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Hello there and welcome to RunPod, where every week I'm joined by someone to discuss the joy and the feel good of running and by

doing so, well, hopefully we can encourage you to go for that run or maybe if you're already out

there running, then hopefully this episode will motivate you just to keep on going, perhaps even

going further or a bit faster. I'm Jenny Faulkner and joining me today is someone who is training for her marathon debut.

She is a television presenter. You will have no doubt seen in the pit lanes as well on Sky Sports

F1 coverage. Welcome to Run Pod, Natalie Pinkham. Hello. Thank you. I can't believe we're

catching up chatting about running. I know. I can't believe it either.

And I've watched from afar for many, many years and been in awe of you, doing all

your marathons, just being such a brilliant runner.

I thought, I've always wanted to do that.

And then this year, well, last year, I thought, well, what am I, it's not going to get

any easier as I

get older, let's do it now. So here I am. It's funny, isn't it? Because before I'd done a

marathon or before I'd really taken up running, I would watch it on the telly and I'd just be in awe

of all these professional runners. I mean, they're just everyday runners as well who have managed to get a place in a race, but it somehow is, it looks unachievable for someone who isn't really that into running.

It's like a completely different world. Is that what you always thought? Yeah, it's almost like a party that you're not invited to, or at least you don't think you are. And you think, oh, no, I'm not good enough to be part of it. And then really what this process has taught me since sort of December time, I guess,

is that actually, yes, it's accessible to everyone.

And it's exactly the sort of thing you can and should be doing.

But, I mean, I'm not saying it's easy by any stretch of the imagination.

But it's a lovely community.

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