Summary
Join Jenni as she chats with Laura Hamilton, the radiant host of 'A Place in The Sun'!
Laura, known for her sunny demeanour, has the sunniest job going... and balances her busy hosting schedule with a love for running. Recently she's gearing up for her biggest challenge yet: the London Marathon 2024 - happening this weekend on the 21st of April.
Alongside Jenni, who's also taking on the marathon, Laura discusses tips, tricks, and motivation for the big race.
Good Luck to everyone in The RunPod RunClub running The London Marathon! We can't wait to cheer you on!
AD - Jenni has written a book and surprise surprise, it’s all about running! Inspired by the RunPod Run Club and featuring many anecdotes from the podcast and her own experiences. It’s also full of great tips for runners new and old. The book is called ‘Runners High’ and is out now. To order a copy to read – or listen to the audio version whilst you run – tap this link https://geni.us/RunnersHigh
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Rompod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:14.9 | Hello there, welcome to the latest gathering of the Rompod Run Club. I'm Jenny Falkuner. Spring is here. |
| 0:22.3 | Days are getting longer, lighter, |
| 0:29.2 | brighter and warmer. It is well and truly running season. Now, I always say about how running can be done anywhere, anytime. And if you're actually traveling and you're away overseas, |
| 0:34.9 | running's a great way to get you being active whilst exploring new places. |
| 0:40.1 | Well, one person who is always on the go, travelling especially, and has probably got more |
| 0:45.9 | stamps in her passport than any of us is today's guest. She has been the host of a place in the |
| 0:52.4 | sun for 12 years. She is also a runner. |
| 0:56.2 | It's Laura Hamilton. Oh, thank you. So good to have you here. A new runner. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:02.7 | It's great to be. Is it 12 years you've done? I think you're 13 this year. Oh my goodness. Because I did a show |
| 1:07.9 | called Fantasy Homes by the Sea. I only did it for a very short period of time. |
| 1:12.0 | And the amazing thing about doing shows like that is you do get to constantly go to sunny destinations. |
| 1:17.3 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:18.3 | I mean, I think when I looked back last year, I haven't actually experienced a UK, a full UK winter since I've joined the show 13 years ago. |
| 1:28.4 | So, yeah, when it's raining outside, it's like, right, I'm going to escape to the sunshine for a week. |
| 1:33.3 | So I now pretty much do a week on, a week off. |
| 1:36.4 | So every other week I'm abroad somewhere. |
| 1:38.6 | So that's amazing. |
| 1:39.5 | I mean, yeah, police and the rain isn't going to work, really, is it? |
| 1:43.8 | We have had some episodes where we have |
| 1:46.7 | like had torrential rain in meyorka and like mainland Spain and yet that doesn't really |
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