April 02, 2021

S2 Eps 17 Young Hearts, Run Free - Bob Turner Cool Runnings - 2 Apr 2021

1 hour 29 minutes

And just as you thought Easter weekend couldn’t get any better along comes our 37th episode. Time for another brilliant guest to join us and be sure to hang on until the end of the show as we announce our Pyllon Exposure Ultra Marathon place competition winner!!

This week John & Steven catch up with Bob Turner. It’s safe to say Bob likes running and now specialises in a distance most of us struggle to comprehend.

100k racing isn’t for the faint of heart, but then you don’t become the British 100k champ being faint-hearted. You don’t choose 100k racing, it chose’s you.

Bob lets us know in his own relaxed, mild mannered way what it has taken to get to what we’d class as the summit of his running mountain. Not that he intends leaving that summit any time soon.

From early promise as a Steve Cram inspired kid to a wayward spell on the side lines during Uni years and then falling back in love with running in his 30s we leave no stone unturned.

During that time Bob’s represented both Scotland and GB numerous times, we speak about the memories these have left behind and his plans to keep on featuring in team selectors thoughts for many years to come.

His journey has taken him from a spritely 5k/10k specialist through to a seasoned ultra-marathoner. Injury though hampered Bob’s progress several times and we discuss how he came through that, and how discovering mobility and strength & conditioning helped cure his woes.

With a marathon PB of 2hrs 31 mins and a 100k PB of an amazing 6hr 51 mins it would be an easy assumption to make that Bob’s story is unrelatable to many of us. Trust us, it isn’t, it’s all relative and all inspiring.

Happy Easter everyone from us. Enjoy the treats, enjoy your miles!!

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