There are some exciting trails between Crouch End and Highgate, apparently, and in this episode Paul and Rob head off up 'em. Featuring finding your people, Rob's son turning eighteen, Paul's son walking the creative road, gig report, the joy of music, highs, lows and being in the moment, a few more of your questions - fancy dress, RTTS tips, dream running buddies - some strangely positive trouble in the woods, arbitrary disapproval and how to deal with it, and a little running-relationship coun...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 384
Our Q&A special continues! In this instalment Rob and Paul talk about great advice, sub-20 parkruns, running in books and movies, medals and events, that pre-marathon long run, the perfect event and a potential Deering-Yelling jaw-off. Meanwhile, a woman runs round Woodberry Wetlands - will she get away with it? Thank you once again for all your great questions - and, as ever, for sharing your running lives with us - and supporting us through the Acast Supporter button. Namaste. You get Rob'...
Mar 02, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 383
In the first part of our Q&A special, Rob and Paul wrestle with all the big subjects: coming back after illness and injury, food - whether you're feasting or fuelling, drink - from electrolytes to two-bottle-Sundays, perfect places to run, what I talk about when I talk about shoes, how stretching helps, and how important is is to breathe. Plus more of your PBs and, perhaps the most important question of all: why doesn't Paul wear a hat? Thank you for all your great questions - and, as ever, ...
Feb 23, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 382
Paul's back, and on a beautiful morning he and Rob head to Wanstead Park for a lovely turn through the woods and round the lakes there. Featuring Paul's trip to Ireland, Rob chasing mileage, the mirror-like lakes and grassy swards of the park, gig reports, adventures around Britain for Rob including a full Dudley parkrun report, Paul's friend the Doc with the tick-tocking clock, Sunday drinking, soft surfaces and some of your fantastic PBs. Rob's recorder lost it a bit towards the end; apologies...
Feb 16, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 381
Paul is away having adventures, so runner extraordinaire, world record holder and erstwhile friend-of-the-show Kate Carter steps in for a sunny turn around beautiful Battersea Park. Featuring memories of running on an empty tank, gatecrashing a movie set, the blessing and the curse of chasing times, panda costumes and space suits, marathon memories and London anticipation, a 50k and a composer faux pas, VHS and Betamax, how living in the future turned out, Kate's Cutty Sark theory, how pacing he...
Feb 09, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 380
Paul and Rob take their monthly turn around Hampstead Heath, and talk about preparations for their 10k and Half Marathon in March - but only after they've covered spousal socials, Steven Spielberg, good and bad gigs, dogs and dinosaurs, Henry, Roger and Ian Moore, the group dynamics of Black Moss Pot, the beating heart of Notting Hill, and a Die Hard / Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em crossover. Apologies to your ears; there were some sound issues with this week's record - leaving a few slightly strange...
Feb 02, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 379
A classic Parkland Walk catch-up in the January chill. Featuring Rob's 10k report - and Paul's 10k plans - talking Ultras and Water Bras at the National Running Show, argumentative compadrés, dog grooming, winter underfoot, boiler trouble and the culture of D.I.S.E., towpath slapstick, birthdays and anniversaries, the ephemeral nature of parkrun, and why dogs don't trust Rob. Thank you as ever for both your generosity through the Acast Supporter button, and for sharing all your running adventure...
Jan 26, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 378
Sub-zero temperatures and winter sunshine as Paul and Rob take a turn through frost-covered Walthamstow and Hackney Marshes. Featuring icy beauty, all kinds of birds, gig, run and booze reports, 10k prep or the lack thereof, dramatic river scenes, Ultra thoughts, shonky knees and spicy calves, a surprise moment of familial pride, long-distance yoga, 'Blue Monday', not wasting time, and a gauntlet thrown. Thank you, as ever, for your wonderful generosity through the Acast Supporter button, and fo...
Jan 19, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 377
Paul and Rob take advantage of a brief break in January's demoralising weather to take a turn round Finsbury Park. Featuring new shorts, Paul's Daughter's 10k, Rob's first parkrun of the year, that second-week-of-January feeling, new year, new projects, and a deep-ish dive into the early days of marathon training. Thanks again to everyone who was so generous to us through the Acast Supporter button over Christmas - and thank you for sharing your running life with us on line; what a lovely bunch ...
Jan 12, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 376
As rain clouds gather, the slopes and woods of leafy North London see Paul and Rob's first run of the year. Featuring the full Christmas and New Year's Eve report - dinner, shopping, relatives, shows, cocktails, watching Happy Valley - and the beginning of all those New Year commitments: parkrun, work-life balance, yoga with Adriene, the plans of the progeny, watching Happy Valley. Plus: festive films and romcoms beyond Christmas. Most importantly, this episode features a huge thank you to all o...
Jan 05, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 375
Rob runs the London Marathon on its joyous return to the iconic course post-lockdown - and Paul’s at home polishing his award. Featuring all the atmosphere and excitement of the 2021 run, Paul’s award-winning adventures, celebrities and fancy-dress runners, and all the news from the start, middle and finish of Rob’s sixteenth marathon. Congratulations to anyone and everyone who ran last Sunday - not just in London, but virtually, in Loch Ness, Wiltshire... all over the place. You’re beautiful pe...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 310
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 Mi...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 254
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-commentary Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 22, 2019•58 min•Ep. 196
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...
May 02, 2019•46 min•Ep. 176
