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Hello there. Welcome to RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world, with me Jenny Faulkner and with a guest who is returning to renew her RunPod Run Club membership.

Now, she's someone I've known for years.

She used to read the news on my radio show when I worked on Heart.

And then she left to be a full-time runner.

I remember going, what?

You're going to be a runner?

Because she'd only been running really for a short space of time.

She now works with the running channel. She is an insane, incredible runner. It's Anna Harding. Hello there.

Thanks, Jenny. Sorry, you make me sound like I'm an elite athlete there. I think you are. I think actually you are an elite athlete. I mean, obviously, I don't see you as often as I used to,

used to see you every single morning. But whenever I see what you're up to on Instagram, I'm like,

oh my God, another crazy challenge. Another one? You just love them. Yeah, I do. I do. I love having

something to look forward to. And I love just like, just trying. You never know whether it's going to work or not and sometimes I don't

succeed in the challenges but sometimes I do and I just yeah I love that about running I do love that

I feel like that you represent us all so you're kind of like the real person that's going out there

doing these amazing challenges and showing us how easy or how hard or how glamorous or how lacking in glamour each of these

different races are. And I love that about you and you keep it very, very real. But actually,

you do smash most of them. Come on. Oh, thank you. Yeah. No, I like to fly the flag for the average

runner. We don't all have to be, you know, the very fastest. You know, I love being mid to back

of the pack. That's where the party is most of the time anyway. I do love this. I like it.

How is 2020 being because you were last on Run Pod just before lockdown. And so obviously

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