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Hello and welcome to another episode of RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world. I'm Jenny

Faulkner and my mission has always been to get as many people as possible to give running a go. And in doing so, you become

part of a community that's filled with a total mix of brilliant people from all diverse backgrounds,

all encouraging each other and giving each other a boost should you so need it. You see, some people

run to get fit, some run to lose weight, others run for the challenge. Reasons to run really do vary.

But along the way, we all have one common factor. We all share a passion for the actual

running bit. And we know this because you always seem to come back for more. Now, I am here

today representing the Run Pod Run Club, but today I'm joined by the founder of an alternative

running club. I'm not going to see them as the opposition. It's one that truly inspires its members and

others. So please welcome the founder of Run Dem Cruise. Charlie Dark. Thank you very much for having me.

Oh, thank you. We're not opposition. We kind of work together here. We're definitely friends in the same, in the same field. That's it. We met actually, last year, we went to a post-marathon

dinner. It was a few weeks after the London Marathon, and we started chatting. And I was

like, oh, you're from London crew. I've got Runford. And I remember specifically, every time I've

done the London Marathon, this is my ninth year doing it.

Wow.

There's this one section, one section of the race, right?

If you have run the London Marathon, or even if you've been a spectator at the London Marathon, what's around mile 21?

It's around about just before Mile 21.

Same place every single time.

Ten years.

The Rundem crew, like, support troops are out.

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