Hello there. How's the running? Are you thinking about going out shortly or perhaps you're

already set, good to go or very possibly you are running right this minute. Well, that means it's my

responsibility to keep you going and you are in the right place. This is Run Pod and I am Jenny

Falconer and we will chat about the feel good of running.

And the aim, as you will know if you've listened before, is to motivate, to inspire and

ultimately to remind you that running is great and there are so many reasons to keep on going.

And someone who is here with me to chat about what running means to him is television

presenter, fellow podcaster, and friend of mine, it's Matt Johnson. Hello.

Hi there. Thanks for having me on. Well, thank you very much for coming. Do you know, I haven't seen

you for so long. I feel like we need to do a big catch-up, but is everything good?

Everything is okay considering this is obviously recorded during the end part maybe of lockdown.

So, I mean, the new normal or whatever that is, is actually working out fine. I feel like I've

kept on top of work, etc.

And personally, during this time,

I've kind of realized what's actually really important to me,

which has been lovely.

Okay.

And is in the important stuff,

have you been looking after yourself as well?

Have you seen that kind of like being healthy and being fit and being active is kind of up there as a priority?

Absolutely. For a while now, I've had a bit of a problem and interestingly, we'll talk about running in a second, but I've kind of neglected self-K. I've put all my eggs into my work basket. And for the last two years, I've definitely

not done as much exercises I wanted. So during lockdown, obviously, we've had plenty of time to do

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