Thoughts on a Run

Hannah does not strive to learn but she sure does strive to chit chat. This week she pushes the zazz with some ink-redible, tatt-tastic, and spicy but manageable tattoo talk. Missy’s thought similarly leaves a lasting impression as she journeys through the amazing efforts of WWII hero and badass Andrée Eugéniede Jongh and the legendary Comet Line. Ordinary people doing extraordinary, brave, generous, and kind things for one another is what makes the world go round! So, celebrate the small wins and collect the good moments. For the past 30 years (Happy Birthday, son) Missy’s brought the truth while Hannah laid down the whimsy, and this episode is no different. So, grab your hot cross bun and slather it in ya ear holes (the podcast, not the festive baked goods).

Hannah has pep in her step and Missy could out-sweat you any day of the week. Following a magical, mystical, fantastic morning run Missy calls back to the origin of Aotearoa’s nation-wide Emergency Services number - that’s right, one-one-one for episode 111. Hannah squeezes out a spiffing good job with some dripping juicy jabber all about juice! (served with a sneaky smoothie on the side). Shout out to Dad, happy 75th birthday to one of the best girl-dads out there. How many PSAs is too many for a single episode? Give this a ding dong in your ear holes to find out.

Ding, ding, ding, Hannah Mooney is giving that PB bell a jolly good ring-a-ling following a blistering effort at the Harcourts Hamilton Half marathon. What a run! A bad tech rehearsal means a good show, and golly do we put on a show for you this week. Following some extensive running event dissection, Hannah lets it rip on the fartlek training method with some tooting good chat. Missy is phenomenal as she casts her mind this way, that way, forwards and backwards in her attempt to get to the bottom of the collective false memory theory known as the Mandela Effect. Feat a side serving of parallel realities *spooky music plays*. It’s a slippy, trippy, dippy good time.

PSA(s) - please keep left and fart is a funny word.

It’s balloon season and, on the brink of the Harcourts Hamilton Half Marathon, Missy’s ear causes Hannah discomfort. Don’t worry, we’ve got enough carrots redibly available. Missy buries the lead with some tasty treasure chat, but stikes gold (or tinfoil) with some searching and scintillating metal detector dialogue. Hannah feels like the internet is lying to her but still gives it all that with some Go-GURT chat. Is there anything more tasty that a deep dive into the lore of squeezable yogurt tubes? We’ll wait. Lastly, a moment of silence for all the accidentally binned tea spoons and kiwifruit spoons of our childhoods.

Gasps abound this week as Missy smashes, cracks, and hoons a new Parkrun PB. Cold wash is key, but jeans in the freezer, myth or life hack? Hannah gets down and dirty and cleans up with some thawtful chat about how to clean your jeans (spoiler alert, it’s not in the freezer compartment of your fridge). Missy goes massive with some colossal convo about everyone's favourite terrible lizard, that’s right, this is the dinosaur episode! “Life finds a way” and so does this podcast (it’s a really good hoon on the spoon). Hurry up and wait, get this in your ear holes and hang your washing out, it’s sure to tickle your fancy.

Your best ding dongs are back with the same old silly sing songs. If you make it past an extremely laborious story, Missy absolutely sends it with some roaring good rhetoric and cool convo about arguably the most underrated Olympic sport: curling (yeehaw let’s do it!). Hannah gives it the old jingle jangle and get’s chattering about chatter rings, a Kiwi classic that is not only practically indestructible but also immediately entertaining and peak annoying (just like this podcast). Grab some cinnamon and give this a hoon in the pan.

What’s ridiculous but super earnest at the same time? You guessed it, this podcast! Hannah does a bit of faffing about (which is on brand) and Missy’s a smelly, moody, broody, cover goose. Tall flopping figures, chaotic flailing, and undulating tall boys, that’s right, this is the inflatable arm man episode. Crazy inflatable arm Han flails through her thought (jk Missy is a big fan). Then, love is in the air, when Missy gives the goss on everyone’s fave 3rd century Roman Saint, Valentine. She serves all the spicy, or should I say vinegary, details of his martyrdom while Hannah sings intermittently and concurrently. There’s also a sneaky, cheeky, and very exciting running announcement this week that’s just waiting to slip n slide down your ear holes.

Two years of this! Happy second birthday Thoughts on a Run! We had the best time clip-clopping (running) from Hamilton to Cambridge. This week, Missy gets monumental and a little bit inspiring as she gives it all that on the Boston Marathon - specifically the women who claimed their spot in one of the worlds oldest races.They ran so we could run! Hannah brings up the rear with some scintillating sequel theory chat (it’s part of the point of the podcast). Does she pull it off? Jury’s still out. Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or have just started listening, we’re grateful that you’re here, thank you. If there’s one thing we’ve learnt in the past two years it’s don’t slip over, but go on, slip this over your ear holes.

What’s black and white and red all over? A stingray eating a pie (with tomato sauce). What has that got to do with this week’s episode? Very little. Hannah’s astonished that she made it to the end of the balls. More importantly, on the eve of Thoughts on a Run’s 2nd birthday, it’s twins all round and absolute scenes because Hannah and Missy have THE SAME THOUGHT! It’s tangy, it’s saucy, it’s gloriously glossy, it’s the Ketchup vs Tomato sauce episode. Brace yourself for copious condiment chat and a surprise cooking segment that (for once) doesn’t feature jacket potatoes. Be good and we’ll ketchup later.

Happy FriYAY, the old bags are back. Stutters and misspeaks galore this week and Hannah has clippy eyes. Missy gets sweaty as she smokes through some fragrant perfume prattle. Head notes, heart notes, base notes, that’s right, we have an accord! Hannah rolls on into some piping hot chat, getting loud and windy as she drones on about the legendary bagpipe. Whether you're striding highland hilltops or AC/DC -  bagpipes get the job done. Remember, perfume ya pits and get this in your flapjack.