Hello there, I'm Jenny Faulkner. Welcome to the Run Club of the podcast world. Yep, this is Run Pod. One of the things that's become very apparent whilst doing this podcast is that everyone's running story is totally different. We run for a variety of reasons and the way we started is unique to us but the one thing we all

have in common is that we do keep coming back for more today's guest is someone who is by the way

exceptionally fit he served in the royal marine commandos he spent six years in the special boat service

he's now a member of the directing staff on Channel 4's hit show

SAS Who Dare's Wins. He's released a book which has been a number one bestseller and his

latest book is called Battle Ready. I've been reading it. It's absolutely brilliant. Please

welcome to Run Pod. Ollie Allerton. Hello. Welcome to RunPod. It's still good to chat to you, although I know already that by chatting to you,

I'm going to have to go for a run straight afterwards because I'm going to feel totally

inadequate and unfit.

No, you'll need to decompress after this conversation.

Is that?

Okay, that'll happen.

Where are you right now?

I'm up in Shropshire.

So we moved up to Shropshire about a year ago.

And I have to say, with the current circumstances, I'm so glad I did, because we're right in sort of rural, in the countryside, quite isolated anyway.

So it's been quite, you know, with the weather, it's been beautiful. Yeah with the weather it's been beautiful yeah i mean

i've been looking at your instagram oh my goodness every single photo that you put up like out with the dog

it's just a beautiful scenic landscape all around you and now i know why then it's because you live

right there yeah no absolutely i tell you what there's one thing that I'm so glad, you know,

if lockdown had happened and they said we couldn't go out,

that would have been absolute torture.

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