A last blast of summer sunshine in North London as the boys head up the Parkland Walk and round Highgate Woods - and welcome new listeners! Featuring Rob's version of two-bottle Sunday, Paul's speedy track event, long runs for both, fun over fifty, bats, parkrun report, the body remembering, partying smarter, not harder, chino chino, escaping escapism, thinking about thoughts, staying playful, signing books*, marathon fuel ideas, winter plans and youthful running - or not running. SUBSCRIBE...

After gigging out West, Rob and Paul crash in Bristol and have a go on Eastville parkrun. Featuring sitcom-style house-sitting, Autumn blowing in, long run training, religious frisbee, pre-parkrun preparations, the run itself, DFYB, line theft, conkers, trees, lakes, birds and a motorway, Rob's shonk, Paul's dog, and sharing the parkrun love. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here -...

September begins and the holidays are over as Rob and Paul run round Hyde Park. Featuring running by the sea - and getting in it - building strength, not going to parkrun, going to parkrun, and EVERYONE going to parkrun, festival fun, a thankless gig for Paul, Rob missing his Radio Hour, where George is at, Oasisgate and other dynamic-pricing talk - and, of course, where the boys are at with York not far away. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you...

Paul and Rob head up to Highgate on the first chilly, grey day in a while. Featuring silliness in comedy, smooth corrections, little wins, moving forward… and staying calm when the woods are closed. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness...

Paul and Rob take a turn round the parks, reservoirs and canals as some cooler weather blows in. Featuring good news for Rob's Daughter, question marks for Paul's son, fishcakes, sleeping arrangements, marathons and maturity, ongoing ailments, Green Man report, environmental shenanigans by the New River, lots of lovely birds, and new beginnings - for the youngsters anyway. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here -...

Rob and Paul return to the Parkland Walk and Highgate Wood on the hottest day of the year. Featuring old friends, facial recognition technology, parkrun report, crazy foxes, hot weather energy, Olympic achievements, viewing and drinking habits - and whether you can change them - and plans for the rest of the Summer. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here -...

On a jewel of a morning on Hampstead Heath Paul and Rob are reunited after sundry international adventures. Featuring dog stuff, not training enough, returning to parkrun, when bronze beats silver, travel troubles, wonderful wives, the magic of music and forgoing the Fringe. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s...

Paul and Rob - and friends - take part in the Saucony London 10k right in the heart of the city. Featuring readiness - or lack of - further intense July news events, the magic of a 10k, posh stuff pre-race, Euros-watching plans, getting back to parkrun, and of course the race report itself - partying on the course, ups and downs and there and backs, Paul chilling with the elites, total lack of plastics, good vibes and Rob stalking an influencer. What's more, we've got additional race reports...

With Rob still not the fittest, Paul takes a run with with George, who's getting stronger every day. Featuring some Rudi-related phone dominoes, Strava - imagine! - George's new shoes, replacing Deering with Sheeran, creeping competitiveness at the Tonkinson track session, where to watch the football, the Southgate question, looking cool in front of the kids, staying loose against your instincts, healthy choices, where hills and the weather fit into the marathon experience, and where training...

Birds, kids and park users galore enjoy the sunshine in Regents Park as Rob and Paul take a turn. Featuring the football, the memory police, a track session for the Tonks boys, a camel and some predictions for the London 10k. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness...

Paul and Rob meet in Ally Pally after probably the five most eventful days of the year so far, and the General Election leads to one of their very occasional dangerous forays into politics, with some full-on RunCom commentary. Also featuring run report, the Euros, Rob's latest medical adventure, Paul's 30th anniversary gig, Andy Murray, England's penalties transcending everything, adventures on Rob's mini tour, partial nudity, high emotions alone in a vehicle, and trying to recognise when...

It's July so - of course - a cold grey morning sees the boys back on Hampstead Heath. Featuring the Dubai tour/holiday, Paul's legs and Rob's ribs, July kicking off full of thrills for Britain - Glastonbury, the Euros, Wimbledon and Pride - more magpies than ever, early aims for the rest of the year - beginning with the London 10k - gig report, a tempting trip to Cambridge, kids and pups, the incredible achievements of Joss, thoughts of Ozymandias, and a sprinkling of hope for the...

The boys mark the Summer Solstice by wandering beautiful Wanstead in the sunshine. Rob says he's better - but he doesn't sound it; apologies for all the coughing. Featuring Paul's imminent trip to Dubai, which in turn gets us a glimpse into the world of the hotel men, inappropriate kit-off moments, seeking self-motivation, Paul's potential performance in the London 10k, Rob's theoretically gentler running plans, Sophie Raworth and Tom Cruise, swimming and cycling shenanigans, Pride and...

June is in its pomp, and Rob is back on the trail. Paul, meanwhile, has done his first long-ish run with George. In this episode: Rob's cough, Paul and George's father / son run quest, Yorkshire Marathon training plans, Sports Day, wider family adventures, Helen and Matt's Race To The King report, 'I am running and running is me', Summer plans, football round-up, gig report, Race Across The World, Fathers' Day, election talk, constant change being here to stay, and a fine raft of your PBs....

Running Commentary gets some representation from the younger generation, as Paul's son George steps into Rob's shoes. Featuring a 20-something take on marathon training, changing attitudes to partying vs exercise, competitiveness vs training miles, secret TV work, beautiful woods (no pictures), temptations that had never crossed our minds before, father: coach or nemesis, the perennial search for balance, doing the Yorkshire Marathon in three and a half hours, and more family members joining...

Paul slows to a walk so as to catch up with an embattled Rob on a turn around Clissold Park. Featuring a road trip in a cough box, how about getting me off of these antibiotics?, additional falling and limping, saying goodbye to the king, some petty crime, some festival fun, when exercises work best, red red wine, stripping away the self - in more ways than one - and a potential RunCom nepo baby. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's...

Costa Rican conditions on the Parkland Walk for Rob and Paul, as Rob wonders about the wisdom of staying with a training plan through illness. Featuring Paul's accidentally judgmental small talk, the Universal Cough, driving an MDS Fiasco, going weak at the knees, student drama, a national treasure, time capsules, a crazy coincidence, the lost art of letters, pillow talk, long runs, booze and balance, stopophobia, and the greenest greenery ever seen. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free...

A stunning turn around Hyde Park for the boys - apologies for the coughing on the soundtrack; COVID is in the air! Featuring Rob's new duds, the universal virus, A-level fever, RTTK training, Paul's returning fitness, gig report including typical travel trouble, a weekend of sports, Monk, different ways of shucking off the past, Peter Pan, comedians running together, speed in the sunshine, lovely Liam McIntyre, the subtleties of when running is tough, a random hook-up with a pal with some...

A perfect, still May morning, grey overhead and green all around, sees the boys return to Wanstead's wonderful woodlands. Featuring Paul's ongoing recovery, Rob's potential illness post-high mileage week, some dog action, a hotel faux pas, foolish boozin', memories of some late, great comedians and storytellers, 'these are the good times', Paul's beleaguered house, Rob's Race To The King aims, summer in the city, and some of your brilliant PBs. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening...

On an absolutely beautiful May morning, the guys catch up with much to report; Rob's poorly daughter, Paul's shonky shoulder, comedy adventures in Wales, Rob's continuing RTTK training featuring intervals and a lovely long run in the Malverns, Paul's weekend of disordered eating and new movie watching, Tonkstagram, the green green grass of Highgate, trouble in TV town, some disappointing drinking, another, slightly different running adventure, sweet chiropody, shonky toes and new shoes, and...

May's stunning raiments bedeck Hampstead Heath as Rob and Paul take their traditional new-month turn. Featuring the pillars of Paul's life, lawless comedy gigs, Rob's RTTK training adventures, getting out early in the morning - and wiping out in the afternoon, Tonks' drinking tips, laying in, affordable art, memories across generations, taking care not to fall, danger in Costa Rica and other parts of the world, Paul's pain and publishing plans, and some more moving London Marathon...

Paul joins Rob for a Race To The King training run; witnessing a particularly wonderful London Marathon has got Rob in a lovey-dovey place - and Paul's taking his first steps on the comeback trail. Featuring hill work, Paul's shoulder and book plans, a shout out for marathoners who didn't make it, the power of the penultimate rep, how - to paraphrase ABBA - one of us is drinking, an impromptu comedy reunion, gig-and-weekend report, memories of dog-gate, the magic of being metronomic, and some...

Tonks' rage and frustration bubbles under a sunny, fun run through the woods. Featuring Paul's why, his wife, and his MRI. Plus his pity party in all its grim detail and strange viewing choices, Rob's second-hand TV review, the Thursday after a Marathon, the power and the fury, dog fear, Ultra Marathon catharsis, a pony and a tree, and your marvellous PBs. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here -...

Paul's still wrestling with whether to run the Marathon Des Sables after hurting his shoulder in a fall last week - and Rob's just done the Brighton Marathon; lots to talk about! SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and you can get Paul’s book 26.2 Miles to Happiness here:...