Running Commentary

Just days before the Race To The Stones, Paul and Rob take a traditional turn around Clissold Park's soft surfaces and discuss their readiness - or lack thereof. Featuring shoe review, how carrying is a carry-on, maranoia and other pre-event maladies, delicious potatoes, industrial-size tubs of vaseline and what to do when your head explodes.

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Rob's already run many a mile and Paul's still favouring soft surfaces - how will this affect their Race To The Stones plans? Also featuring Tonks' yoga schedule, Rob's running adventures in Wales and parkrun report, Paul's Father-in-Law's blasé attitude to his health, and what 'men did in the old days'.

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On Rob and Paul's now-traditional monthly turn about Hampstead Heath, Rob describes his high-mileage, regular parkrun training schedule ahead of the Race to The Stones - and Paul lays out his radical plan. Also featuring parkrun report, bird lectures, and what it might really mean to 'walk the hills'.

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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/9781472975270

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In the beautiful countryside around Bradford-On-Avon in Wiltshire, Rob runs with Renee McGregor, sports dietitian and author of More Fuel You: Understanding Your Body and How To Fuel Your Adventures. On a perfect day - and with perfect timing as Paul and Rob's Race To The Stones is just a month away - Renee gives us a fascinatingly three-dimensional picture of how to make nutrition work for you. Her two dogs get a good run out too.

PAUL TONKINSON WILL RETURN.

Renee's new book is available here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/more-fuel-you/renee-mcgregor/damian-hall/9781839810824. And while we're on books, 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/9781472975270

Happy running.

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Rob has stories to tell of high mileage and faraway parkruns, but Paul's legs are showing a bit of the old trouble, on a brief and ginger run/walk round - you've guessed it - Clissold Park. Featuring boozy taxi drivers, regal hounds and your PBs.

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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/9781472975270

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Part two: with the Race To The Stones looming, Paul and Rob head out for a longer run on the closest routes to trails their locale can offer. Featuring sudden bad weather, ways to run fast when you're old, humanity in the face of adversity, more posh houses, and a review of Rob and Paul's physical condition as the miles tot up.

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With the Race To The Stones looming, Paul and Rob head out for a longer run on the closest routes to trails their locale can offer. Featuring inappropriate preparation, snack testing, parkrun report, tales from the road, Rob's many ailments, Paul marshalling - thank you marshal - and whether to go to Dubai, and who with if so.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Thank you, as ever for sharing your running lives with us on Twitter, facebook and Instagram - and for subbing us through the Acast Supporter button. You're beautiful people and we love you; 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/9781472975270

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With Paul poorly, a game Natalie Haynes steps in for an extremely damp trot around Regents Park. Featuring Homer, waterfowl, beautiful trees, returning to live performance after lockdown, returning to running fitness after covid, and all kinds of journeys home, be they metaphorical, mythical, or on a wet bike through Camden Town.

Thank you Natalie. PAUL TONKINSON WILL RETURN.

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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/9781472975270

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Rob and Paul's state-of-the-union run around Hampstead Heath on the first Tuesday of the month has become a Running Commentary tradition in 2022, although this is the first time the first point of business has been the state of Rob's caboose. Also featuring a report from Ivo Graham's 50k 'Machathon', spectacular trees and flowers, finally starting to really think about Race To The Stones, wandering down new paths on the Heath without getting lost, all kinds of shows - comedy and otherwise, and an anniversary.

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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/9781472975270

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On an absolutely stunning morning for a turn round Ally Pally and Highgate-and-Queens Woods, Rob shares his... personal troubles. Featuring the age-old problem of where to keep your awards, parkrun report, maturity and whether Paul and Rob are ever likely to exhibit any, what's happening at the comedy coalface, Wisteria season, binge-watching real life - and all your fantastic PBs.

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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/9781472975270

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