Running Commentary

Running Commentary


Latest Episodes

Breaking the Wall - a Race to the Stones Special
July 06, 2018

With the Dixons Carphone Race to the Stones - a 100k ultra along the beautiful Ridgeway - coming up, they asked Paul and Rob on their thoughts about getting through 'the wall'. Here's the expert and not-so-expert advice the boys came up ...

Park Run (not a parkrun)
July 05, 2018

Rob and Paul resort to their Summer safety run - a few short loops of Clissold Park - and talk medieval diseases, medals, media associates and major achievements

What's on with Watson
June 28, 2018

The marvellous Mark Watson returns to share his training for the Berlin Marathon with Paul and Rob - in a very real sense, as they join him for a long run in the sun round Alexandra Palace and Highgate Wood. Featuring pre-internet stand-up memories, Ma...

Hit and Run and Run Back
June 21, 2018

Beautiful scenery - and lovely dogs - as Paul and Rob tour their North London estates. Featuring Parkrun tourism, low-level criminality on Fathers’ Day, nostalgia in the West Country, a warm welcome in the Midlands, how to succeed in showbusiness, dist...

Pair of Wallys Up Ally Pally
June 14, 2018

Quite a lot of adventures for the boys this week, as they tour the Crouch End estate; bobbins, bewhiskered old rock stars, backaches, planes (private), giving up the gardening, rope swings, barefoot runs, microwaves, planes (model), puns, protests, par...

Up and Down, Back to Front
June 07, 2018

Paul and Rob run North and East - and ultimately West - through Hackney, and discuss Paul's bad back, Michael Mac's attack, bowls, hills, Halfs, Alistair Campbell, climbing rocks, floating stones, Love Island, Britain's Got Talent, poppi...

Back In The Hoods, In The Woods
June 01, 2018

After their countryside adventure, Rob and Paul head back up their Parkland Walk to Queens Wood - but there's nature there too, as Summer continues apace. Featuring Rob's lovely legs, how (on Earth) you run an Ultra, a radio review and some p...

Sunshine on the Ridgeway
May 25, 2018

A foray into the Wiltshire countryside, as Paul and Rob run the ancient Ridgeway from Avebury to Barbury Castle - on a perfect May day. Featuring Paul's report from the front line of marshalling, Rob's new mantra, a round-up of everyone else...

Drink, Run, Cough, Plank
May 17, 2018

Sunshine over North London, as Paul and Rob take the tour; Finsbury Park, Woodberry Down, Clissold Park, Highbury Field, Emirates Stadium, Gillespie Road Garden... and Finsbury Park. Beautiful, but challenging, with a lot of pollen in the air, and alco...

Frances Quinn, Billy Ocean and Dave
May 10, 2018

Rob and Paul run in and around Market Harborough with Frances Quinn on a jewel of a day. Featuring bespoke Bake-Off-champion-baked cakes, some very impressive marathon results, a beastly blister, people who hurt their backs but run anyway, running with...