Running Commentary

Rob ran round beautiful Buttermere in the Lake District with Jo Wilkinson, where they had a great chat about Jo's coaching career, her own spectacular athletic achievements, and her new book Masters Running - 5k To Half Marathon.
Thanks Jo - we must do that again; lots more to talk about!
Jo's website Running Jo is here: https://www.runningjo.co.uk/
And her book is available here: https://www.crowood.com/book/masters-running-5k-to-half-marathon/
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The Yorkshire Marathon 2026 sees Rob ready to run, Paul on roving reporter duties, and George and his friend Ned experiencing the event for the first time. Featuring the RunComPod get together, thoughts before the start, hydrating George, back in the VIP suite post-run, and Rob's full debrief on the Heath.
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Paul ran with Sam Tomlinson, high-achieving Ultra runner, fellow MDS finisher and all-round wise and lovely fellow.
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Rob and Paul are on Hackney Marshes for their last run together before the Yorkshire Marathon. Featuring bad knees, dizzy spells, the weather, gig and parkrun report, falling into the pace gap, where George is at, when people you love are unwell, the irrelevance of long-distant running memories, marginal gains in a marathon, and running vs life.

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Paul's son George is about to run the Yorkshire Marathon - so how's that going to go? The story starts in Asia...

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A long lope from the Parkland Walk to Woodberry Wetlands' West Reservoir and back sees Rob and Paul talk about amazing women - Amanda Wildgoose, Nell McAndrew, two parkrun participants and of course the brilliant Deering and Tonkinson wives and daughters, to be specific - plus the new path on the south side of West Reservoir where running is allowed - and the boys' thoughts on how to do a marathon. But will they both make it to the start line?

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Rob meets and runs with mighty marathon runner, erstwhile celeb and award-winning Yorkshirewoman Nell McAndrew during a beautiful sunrise over stunning Nostell Priory Park.

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Paul and Rob usher in October on Hampstead Heath. Featuring inappropriate partial nudity, a literary event and some Yorkshire running for Paul, a GP with a secret to share, a rash of ridiculous runs for Rob, changing with age - or not - gig report, Julia's first parkrun - and what that showed Rob - the arrival of Autumn, the Vitality London 10,000, where the boys are at as the Yorkshire Marathon looms, and memories of comedian Ronnie Golden - RIP.

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Rob compares thoughts on Ultras with Amanda Wildgoose on a speedy trot round Beckenham Place Park.
Thanks Amanda! Good luck in your next run.

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On a wander round wonderful Wanstead's Flats and Woods, Rob and Paul catch up. Featuring the eponymous nail, Bonnie convalescing, appropriate outfits, the approach of Autumn, Paul on a treadmill, George and Rob at the Shoreditch Half, top-notch bird action, your PBs and other stories, and our plan and thoughts ahead of York.

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A double interview special as Rob goes for a run with Martin Charlton and Mo Abdelkhalek, who are both running the Vitality London 10000, and have very different stories to tell.
Thanks guys - let us know how it goes.
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Paul and Rob run up the Parkland Walk to Highgate Woods for the first time in a while. Featuring Bonnie's troubles, different Saturday morning plans, high mileage and consistent parkrunning for Rob, country training ahead for Paul, Shoreditch Half, the Great North Run and half mara mantras, correspondents' questions, running-related clickbait, reading report, interacting with real people, anticipating the Yorkshire Marathon, and what the rest of the next generation are up to.

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The Deerings take a turn as Julia contemplates fitting fitness into her busy schedule - and training for her first half Marathon.

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Our bumper season opener concludes, with Paul trying to get off the socials - and leaving Sky - Rob's parkrun report - and non-parkrun report - being inspired by Tyson Fury, Forrest Gump and Suzy Strath, our Autumn run plans and family news, and a guess at what the future holds.

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Rob runs round Clissold Park catching up with Lizzy Pollott. She's got a refreshingly different relationship to the technology of running to Rob and Paul - and she's made a big decision about her next marathon.

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Rob met up with 'Sweary' Helen Thorn in hip-as-can-be Shoreditch to hear all her news; why is she on the bench? What's her new writing gig? What went wrong in Cape Town? How was her first Ultra? And what's next?
Thanks Helen. Take care; hope you're running again soon.

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Season Two begins! In part one of our bumper opener, Paul and Rob find new paths over Hampstead Heath and talk ten years of change, the long hot summer, marital bliss, happy holidays, the highs and lows of their August running, and simple pleasures like frisbee in a field or bare feet on the beach.

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In the sun in Clissold Park, Paul and Rob catch up. Featuring gigs, festivals, gigs at festivals, Rob in the wars, lego, moomins and sorting your house out, life in hot weather, Josh Kerr's mile record, some birthdays, and Rob's writing plans.

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Paul & Rob's first run out after the Coast to Coast sees them in Regents Park. Featuring a track session - despite not feeling 100% - for Paul, some Norwegian and ship-based running for Rob, Rob's theory about what's on Rob and Paul's hard drives, a graduation, a parkrun, and where the C2C left them ahead of the Autumn - Paul working towards a decent marathon, and Rob looking even further, both into the future and along the trail.

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We catch up with George - and Paul - at Tonkinson Towers, where they talk of the eclipse, a track session and training for the Yorkshire Marathon.

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