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Hello there and welcome to another gathering of the Run Pod Run Club where runners unite.

I'm Jenny Faulkner and listen, if you're new to the club, here's how it works.

Every episode, I'm joined by someone

who has a passion for running. They may be long-distance lovers, speedy Gonzalez, gentle

plodders taking in the sights and sounds as they go, or new runners, aiming to take off the first

5K, 10K, or even just getting round the block without stopping. Now, today I'm joined by

someone who from the minute he decided to try running has been pretty good at it. And he has some

incredible stories to tell after running over 100 marathons in just the last seven years. He's so good

that he's now one of those amazing pacers that you have in races.

You know the ones we all try to keep up with?

I mean, if you've no idea what a pacer in a race does, keep listening.

All will be explained as I welcome to Run Pod at Graham Shalabi.

Hello there. Hi, Jenny. How are you?

I'm very good. Thank you. It's so nice to have you on here because we only met recently at a running event.

We got chatting. You said you were a pacer, which instantly I was absolutely fascinated by because it's a gig that I think doesn't just fascinate me,

fascinates everyone, not because I want to do it, but because you're just like the super runners.

That's what you are.

We've been described as worse.

That's a good description.

That's a very good description for us.

We sacrifice our race for other people and we try our best, I guess. That's the

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