MARMCAST

Welcome to Episode 58!! This week the boys jump straight into discussing poor quality (and high quality) 1980's sitcoms. From Dear John to Bread. Sunday nights of horrors. Talking of horrors, Andy barely survived a hornet sting, but lived to tell the tale. He was nearly killed. Parkrun Parables features Andre discussing the Winter Course at Arrow Valley. Again. He may have mentioned it alread...

Welcome to Episode 57!! The mullet has gone, yes gone! Is MARM half the man he was? Absolutely not clearly. The boys discuss the full spec of Andy's new Stepway, as well as the merits of Tentboxes. Parkrun Parables is null and void, although Andy had a huge milestone coming up from an organisational point of view, which will be well, well worth celebration. Lee Hart-Hunt joins us for some 199...

Welcome to Episode 56!! Its a less lengthy episode tonight, the boys get stuck into the running chat straightaway by discussing the Directors Cut of Rocky 4 and the Godfather 3. Lengthy time is also given to the bullying of siblings. Parkrun Parables has Andy discussing the secret new course reveal at Arrow Valley whilst Tim was pulverised by an Olympian at a parkrun for which he had been on a win...

Welcome to episode 55!! Its a lengthy episode tonight, Tim has a new mullet and Andy has visited a shoe shop called Pavers. It's pure comfort in an almost espadrille.  Parkrun Parables has Andy eating humble pie, as the test event for the new Arrow Valley course falls flat. Will he have more luck on the morrow. The Doc Meister General is given the keys to the MARMCAST Green Room and we get ou...

It's been 2 weeks and there is so much to discuss this week - some of it just gets lost in the excitement... In Parkrun Parables - Andy covers Woolacombe, Fire Service College and Tim cover the new kid on the block, Cofton Park. Paul Em drops in for a game of Goldy in which Andy reveals the first 2 song titles, by singing them directly after starting. Our listeners flood in tips for the hot r...

After a week away, Tim has returned from Cornwall, full of the joys of Coastal Running and Holiday Park Wifi, as well as entertainment, bedding and 5 star awarding. It's a bumper Parkrun Parables this week. Tim discusses his trip to the Lost Gardens of Helligan, proving Andy right and the joys of adventure. Andy is in the empties this weekend, as he has to change his parkrun plans due to a la...

The World Cup might be a forgotten memory, but the boys have plenty to cover this week! What with Andy's Birthday celebrations and a cruel evening under the stars, to urine bottle purchases, to National Trust memberships that long outstay their welcomes. It's a bumper Parkrun Parables this week. Tim discusses his Cornwall destination as Andy tries and fails to open his mind. Sam's p...

Fresh from the Outside Broadcast, the boys discuss their plans for future OB's, preferably one's where they won't get distracted. In the week where Engerland got cruelly ejected from the World Cup, the boys discuss whether their love of football has died, or whether it will return one day. Mike Tipping drops in to play Goldy on Guitar and get repeatedly grilled about living on a nar...

MARMCAST is 50!!!! The boys head to Coombe Abbey for the Big Bear Trail 10K. It's 34 and a scorcher, but the boys are sat in their camping chairs, hosting their very first OUTSIDE BROADCAST!! (with mixed results). Enjoy! Music tonight from The Indigo Sunsets - "A Perfect World". Contact us at: marmcastpod@gmail.com Join the Facebook Group: Middle Aged Running Man, Going for Goldy Jo...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 49!!  We are back!! From a week off!! As well as finally revealing plans for the Jane McDonald MARMCAST Summer Running Challenge, the boys chat to parkrun expert James from North Devon (originally Banbury) who takes on perhaps the laziest Goldy on Guitar ever. The boys discuss their own parkrun exploits including (of course) Arrow Valley, Evesham and MARM&ap...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 48!!  Andy and Tim open the pod by discussing ANOTHER Andy illness, as well as a few opening comments on the World Cup, as it enters its 73rd week. Michelle Lewis from charity, Step Forward with Lewis joins the lads to share here love of running, her inspiration behind helping others, and her terrible knowledge of 70's sitcoms. The boys are also joined...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 47!!  MARMCAST is exactly ONE YEAR old. Andy and Tim reflect on the highs and lows of this year, thinking back to the early days of the pod and realising that those embarrassingly ill conceived ideas....are still their embarrassingly ill conceived ideas that make up the entirety of the pod. Talking of which, Andy has a Jane McDonald running Strava idea, whic...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 46!!  The boys are back!! And this time no technical hitches!! Fresh from York and Lisbon respectively, theboys discuss old World Cups, Coin Collections and thr joys (or not) of family based games. Andy throws himself headfirst into a huge clue based treasure hunt, whilst Tim throws a pack of cards at the wall. The joys of borderline spiritual running is dis...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 45!! FEATURE LENGTH!! After the car crash technical mess of an episode last week, at only 55 mins long, it's a whopper tonight before the boys take a week off in York and Lisbon respectively. The boys open this weeks pod by discussing their upcoming holidays and classic TV shows from the Richard Carpenter stable, Dick Turpin and Robin of Sherwood. Jamie...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 44!! The boys open this weeks pod by discussing AGAIN Goldy's burgeoning fame and the birth of his new Youtube Channel - Going for Goldy - check it out on Youtube - Like, Share and Subscribe! The boys also discuss the fuel crisis and the benefits of a Hybrid, as well as a chase between a Berlingo and a Beamer. Lytham St Anne resident and good egg Greg j...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 43!! The boys open this weeks pod by discussing Goldy's burgeoning fame and the birth of his new Youtube Channel - Going for Goldy - check it out on Youtube - Like, Share and Subscribe! Off the back of promoting Wild Things Keyworth, Tim and Andy discuss their favourite hedgerow based creatures, easily distinguishing between the endangered and vermin. T...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 42!! The boys discuss Andy's new haircut, and barber etiquette. Small talk or street talk? Tea was a shared experience tonight, all wrapped up. Tim does his first parkrun in a while, going to the non anonymous Sutton Park, where walkers were welcomed.... Andy explains the process of timekeeping in the funnel. A fantastic appearance on Goldy this week fr...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 41!! The boys discuss hair length, hair styles and reinventing yourself at University. All running relevant. On top of that Andy review Catherdral to castle which he ran last week, and although not a Ironbridge Derangement, still featured a small mishap. A fantastic appearance on Goldy this week from Sheffield's second finest Richard Cottam, who is also...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 40!! The Duke of Kent returns following a week off to make it 40 up for MARMCAST. Discussing 40th birthdays of old - Tim and Andy somehow fall into childhood trauma, being picked last, and playing "like a Goldsby". A fantastic appearance on Goldy this week from Nicole, who suffers some terrible 90's based Renault Clio tomfoolery to smash the G...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 39!! Tim and Andy record one last pod before next week's break for Andy to go to Kent. Tim talks at Andy for at least 33mins, covering his birthday curry and his commitment to a challenge called "75 Hard". A fantastic appearance on Goldy this week from Gavin, hailing from Drogheda in Ireland, one of the very first recruits into the Marmy Army,...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 38!! Tim and Andy open the pod this week by discussing Sunday night telly in the 80's, covering classics like Allo Allo, Hi Di Hi and Howard's Way. Predatory shop owners and a quick discussion on who would be Compo and who would be Foggy ensues. An appearance from a sub 40 year old Martin on Goldy on Guitar - it's Bond night. Will he do Britai...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 37!! After some time flirting with the Top Ten, MARMCAST now sits in 13th position (UK Running Podcast Charts) and surely the evening with Raworth is only months away. Tim is still down in the mouth following his first ever DNF and Andy is again sitting pretty on the back of "smashed burger night". There is an AI led deep dive into every aspect of...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 36!! It's Friday night. Tim is down in the mouth following his first ever DNF and Andy is cock of the walk following a decent week training and a fast parkrun. We have the Blading hating Bev on Goldy, who can't hear a thing from Andy's guitar but still manages to scoop a voucher. The Doc makes an appearance to help review the Cambridge Half Ma...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 35!! We are back on Friday night and after a brief spell of sunshine, the boys are tucking into choc ices and Soleros (respectively) We have brilliant the Tim, from Bourton on the Water, who has offered MARM a limitless place to park the Galaxy, playing a children's version of Goldy. Dr Ian has dropped an ipad on his foot and, with MARM's hammy and...

Welcome to MARMCAST!! It's Episode 34!! It's a Saturday night!! Having delayed their recording one night, the boys discuss Saturday night dinner and their parkrun escapades, with Andy pacing to PB's and Tim pacing to injury, one week out from Cambridge. Chiropractor Tris joins the boys to help Tim through his hamstring pain, with the promises of needles and loosening. Kurt Wilson pl...