Daily: Marathon Man - Paul Tonkinson on Breaking the 3-Hour Mark

The Bunker

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🗓️ 21 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Running a marathon is no easy feat, but to run one in under 3 hours puts you in the top 5% of runners worldwide. Comedian Paul Tonkinson details his gruelling yet moving journey to break the 3-hour mark in his book 26.2 Miles to Happiness: A Comedian’s Tale of Running, Red Wine and Redemption. He sits down with fellow runner Nick Cohen to talk about the trials and tribulations of beating one of running’s milestone times. “I wanted to be as honest as possible about the process of running a marathon” “Running a marathon runs nicely along the line of being really difficult, but also achievable” Presented by Nick Cohen. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.9	26.2 miles to happiness a comedian's tale of running red wine and redemption by
1:22.0	Paul Tonkinson which is the best book about running I think I've ever read.
1:26.0	It's just a tremendous exploration of why people run and being by a comedian. It's quite funny but it is not just by any means.
1:36.3	I'm delighted to have Paul Tonkinson with me.
1:38.4	Hello Paul.
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1:56.0	You were the first person with some sort of cultural currency to say that they liked it, so it's good. I kind of got the book
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