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Hello and welcome to RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world. And it turns out at this time of

self-isolation, social distancing and lockdown, the amount of runners out pounding the pavement has increased dramatically.

They say in the first month of lockdown alone, over 50% more outdoor runs were recorded in the UK.

Wow, with many new runners taking to the streets and realizing that actually, yes, this running malarkey does make you feel pretty good. Well, someone who's been

aware of the benefits of running for a few years now is my guest today. She's a feature writer

and columnist for The Telegraph as well as an author, podcaster and of course a fellow runner is

Brianie Gordon. Hello. How are you?

Very well.

How are you?

I'm very well, yeah.

I went for a run this morning, albeit a very like rubbish.

No, I shouldn't do myself down.

It was more like a walk run.

Do you ever do those sometimes?

Yeah, I do.

And do you know, I do. And I say I'm going out for a run, but I don't, I just kind of like,

sometimes you just feel like having a little walk run combo.

And I don't think that matters.

The fact that you're outdoing it, it's what counts.

That's what I think.

It's more like, get me out of the house.

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