Running Commentary

This interview is something of a reversal, as Lizzy P is interviewing Rob for HER podcast - but when it comes down to it, this is pretty much your usual blend of running and chat - just with something of a Deering focus. Thanks Lizzy - seek out her Bit Fit Bit Funny podcast. Also, BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deerin...

September begins and the holidays are over as Rob and Paul run round Hyde Park. Featuring running by the sea - and getting in it - building strength, not going to parkrun, going to parkrun, and EVERYONE going to parkrun, festival fun, a thankless gig for Paul, Rob missing his Radio Hour, where George is at, Oasisgate and other dynamic-pricing talk - and, of course, where the boys are at with York...

Paul and Rob head up to Highgate on the first chilly, grey day in a while. Featuring silliness in comedy, smooth corrections, little wins, moving forward… and staying calm when the woods are closed. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-deering/9781800180444 - and...

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. SUBSCRIBE for early acce...

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. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you c...

On a jewel of a morning on Hampstead Heath Paul and Rob are reunited after sundry international adventures. Featuring dog stuff, not training enough, returning to parkrun, when bronze beats silver, travel troubles, wonderful wives, the magic of music and forgoing the Fringe. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - ht...

Paul and Rob - and friends - take part in the Saucony London 10k right in the heart of the city. Featuring readiness - or lack of - further intense July news events, the magic of a 10k, posh stuff pre-race, Euros-watching plans, getting back to parkrun, and of course the race report itself - partying on the course, ups and downs and there and backs, Paul chilling with the elites, total lack of pla...

With Rob still not the fittest, Paul takes a run with with George, who's getting stronger every day. Featuring some Rudi-related phone dominoes, Strava - imagine! - George's new shoes, replacing Deering with Sheeran, creeping competitiveness at the Tonkinson track session, where to watch the football, the Southgate question, looking cool in front of the kids, staying loose against your instincts,...

Birds, kids and park users galore enjoy the sunshine in Regents Park as Rob and Paul take a turn. Featuring the football, the memory police, a track session for the Tonks boys, a camel and some predictions for the London 10k. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free listening and more... and BUY OUR BOOKS; you can get Rob's book Running Tracks here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/running-tracks/rob-...

Paul and Rob meet in Ally Pally after probably the five most eventful days of the year so far, and the General Election leads to one of their very occasional dangerous forays into politics, with some full-on RunCom commentary. Also featuring run report, the Euros, Rob's latest medical adventure, Paul's 30th anniversary gig, Andy Murray, England's penalties transcending everything, adventures on Ro...

It's July so - of course - a cold grey morning sees the boys back on Hampstead Heath. Featuring the Dubai tour/holiday, Paul's legs and Rob's ribs, July kicking off full of thrills for Britain - Glastonbury, the Euros, Wimbledon and Pride - more magpies than ever, early aims for the rest of the year - beginning with the London 10k - gig report, a tempting trip to Cambridge, kids and pups, the incr...

The boys mark the Summer Solstice by wandering beautiful Wanstead in the sunshine. Rob says he's better - but he doesn't sound it; apologies for all the coughing. Featuring Paul's imminent trip to Dubai, which in turn gets us a glimpse into the world of the hotel men, inappropriate kit-off moments, seeking self-motivation, Paul's potential performance in the London 10k, Rob's theoretically gentler...

June is in its pomp, and Rob is back on the trail. Paul, meanwhile, has done his first long-ish run with George. In this episode: Rob's cough, Paul and George's father / son run quest, Yorkshire Marathon training plans, Sports Day, wider family adventures, Helen and Matt's Race To The King report, 'I am running and running is me', Summer plans, football round-up, gig report, Race Across The World,...

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...

We have always loved - and been inspired by - our friend, incredible distance runner Susie Chan, so there's no-one who's book we could be more excited about. Paul ran with her in Central London to talk about it and much, much more. Featuring the menopause, Paul reading and Susie writing trails And Tribulations, MDS tips, Badwater, her left foot, pot noodle love, Paul's sub-3 marathon, what running...

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....

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 bala...

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...

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, sum...

Our friend Liam McIntyre - who wears his speed and achievements very lightly - takes a turn round Highbury and Stoke Newington to talk running for Wales, balancing training and motivation, perfect pacing, London Marathons and of course the Race To The King with Rob. Thanks Liam! Find him on line - @LayRuns. You can sponsor Rob's Race To The King here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/rob-deering-17...

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,...

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...

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 come...

Tonks' rage and frustration bubbles under a sunny, fun run through the woods. Featuring Paul's why, his wife, and his MRI. Plus his pity party in all its grim detail and strange viewing choices, Rob's second-hand TV review, the Thursday after a Marathon, the power and the fury, dog fear, Ultra Marathon catharsis, a pony and a tree, and your marvellous PBs. SUBSCRIBE for early access, ad-free liste...

Back in March Rob ran with a great runner, and a fellow Highbury Fields parkrun regular, the World Marathon Majors' David Macnamara. They had lots of global running to talk about - Seville and Las Vegas, in addition to London, Berlin, Tokyo, Chicago Boston and New York of course. But first, a bit of karaoke, and Dave has to try and get Rob off the subject of U2. Also featuring - on International W...