Summary
Gabby Logan MBE is arguably one of Britain's most iconic Broadcasters.
A legend on the sport scene, Gabby started her career as an International Gymnast and can now be found presenting everything from MOTD Six Nations to The Premier League, to The Olympic Games.
Not only does Gabby work in TV and Radio, but she's also a fantastic writer and podcast host. How does she stay fit for the job? by doing strength training, cold water swimming, and you guessed it - RUNNING!
If anyone is going to inspire you to reap the benefits of running it's this amazing woman.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands. |
| 0:09.2 | Well, hello to you. Welcome back to RunPod, where all runners unite. The fast ones, the slow ones, the gazelles, the plodders, the newbies, the couch to five cares. I'm Jenny Faulkner and today, well, my guest |
| 0:22.3 | is someone who, quite frankly, is mega fit. She's a former gymnast and is now a hugely successful |
| 0:28.4 | presenter, well known for hosting a ton of different sports events from the Olympic Games to |
| 0:33.7 | the Six Nations. And in terms of running, she is the presenter we see on Great North Runday and the London Marathon. |
| 0:41.2 | So you'd think it's about time she started doing a spot of running herself. |
| 0:45.5 | Well, she has accepted the challenge of running a half marathon this spring. |
| 0:50.2 | And so please welcome to RunPod, not just someone who talks about running, but someone who actually does it too. |
| 0:56.0 | It's Gabby Logan. |
| 0:57.7 | Hi, Jenny. How are you? |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah, no, really good. How about you? |
| 1:00.5 | Yeah, very good. I was trying to work out which of those lovely descriptions I was. |
| 1:04.1 | And I would love to say I'm've always run, but I've kind of |
| 1:14.1 | never really committed, well, I haven't committed for about 15 years to any kind of event, you know, |
| 1:19.3 | so I've done the Great North Run a couple of times, but it's been a while since I actually |
| 1:23.3 | trained a bit harder for something. It feels a bit like Virgin Territory actually. It's been so long. |
| 1:28.3 | Do you know what? There are different approaches to running and you can literally just go out, |
| 1:33.3 | run for fun, run for fitness, run to feel good, run for your mental health and not have any |
| 1:37.7 | aim or any goal in mind. But somehow you're right, when you have a race or some kind of focus, |
| 1:47.0 | it does make it seem a little bit more serious, doesn't it? |
| 1:52.5 | Yeah, it ramps up a little bit. And also, you've committed to something. So I do something most days. |
| 2:04.7 | But if I have set myself the challenge of right this week, I'm going to put three runs in the diary, you know, as well as other stuff that's going on, then I have to commit to those three. Whereas if I'm not doing this event coming up on the horizon, I'd go, oh, well, I can do a cycle today, you know, or I'll do an extra Pilates or I'll do some weights. So it feels like I'm now in |
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