131: Does Running With Someone Make You Faster?
The Running Channel Podcast
The Running Channel
4.8 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Rick and Sarah are joined this week by The Running Channel’s own Tom Dunn as they dive into a hotly debated topic: can running with someone actually make you faster? As expected, opinions are divided on the podcast - and this discussion might just spark some friction in households, friendships, and running partnerships around the world! So, let us know: do you think running with someone can make you faster?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Mizuno and their new Neo Vista 2. |
| 0:03.7 | Now me and Andy were actually at the launch of the previous version of this shoe. |
| 0:08.0 | And it is what's known as a super trainer, which I think is perfect for lots of different runners |
| 0:12.8 | who want a bit more of a high performance out of your daily runs. |
| 0:16.5 | I think getting out and going for a run is an achievement in itself. |
| 0:19.6 | So having a trainer that is going to support that and allow you to do whatever you want to do in that run is an added bonus loads of people ask us whether they should jump from a regular running shoe to a high performance super shoe and this is the perfect middle ground if you want to try that out has a nylon plate it has lots of really comfortable foam, over 44 millimeters of foam in them, which is |
| 0:38.0 | actually quite a high stack, has a slightly wider midsoil for extra stability. So really |
| 0:41.9 | comfortable, you can run at any pace in it, including picking the pace up to run faster. |
| 0:46.1 | Lots of beautiful colourways too. So if you want to check out the Mizuno NeoVista 2, |
| 0:50.2 | then head to sportshoes.com. |
| 0:57.1 | Welcome to another episode of the running channel podcast. |
| 1:00.6 | As ever, we will have a topic that we will dive deep into. |
| 1:05.1 | We will have all the latest running news and we will answer your questions with the strict |
| 1:10.0 | rule of 80% banter and just 20% science. |
| 1:14.5 | That may vary. |
| 1:15.8 | Today, we have a little bonus for you. |
| 1:17.9 | We are joined by the lovely Tom Dunn, a man who if you put him in a line-up of a thousand |
| 1:24.0 | runners, he would be the least expected person to be running an ultramarathon. However, |
| 1:30.3 | that's actually happening. |
| 1:32.3 | He might be excited about it, but we can't quite tell yet. We've also got Rick Kelsey |
| 1:38.3 | over here, former and current TV and radio host, who unfortunately can't claim now to have interviewed the last seven |
| 1:45.4 | prime ministers, but he can claim to have the most advanced skincare regime so advanced that |
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