paul, at last rediscovering his run after his

A Slice Of Festive Silliness

Dec 24th, 2020 22m 10s

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 cons

Rob's Marathon, Paul's Conundrum

6 days ago 43m 8s

Paul's still wrestling with whether to run the Marathon Des Sables after hurting his shoulder in a fall last week - and Rob's just done the Brighton Marathon; lots to talk about!SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY

Spaniel In The Works

13 days ago 40m 1s

Bad news for Paul as he takes a dramatic tumble in Highgate Woods just days out from the Marathon Des Sables. Featuring dogs, a heavy backpack, what the doctor says, shoulder comedy and shoulder care, Steve's corduroy accordion, Rob's latest pa

Wifely Woes And Miserly Whys

20 days ago 1h

Why does Rob need a gentle turn on Clissold Park's soft surfaces? Has Paul finally found his 'Why?' for the Marathon Des Sables? These questions and more are answered in this episode, along with the boys' musings on MDS prep, Jasmin Paris and t

Catching Up

27 days ago 1h 1m

A drizzly turn around Hampstead Heath, where the Spring flowers are blooming and the birds are enjoying the woods, for a good catch-up after Rob's week away. Featuring Paul's new watch - and the occasional clonk of his new bottle, muddy running

Today We Run All Day Part Three

Mar 21st, 2024 59m 32s

Rob and Paul's mileage is into double figures as their run through the Chilterns continues - with a long long climb back up to the tops. Featuring hydration vest but no hydration, Rob's continuing thumbnail drama, a little bit of fuelling, Moth

Today We Run All Day Part Four

Mar 21st, 2024 38m 6s

Paul and Rob's epic trot through the beautiful Chilterns draws to a close. Featuring Rob's transcendental potato, Paul's pack, a pretty park, the view from the top, a bit of yoga talk, the quest for moderation, the commitment to a twenty mile r

Today We Run All Day Part Two

Mar 14th, 2024 57m 48s

Back to the Chilterns with Rob and Paul in the second of the four episodes that make up this epic run - but will they make it to twenty miles? Featuring magic number four, that Chiltern-and-Ridgeway vibe, more posh places, gig report and the ch

Today We Run All Day Part One

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 26m

We join Paul and Rob in Chesham where they head off into the Chilterns in the first of the four episodes that make up this epic run - but will they make it to twenty miles? Featuring Paul's pack, Herbert's Hole, many a muddy morass, a fun parkr

Tough Enough

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 21m

The boys head off the Heath towards Primrose Hill, Regents Park and beyond, on a windy, muddy Tonks' MDS training run. Featuring Paul kitting himself out for the MDS - technically AND spiritually, Rob mis-identifying a classic car, tough talk,

Mud And Madness

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 26m

Rob and Paul are already a few miles in - particularly Paul - as they head through Hightgate towards the softer parts of Hampstead. Featuring long runs on consecutive days, being buffeted by Spring, parkrun report (good), gig report (bad), Rudi

This One's For Kelvin

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 1m

Tragic news broke on the sunny morning Rob and Paul ran out on this week - the untimely death of the world's fastest marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum, and his coach Gervais Hakizimana; RIP. This episode, for what it's worth, is dedicated to those

Ally Pally Replay

Feb 15th, 2024 50m 3s

Rob takes Paul round the Alexandra Palace parkrun course for a review of his latest Saturday morning adventure. Also featuring party time at Tonkinson Towers, daughters going global, sociable strangers, Deering's driving adventures, gig report,

Snowdrops!

Feb 8th, 2024 51m 41s

As per tradition, Paul and Rob see the new month in by taking a turn around Hampstead Heath. Featuring theatre review, max-ing the mileage and feeling the fitness, making it to parkrun then staying for the art, magpie multiples, stepping off th

Is It Spring Yet?

Feb 1st, 2024 59m 36s

On the morning after the storm, Rob and Paul check out the sunny woods. Featuring weekend report, the clash of a training schedule with real life, struggling comedians, film talk, what lockdown did to us, Rob's next Ultra, another canine moment

Blue Skies On Blue Monday

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 22m

Blue Monday schmoo Monday! A beautifully bright, cold, long run round Alexandra Palace and environs brings nothing but joy, pals and big plans for Rob and Paul. Featuring gig report, the irritating value of abstemiousness, concert-and-movie rev

Snowflakes

Jan 18th, 2024 1h 3m

Rob and Paul run round Wanstead Flats on the wintriest day of the year so far. Featuring the world going back to work, domestic doldrums, getting-and-staying muddy, gig-and-no-gig report, to-do and to-don't lists, strange men in the woods, no-p

New Year, New You, Not Yet

Jan 11th, 2024 55m 54s

Once again, Happy New Year! In a moment of surprisingly clement weather post-storm Henk, Rob and Paul catch up for a festive debrief. Featuring the darts, twixtmas gigs, good and bad shows seen, New Year's Eve adventures, parkruns attended - an

Happy New Year... We Hope

Jan 4th, 2024 45m 25s

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Rob and Paul start it off on Hampstead Heath, as per tradition. Featuring Paul prepping for the MDS, and writing about it, then racing all the way back to York, Rob's beef with Axl Rose, Paul's sympathy with a teeny-wee

With A Whimper

Dec 28th, 2023 35m 21s

Paul's poorly and Rob's not much better as the year draws to a close, and the rain is unrelenting, but a review of the year can't help but lift the spirits. We look at how far Paul has come, Rob's ascetic mission to the mountains, the road thro

The Holiday 2: Into The Woods

Dec 21st, 2023 1h 6m

As we head for the Winter solstice and Christmas itself, Paul and Rob had into the damp and gloomy woods. Featuring new insight into training-for-your-training, festive film-and-show round-up, celebrating 'winter defence festival', Rob getting

Head Over Heels On The Heath

Dec 14th, 2023 1h 4m

December's turn around Hampstead Heath sees gorgeous winter sunshine and a poorly podcast presenter. Featuring the sad end of health month, gigs in the midlands, parkrun report, a festive shopping excursion, getting into good habits, planning

Get Some Exercise, Lose A Few Pounds

Dec 7th, 2023 57m 29s

It's the end of November for the boys, and there's much to report - including progress on Health Month, Paul's adventures in Australia, gig report - how comedy has changed! - double parkrun report, some brilliant birds, a painful loss for Rob,

Q&A Part Two

Nov 30th, 2023 52m 19s

More inspiring questions for Rob and Paul in part two of our Autumn Q&A, on a few loops through the beautiful autumn-tree scenery of Clissold Park. Featuring dream events, social runs, wrong-doing, dog wrangling, more finish line chat, race rec