Summary
In this episode of RunPod, Jenni is joined by the host of The Fortune Hotel, Stephen Mangan.
Stephen is a man of many talents, he’s also star of shows like ‘Green Wing’, ‘Episodes’ and ‘The Split’. He’s an author, a radio presenter and best of all he is a runner. And a pretty nifty one at that.
He might be one of the busiest men in showbiz but he stays sane with running, although we have no idea how he fits it all in. He’s currently training for a duathlon but still found the time to chat to Jenni about why running is so important to him and how it benefits him.
It was a joy to chat to Stephen and it will be a joy to listen as you head out on your run.
Enjoy and of course, happy running.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello there and welcome to another gathering of the Run Pod Run Club. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Jenny Faulkner and as we know, runners come in all shapes and sizes from all backgrounds. |
| 0:19.0 | They're all ages, abilities, nationalities and job descriptions. |
| 0:22.9 | And today's guest, well, it ticks a lot of boxes. He's a let's go, comedian, actor, |
| 0:27.9 | children's author, stage actor, movie actor, TV actor, TV and radio presenter, a producer, |
| 0:33.5 | but the best part of all, he's a runner. Stephen Mang and welcome to Runford. |
| 0:37.8 | I'm delighted to be here. Thank you very much. |
| 0:39.5 | Yes, I'm a runner. |
| 0:40.6 | I know. I love that. |
| 0:41.8 | And I've known you've been a runner because I've always seen your photo at finish lines. |
| 0:46.0 | And I'm like, right, I'm getting him on Run Pod. |
| 0:47.8 | Whether, whatever it takes. |
| 0:49.4 | And I'm lucky for Stephen, he was walking past me in the corridor yesterday. |
| 0:54.4 | Not at all, now not running past you in the corridor either. |
| 0:57.2 | Yeah, no, I'm, listen, I could talk about running for hour after hour, so bring it on. |
| 1:02.6 | Is this just something you've always done? |
| 1:04.2 | I started probably, I did it at school a bit. |
| 1:07.2 | I was in the cross-country team and I kind of was quite into it, but at the same time, |
| 1:12.3 | something about being forced to run, it's not the same as deciding you want to do it. And I have |
| 1:16.7 | some good memories of running at school and also some of those, you know, freezing rain, trudging up a, |
| 1:22.2 | you know, wet, muddy hill and, you know, some not good memories. And then when I was about 30 I think I decided to do the |
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