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Hello and welcome to RunPod, where runners unite. Now, all runners, slow, fast, long and short distance, gazelles, plodders, newbies, experienced runners, everyone.

My name is Jenny Faulkner and I'd say that I'm an enthusiastic runner, not super speedy,

I pound a bit like the Terminator but always feel great afterwards.

So I'm now intrigued to know how my guest today would describe his running style.

I'm joined by singer, presenter, author, he does it

all. It's Alla Jones. Hello. Hi, I'm a plodder.

How are you? Do you know what? It's funny, I go through stages with running. Sometimes I feel

like I'm as light as a feather and I can go forever. Oh, that's quite a nice line, isn't it?

Light as a feather, go forever.

Light it down.

Yeah, write it down, copyright, A lot of Jones.

And other times, I struggle to run hardly any distance at all.

And this was evident after lockdown number one.

I made a conscious effort because I looked down and I had literally a Sauvignon

Blanc baby and I decided that I've got to get rid of it. So I hit the gym hard, lots of cycling,

lots of running. And the first time back on the treadmill, it was just horrendous. It was the

worst it had ever been. And maybe that's because I'm getting older and stuff as well,, it was just horrendous. It was the worst it had ever been.

And maybe that's because I'm getting older and stuff as well, but it was a real struggle.

Do you know what I mean?

Every second was a real struggle.

And it'd never been like that before.

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