Rob and Paul's first run of 2025 finds them on a chilly Hampstead Heath. Featuring delayed abstemiousness, new and returning runners, New Year's Eve adventures in Hackney, the first gigs of the year, trouble with gates and gorse, running-related Christmas presents, offloading old stuff, big new exercise plans - particularly pertaining to press-ups - avoiding photoshoots, and dogs, and keeping on running.

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