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Running Commentary

Rob Deering and Paul Tonkinson

Comedians Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering talk about life and comedy - but mainly running. Whilst running.

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All Episodes

52:03

Obelisk Obstacle

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/27

We join Paul and Rob an hour into their long, wintry run from Chesham. Featuring an appropriately named pub, replacing salts on the trail, removing contact lenses in the desert, reaching one's limit in training - and running on, 'I am not my body / I am not my mind' and other useful ways of thinking, foot business, festivals, anticipating the Brighton Marathon, werewolves and deer, marathon tips in general, and arriving in Wendover, where their quest faces a major challenge...SUBSCRIBE for early

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1:00:32

Herbert's Hole

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/27

Paul and Rob start a long run from Chesham to the monument on Coombe Hill and back on a freezing cold Monday morning. Featuring a Sunday of preparation and a morning of vaseline application, backpacks and muddy tracks, opening chapters and wheeling raptors, countryside sights and electrolytes, stress dreams and what they might mean, George's run and Rudy's fun, 'every day is a life' = drinking with your wife, a bear-carrying bloke and an octopus joke, listener rage when we talk about age, Raworth's

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36:59

Natalie Haynes' Cambridge Half

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/21

The mighty Natalie Haynes returns to Running Commentary to report to Rob about here experience of their latest Half. Featuring technical surfaces, deluding distances and classical references.Thank you Natalie.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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56:01

Rob's Cambridge Half

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/20

After the warm sunshine of Sunday's Cambridge Half Marathon, Clissold Park is pretty nippy for the debrief. Featuring Paul's lost glove, starter-pen shenanigans, MDS training on the moors, customising training plans, running before a race - or not, other weekend adventures, Rob's friends' on-message dog, belated predictions, mile-by-mile report, a missing finish line, gait analysis, future plans and some other runners' weekends.SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR

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28:18

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

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/13

Lizzy Pollott grills Rob on his London Marathon experiences for her Bit Fit, Bit Funny podcast... but you can hear it here too.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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55:40

Nothing But Blue Skies

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/13

Paul and Rob kick March off on the Heath, and the weather doesn't disappoint. Featuring Paul's MDS prep - or lack of, both boys running on tour, Rob feeling like an Ultra runner again, gig-and-parkrun report, fictional towns, what Top Gear would be like if Rob hosted, catching up with a RTTS 2022 legend, Paul - and Rob's daughter - having to do the work, cold-water swimming - but not for us, Paul's book title quest, and trapping off with Etta.SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more..

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22:32

Strava Chat With Bit Fit Bit Funny's Lizzy Pollott

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/13

Lizzy Pollott shares her love of Strava with Rob for her Bit Fit, Bit Funny podcast... but you can hear it here too.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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7:47

Services Rendered

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/06

In an attempt to review motorway services of Britain, we find out that Paul and Rob, perhaps unsurprisingly, have been using them in quite different ways...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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8:52

Tonks' Football Round Up

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/06

Rob wants Paul's hot take on the season so far - and Paul does not disappoint.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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1:13:09

Straight On From Leyton

Running Commentary ·

2025/03/06

We join Paul and Rob in Leyton, in the middle of their long runs. Featuring no maps only camels on the Marathon Des Sables, Hackney Marsh memories, Rob's training plan kicking off in Cambridge, Paul's pack procrastination, food-and-exercise report, touring schedules, when athletics become ascetic, new sights and old memories in Stamford Hill, terrible ideas for the night before a marathon, a surprise cemetery, and the final return to Church Street and Clissold Park, like salmon swimming back

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1:12:15

Dans Wanstead

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/27

On the first half of a long run, Rob and Paul pick their way through muddy Wanstead Park. Featuring Rob's steps towards a sneaky sixteen, Paul's pasta pack, parkrun report, cross country vibes, the Last Rodeo, a sad weekend for Paul, Rob's firstborn living his best life, MDS anticipation - and its attendant literary responsibilities, breaking the contract of a run, the benefits of compound exercise - and yoga, 'this is what we do', fundraising for motivation - and great charities, trouble in

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16:53

What We've Been Watching

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/25

Comedy, drama, romcom, documentary... Rob and Paul watch it all.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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7:32

Rob's Running Tracks Round-up

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/25

While we all eagerly anticipate the return of Rob Deering's Running Tracks Radio Hour, here he is withe some gems from the back catalogue.You can download Rob's show Long Distance Man here: gofasterstripe.com/ldAnd you can sponsor his next run here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/rob-deering-11?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CLSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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1:06:08

First Snowdrops!

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/20

Signs of Spring in the woods despite the grey chill as Paul and Rob head up to Highgate. Featuring Paul's ongoing training, Rob's slightly speedy parkrun, gig report, the aforementioned first snowdrops, the putative last rodeo, exciting projects for the younger generation, joining the club, training, yoga and booze, fuelling, bodyweight and some truly dreadful French.SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here -

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54:16

Paul's Back In A Back Pack

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/13

Rob and Paul see February in on Hampstead Heath. Featuring early-run motivation - or lack-of, Paul's news - dogs-and-backpack related: Love don't live here anymore, embracing your reality - whatever that might be, staying up in the mud, gig report, Rob's Ultra mantra, the power of changing things up - and positive visualisation, when running is training, putting it all out there - or not - at parkrun, and later-life options for comedians.SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and

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7:45

Rob's Recipes: Thai Golden Turmeric Cauliflower Curry

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/06

Did Rob say stir the spinach into the curry before serving? Well - do. And there isn't any garlic.INGREDIENTS1 cauliflower1 small onion1 red pepper100g (or more) of spinach1 lime1 packet of marinated tofu150g basmati rice - or brown rice - or your rice of choice400g can of coconut milktsp or two of bouillon or a little pre-made pot of vegetable stockHeaped tsp of Thai yellow curry pasteTurmericFlaked almonds...let us know if you try this recipe, and what you think of it if so.Support this show

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9:35

January Viewing Report

Running Commentary ·

2025/02/06

What have Paul and Rob been grazing of an evening? Good and bad, TV and Film... quite a range of things as it turns out.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/runningcommentary.

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53:27

Business (Time) As Usual

Running Commentary ·

2025/01/30

Paul and Rob set off from Newington Green into some stormy weather - just as they did nine years and four hundred and ninety-nine episodes ago. Featuring memories of a different world, how fast they used to be - as podcasters rather than racers, other anniversaries, where Paul and Rob were at in 2016, Rob's parkrun report, the swan police, the price of chocolate, what Paul did instead of parkrun, wonderful wives, troublesome taxes, feeling strong - but slow - getting physio and/or letting it go, and

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51:18

On The Cusp Of Winter And Spring

Running Commentary ·

2025/01/30

A beautiful winter trot along the north London escarpment. Featuring a full-on weekend for Rob, Blue Monday, baked goods to tempt Paul, how stand-up has changed, TV report, the shoe or the tattoo?, a potential new pup, woodpeckers a-rattlin', barcode beef, building bridges, celeb audience members, Rob's training plan, Paul's 'socials', and some solid signs of Spring.SUBSCRIBE for bonus episodes, early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here

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1:01:52

In Good Spirits

Running Commentary ·

2025/01/23

Rob & Paul head down to Woodberry Wetlands on a gloomy but slightly warmer day. Featuring a theatre visit or two, the culture and geography of north London, Rob's running coalescing into training, parkrun report - and a parkrun plan, the Marathon des Sables looming over Paul once more - and an alternative book idea, worrying about the progeny, gin, taxes and death.SUBSCRIBE for early access, bonus episodes, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here -

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