AJ and Curtis Pritchard

RunPod

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Running, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Races are back! After so much time without pinning a number to your tshirt and picking up a finishers' medal, finally many events are back up and…running! It’s a welcome return and for many it’s the chance to put all those lockdown runs to the test. If you’re someone who’s gearing up for a first half marathon, then in this episode you will hear what it feels like to take part. In this episode Jenni is kept company by 2 brothers, professional dancers and first time half marathoners. Former Strictly dancer AJ and Love Island star Curtis Pritchard describe their experience of the London Landmarks Half. From pre-race nerves, to start-line atmosphere, the tough parts, the lessons learnt and the emotion of crossing the finish-line, you’ll get a real insight as to what taking part in a half marathon really feels like. In addition, you get an insight into AJ and Curtis’ home-life, the fitness advice they learnt from their parents, as well as maybe get on board with them in the new challenge they set themselves mid-episode. Perhaps you’ll want to try it too? It’s a great, fun episode, which will make you want to sign up for a race as soon as possible. Happy running. --- L'OCCITANE have given me an exclusive discount code for RunPod listeners, so you can get 10% off all purchases online and in-store, as well as FREE delivery on all online orders with the code RUNPOD. Code valid until 12th September 2021, exclusions apply.

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0:00.0	This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands.
0:08.8	Hello there, welcome to RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world.
0:13.7	This is where runners unite.
0:15.8	I'm Jenny Falconer, club leader, and today I have Double Trouble, two brothers brothers who you will know from a series of
0:21.7	big shows. AJ's been a pro dancer on Strictly. Also he appeared on last year's I'm a celebrity
0:27.8	get me out of here. Meanwhile you may well have watched his brother Curtis on Love Island or
0:33.1	celebs go dating. They are known for being seriously dance fit, but did you know they are also
0:40.1	runners. Today I am joined by Curtis and AJ Pritchard. Hello, hello, hello. How are you doing, Jenny?
0:48.0	They're not bad at all. How are you too? Yeah, we're good, thank you. Yeah, we're feeling good.
0:53.2	We're always, maybe not the most positive runners. I think I'm a very boring person. I like to look at things and that's why when we get into the conversation about running the London landmark half marathon, it was great for me because I got to look at things, which was really positive because therefore I didn't get bored and I could stay focused on something.
1:13.0	Actually, jumping straight into the marathon, you know what?
1:16.1	I'd never been a massive runner, never been into running hugely.
1:19.9	Mum's always told me, Cursus, you need to run a mile every day, just one mile just so it keeps
1:25.2	up a little bit of fitness alongside the dancing. And I never
1:28.0	could do it because mum would always tell me to. And then in the first lockdown, actually,
1:32.1	I started running and I took my time real slowly and I just built it up for one mile to two
1:37.6	miles to three miles. But I didn't set myself a time name. I didn't set anything. And then I got
1:42.7	that runner's buzz. And you know,
1:44.3	that feeling that everyone talks about when you're running, when you just get that adrenaline
1:48.4	rush and you just sort of get yourself into a motion, your legs continue ticking along.
1:53.3	And then all of a sudden, you really just forget about the energy, forget about the running
1:57.2	and enjoy the scenery. Your mind goes free. And that is what the London
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