Running Was A Punishment In School, Now I'm Completely Obsessed | Ross Noble

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The Running Channel

Sports, Health & Fitness, Running, Fitness

9.7 • 254 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Running Channel Meets is where we talk to real runners with incredible stories. Each episode we speak with people who inspire us to run, and give our guests an opportunity to tell their stories, often for the first time.

Ross Noble, one of Britain’s most beloved comedians, had never heard of Parkrun until just two years ago, when a friend texted him and persuaded him to give it a try. Since then, Ross has completed Parkrun at over 50 different locations and even tackled an ultra marathon. Born and bred in the North East of England, Ross now lives in Australia, where his runs often come with unexpected challenges—battling kangaroos, snakes, and wombats, all while carrying a snake bite kit and wearing a "huge hat" for protection. Ross is also a passionate advocate for Gout Awareness Month, continuing to embrace new challenges despite an unlikely foot condition. For Ross, running isn’t just about fitness—it’s about the adventure, and he’s loving every second of it!

Stay tuned for an announcement in early December about Ross's UK touring plans in 2025!

The Running Channel Meets was born from The Running Channel podcast. Hosted by Sarah Hartley (amateur runner) and Andy Baddeley (former pro runner) alongside Rick Kelsey (recovering runner), the TRC Podcast is friendly, jargon-free, and the perfect accompaniment to your runs.

Ross Noble's new tour 'Cranium of Curiosities' heads out across the UK from 22nd October 2025 - 22nd March 2026. Tickets on sale now at rossnoble.com

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0:00.0	He's one of the UK's best known comedians who beat an unlikely foot problem to become a long-distance runner.
0:12.0	He says there's nothing better than a pink-faced chat with a complete stranger at the end of a park run.
0:16.0	He's not spoken to me, then.
0:17.0	It's time to meet Ross Noble ahead of him heading out on a gigantic new tour.
0:24.7	This is TRC Meets where we meet incredible runners with amazing stories.
0:35.9	Ross Noble, you had gout on the Great North Run, but you've never drank a sip of alcohol in your entire life.
0:40.5	How do you get gout if you don't drink?
0:41.1	You know what?
0:45.2	That is the sympathetic question that I get asked all of the time.
0:46.7	Yeah, I know, I've never drunk.
0:50.9	And yeah, gout is sort of, you know what, it's not one of them cool.
1:13.8	It's not a cool thing to have, is it? It's not like, you know, you can't sort of like, I can't go around the place wearing some sort of like ribbon that's made of meat. And then just, you know, just start going, hey, it's gout awareness month, guys, because people just go, you're out. Gout's awareness. Gaut awareness. I do think that everyone on, on, on, in this podcast set right now, given the fact on the amount we talk about Gave and wine and Rick's consumption of it, the fact that you're the
1:17.1	one who had gout, it just doesn't seem fair.
1:18.8	I've never, I've never had gouts.
1:21.6	No, it's such a weird thing, isn't it?
1:23.1	It's like people think that gout is literally, you just drink port all the time and just eat cheese.
1:28.5	But didn't you eat chicken wings for breakfast and dinner for a week?
1:31.8	Yeah, well, there was that.
1:33.0	Yeah.
1:33.3	Yeah.
1:33.8	Oh, no, no, no.
1:34.9	I've basically, I have the diet of a, I have had in the past, basically eating like an eight-year-old.
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