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Ben Shephard

RunPod

Global

Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Join Jenni in this episode as she welcomes multi-marathoner, close friend and television presenter Ben Shephard to the RunPod Run Club. Together they talk hitting the wall, losing to a carrot and why you should always carry 20p on a run. Ben also shares his top tips for getting out that door, staying on track and when to wear lycra.

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0:00.0

Hi there, I'm Jenny Faulkner and welcome to Run Pod, the Run Club of the podcast world.

0:09.2

Now, it doesn't matter your level of commitment. You could be training hard to be the next Polo Radcliffe

0:14.2

or you might simply be a fair weather park runner. But here's the thing, once you commit to that

0:19.1

first kilometre, well, that's the minute it starts

0:21.5

becoming a part of your life. And you might just be surprised how much you love it. Now, every

0:27.4

week on Run Pod, I'm joined by a very special guest. And today, I thought I'd bring in one of my

0:31.7

good running buddies, someone I've known, worked with, being friends with for almost 20 years,

0:37.2

quite possibly the fittest man I know

0:40.0

in every sense of the word. It's TV presenter Ben Shepard.

0:44.6

Hey, Jen.

0:45.4

Hello.

0:46.1

How exciting is this?

0:47.0

I know. I'm really excited.

0:48.2

Can I just say I'm really glad you're not like Paula Radcliffe because she just stops in the

0:52.1

middle of her runs and goes to the toilet on the side of the road.

0:54.5

I don't want to run with you doing that.

0:55.7

How do you know I don't do that?

0:56.8

I've been with you enough times.

0:58.1

Far better behaved than that, Jenny Funkner.

1:01.3

I know your mum as well.

1:02.2

She'd be furious if you did that.

1:03.5

I can't believe you're starting the run poured off

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