Running Commentary
Comedians Paul Tonkinson and Rob Deering talk about life and comedy - but mainly running. Whilst running.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 172
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
November Notes
On the first of November - and at the optimal moment for Autumn's leafy display - Rob and Paul return, like salmon, to Hampstead Heath. Featuring more new routes through familiar country, Rob's playf…
01:08:08 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
Getting Back In The Saddle
Rob and Paul run out round Ally Pally and start to feel their post-marathon strength. Featuring a little bit of gradient, autumn festivities, 'health month', celebrating when things go another way, t…
01:10:41 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Yorkshire Mara-DONE
Paul and Rob - and everyone else's - Yorkshire Marathon and more. Featuring RunCom socials, community love, magic shoes, chunking it into quarters, Rob and Paul's different experiences, plans for the…
01:00:03 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Speedy Shoes, York Talk And Art In The Park.
On a gorgeous loop round Regents Park, Paul and Rob enjoy the tapir, and compare notes for the last time before running the Yorkshire Marathon. Featuring Rob's health, autumn sights, Kelvin Kiptum's …
00:49:08 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
A Marathon Can Be Many Things...
October's 'state of the nation' run around Hampstead Heath turns out to be a sunny treat. After a nice start, Rob and Paul talk final training runs, the psychological power of a bit of repetition, wh…
00:52:25 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
The Return Of 'Sweary' Helen Thorn.
Exactly a year after she last joined us, brilliant Helen Thorn runs round Victoria Park with Rob for a chat - featuring last year's London Marathon, partial nudity, training plans, mountain puns, a H…
00:42:30 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
New Shoes Required
Rob and Paul meet, once more, on the Parkland Walk and head up to and round the North London woods. Featuring dual parkrun report, last long runs before Yorkshire, shabby old trainers vs the shoes of…
01:12:16 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
The Hound Of Wanstead Flats
Autumn is blowing in as Paul and Rob take a trip back east to Wanstead Flats. Featuring a surprise detour into Joe Swash, Paul's track session, plans for the last leg of Yorkshire Marathon training, …
01:07:11 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Hyde Park Debrief
Paul and Rob take a turn round Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens after a very hot weekend of running. Featuring cancelled marathons, breaking weather, Rob's Great North Run, Paul's LSR, when runs are …
01:11:36 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
New Pathways
As the September sun blazes down, Rob and Paul change their plans - and find some new angles on their old routes. Featuring strangely criminal emergencies, running in the heat, parkrun report, an all…
01:11:50 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Happy New (Academic) Year
September begins with a very atmospheric misty morning on Hampstead Heath - perfect for Paul and Rob to say goodbye to the holidays and anticipate the coming months. Featuring some self-barbering, Yo…
01:10:10 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
Juliette Burton
Another interview special for you as Rob catches up with comedian and Mental Health advocate Juliette Burton for a wide ranging, insightful chat pulling together running, mental wellbeing and comedy …
00:43:13 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Not Out Of The Woods Yet
The Cannock Chase-the-sun ten mile race is still fresh in Rob and Paul's minds, but since then Paul's been keeping the miles up and Rob's been entertaining the Green Man in Bannau Brycheiniog. Featur…
00:45:21 |
Wed 30 Aug 2023
Cannock Chase The Sun 10 Miler
Another adventure for the boys as they take on a Run Through UK 10 mile race in picturesque Cannock Chase. Featuring speculation, safety pins, start line confusion, shoe shenanigans, stone throwing, …
00:58:29 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Together Again
Paul and Rob have been all over the place so far this August and this is their first chance to catch up in weeks, so there's lots to talk about; layering up when it's warm-but-raining, how to wear a …
00:56:27 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
Wanstead Flats Parkrun
For the first time in a long while, Paul and Rob check out an unfamiliar parkrun - Wanstead Flats, far enough into east London to qualify as being in Essex apparently. Featuring a classy date, guessi…
00:39:05 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Summer Heath Run Part Two - Impossible Missions
We rejoin Paul and Rob celebrating the Summer Holidays with an extra-long turn round Hampstead Heath, where their chat features a report onRob's latest 10k - the evening one - Paul and Rob's quest fo…
00:48:43 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
Catching Up With Liam McIntyre
An interview special with our friend, amazing runner and lovely man Liam McIntyre.
When Paul interviewed Liam last Spring he was a very impressive runner - and since then he's gone from strength to s…
01:06:57 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Summer Heath Run Part One - Seagulls, Tennis Racquets And Stolen Plates
On the first half of a long run round Hampstead Heath, Paul and Rob talk about lots of things; Rob's big weekend - seagull fun, Scarborough love, Bakewell parkrun, Brighton gigs and East Sussex lovel…
00:51:02 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
What's Next In Wanstead Woods
Paul's recovery continues and Rob's ramping up his fitness as they compare notes on a lovely loop of Wanstead Park. Featuring: parkrun report, gig - and post-gig - stories, swans, puppies and tots, n…
01:02:44 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
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