Today I'm joined by the one and only Tom Williams, parkrun COO and one host of the podcast Marathon Talk.

Following parkrun's recent statement I knew I wanted to speak with a guest about the hot topic and planned return.

I saw that Tom was actively posting about parkrun on Twitter one day and thought I'd tweet and ask if he'd like to come onto the podcast.

My Mum has always taught me, if you don't ask, you don't get and the worst someone can say is no. Lucky for you and I, Tom said yes! And here we are.

After recording a 2 hour Facebook Live Tom jumped straight onto Zoom with me to answer all of your questions. He initially promised me half hour and I was worried about how I could fit everything into that time.

But as you can tell by the length of the podcast, we were chatting for a lot longer than that and this was definitely one of the most interesting and engaging conversations. I can't thank Tom enough for taking the time to record this for us.

Despite recent negativity in the media about the current affairs in the UK, we tried to keep the chat positive and lighthearted, as well as wanting to answer some concerns and changes we may see as park runners in the future.

The main message that came from the chat at the end, is very powerful and I hope you can all take on board Tom's suggestions following on from this.