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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.

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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.

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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 the club.

Thank you George.

ROB DEERING WILL RETURN.

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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.

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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.

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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 wisdom about training for a goal, and yet more of your tremendous PBs.

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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.

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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 the ongoing hedonist quest.

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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 stories.

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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 more of your fantastic PBs.

Thank you to Mark Maier and Alistair McGowan!

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