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Running Commentary — 237 episodes

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George's London Marathon

2

Ready or Not

3

Edward Ndiritu

4

Just Jeffin'

5

P Burton-Morgan

E
6

Walking The Walk, Talking The Talk

7

Matt Wooden

8

Hyde Park After Battersea Park

9

Isaac 'Big Ben' Sananes

10

Spring Starts Chilly And Challenging

11

Helen Thorn's New Book

12

The Feet, Chester-le-Street And The Wardrobe

13

Suzy Bennett

14

After The Half

15

George Goes To London

16

Everything Warms Up In Spring

17

Burning Up, Frozen Out Author Joe Warner

18

Shoes, Dogs, Children, Wine

19

Busy Andi Osho

20

Clowns On The Parkland Walk

21

Round Hackney Marshes With Esther Manito

E
22

Where Tonk '26 - With Tom Price

23

John Robins

24

Ten Years In - And That Was Just January...

25

Still January

26

Rob And Natalie, Jason And Medea

27

January's Long, But June Will Be Here Before We Know It

28

Mark Maier's Marathon

29

On A Saturday!

30

Paul Runs With Lisa Jackson

31

2026 Begins, And So Does The Snow

32

Sabrina Pace-Humphreys

33

Looking Back On the Heath

34

Catching Up With Collier

35

Q & A 2026 - Part Two

36

Q & A 2026 - Part One

37

Phone Fun Dog Run - Part Three

38

Phone Fun Dog Run - Part One

39

Phone Fun Dog Run - Part Two

40

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No, It's A Cow

41

A Lapland Canter with the Actual Santa

E
42

Ping!

43

Running Home for Christmas 2016

44

December Starts With A Jewel Of A Day

45

Ivo Graham In Orange

46

Music Therapy, Parkrun Exorcism And Christmas Movie Rules

47

Rob Talks Marathons With Lizzy 'Bit Fit Bit Funny' Pollott

48

Deadlines, Start Lines And Sunshine

49

Alistair Barrie

E
50

Traitors, Tricksters, Truth And Trees

51

Jenny Collier

E
52

Stay Curious

53

Beyond The Ultimate's Kris King

54

Halloween On A Halcyon Heath

55

George's Rome In Review

56

The Yorkshire Marathon 2025

57

Final Thoughts Before York

58

Helen's Big Seven

E
59

George Gets Ready For Rome

60

Tapers And Capers

61

Peak Autumn, Peak Training

62

Round The Heath After Shoreditch

63

Trouble For Tonks

64

A Long Run Into The Unknown Part Two

65

A Long Run Into The Unknown Part One

66

A New Do And A Lucky Poo

67

Lily Canter

68

Ronaldo's Underpants

69

Going Rogue With Juliette Burton In Edinburgh

70

Jamie Doward

71

Hampstead Heath Parkrun In The Rain

72

We've Been Running Primrose

73

An Afternoon Run

74

Heat On The Heath

75

Rob's Race To The King Report

76

Is Rob Ready?

77

But WERE We In Hyde Park?

78

Mirth, Mileage And Mantras

79

On Hampstead Heath With June Approaching

80

Surreal But Nice - Rob's Edinburgh Marathon

81

Trainers On, Trousers Up

82

Set Fair

83

The London / Wales Exchange

84

Thank Heaven For Helen - The Not-so-much-London-as-not-done Marathon Debrief

85

The Des Sables Debrief

86

Craig Parkinson

87

Marrakech & Manchester - The Tonkinson Boys Prepare

88

April Fools? Yes We Are

89

White Gown Panic And Haunted Ribcage Live In Finsbury Park

90

Back To Chesham, Bless 'Em

91

Up And Down

92

Obelisk Obstacle

93

Herbert's Hole

94

Natalie Haynes' Cambridge Half

95

Rob's Cambridge Half

96

Strava Chat With Bit Fit Bit Funny's Lizzy Pollott

97

London Marathon Chat With Bit Fit Bit Funny's Lizzy Pollott

98

Nothing But Blue Skies

99

Services Rendered

100

Tonks' Football Round Up

101

Straight On From Leyton

102

Dans Wanstead

103

What We've Been Watching

104

Rob's Running Tracks Round-up

105

First Snowdrops!

106

Paul's Back In A Back Pack

107

Rob's Recipes: Thai Golden Turmeric Cauliflower Curry

108

January Viewing Report

109

Business (Time) As Usual

110

On The Cusp Of Winter And Spring

111

In Good Spirits

112

Hanging On And Pressing Up

113

Holiday Special Part Two

114

Holiday Special Part One

115

Solstice Shenanigans

116

Still Going Forward

117

Paul and George

118

Into The Darkest Weeks Of The Year

119

Equally At Home In The Jungle Or The Woods

120

Slipping Into Wintry Wanstead Woods

121

New Shoes, Old Comedians, Fresh Starts

122

Letting It Go On The Heath

123

Andi Osho

124

Yorkshire Reverberates

125

Surprises And Scarves At The Yorkshire Marathon

126

High Hopes And Questionable Conditions

127

Two Taper Triumphs

128

The Hounds Of Wanstead

129

Grumble In The Jungle

130

Old Friends And New

131

Eastville Parkrun

132

Bit Fit Bit Funny with Lizzy P

133

Somewhat Less Than Supersonic

134

Going Forward

135

Sky Grey, Future Bright

136

Express Yourself

137

The Post-Italian Job

138

The Saucony London 10k

139

George 2

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140

Predictions In The Park

141

A Week Of Ups And Downs

142

Back On The Heath - In Memory Of Joss Naylor

143

Solstice Sunshine

144

Summer Of Shenanigans

145

Tonks & Son

146

Trails And Tribulations: The Running Adventures Of Susie Chan

147

Rob's A Wreck!

148

Under The Canopy Of The North London Rainforest

149

Heavenly Hyde Park

150

Wonderful Wanstead

151

Motivation With McIntyre

152

A Run Round The Malverns And A Trip To Mars

153

On The Green And Glorious Heath

154

Hill Reps And Marathon Love

155

Denied!

156

David Macnamara

157

Rob's Marathon, Paul's Conundrum

158

Spaniel In The Works

159

Wifely Woes And Miserly Whys

160

Catching Up

161

Today We Run All Day Part Three

162

Today We Run All Day Part Four

163

Today We Run All Day Part Two

164

Today We Run All Day Part One

165

Tough Enough

E
166

Lisa Arscott

167

Mud And Madness

168

This One's For Kelvin

169

Ally Pally Replay

170

Snowdrops!

171

Is It Spring Yet?

172

Julia Chi Taylor

173

Blue Skies On Blue Monday

174

Snowflakes

175

Laura Mugford

176

New Year, New You, Not Yet

177

Happy New Year... We Hope

178

With A Whimper

179

The Holiday 2: Into The Woods

180

Back In Brighton With Zoe Lyons

E
181

Head Over Heels On The Heath

182

Get Some Exercise, Lose A Few Pounds

183

Q&A Part Two

184

Q&A 2024 Part One

185

Harry's Game

186

November Notes

187

Getting Back In The Saddle

188

Yorkshire Mara-DONE

189

Speedy Shoes, York Talk And Art In The Park.

190

A Marathon Can Be Many Things...

191

The Return Of 'Sweary' Helen Thorn.

E
192

New Shoes Required

193

The Hound Of Wanstead Flats

194

Hyde Park Debrief

195

New Pathways

196

Happy New (Academic) Year

197

Juliette Burton

198

Not Out Of The Woods Yet

199

Cannock Chase The Sun 10 Miler

200

Together Again

201

Wanstead Flats Parkrun

202

Summer Heath Run Part Two - Impossible Missions

203

Catching Up With Liam McIntyre

204

Summer Heath Run Part One - Seagulls, Tennis Racquets And Stolen Plates

205

What's Next In Wanstead Woods

206

Troublemakers

207

When Paul Has To Jeff

208

Business As Usual At Four Hundred

209

Reminiscences On A Sun-kissed Heath

210

Running Through The Now

211

Tonks is Back!

212

Hyde Park with Ivo Graham

213

Ben Willbond

E
214

Unofficial Eleanor Tiernan

E
215

Paul's Column And Rob's Story

216

Spring, The King, Robots And Things

217

Rob's London Marathon And Other Stories

218

Tough Mothers

219

Rob Reminiscences, Paul Plans

220

Rob's Brighton Marathon

221

Brighton Briefing

222

Rob Down

223

More Things In Heaven And Earth... And Hampstead

224

Trying Something ‘New’

225

Q&A 2023 Part Two

226

Q&A 2023 Part One

227

Wanstead? Twicestead More Like

228

Catching Up With Kate Carter

229

We Like Spike

230

Still January

231

On The Frosty Marshes

232

A Journey Of 26.2 Miles Begins With The First Step

233

New Year, Same Old Us

234

London Marathon 2021

235

The Last Day Of Summer

236

Your Questions Answered - Part Three

237

Cut to the Chase - Our London Marathon in a Nutshell