Summary
It's time to smash a bagel with honey and start pounding the pavements like today's incredible guest - the very lovely, and charismatic online coach Tom Trotter!
If you're into Instagram, TikTok and Running hit follow @tomtrotter_ to get your daily dose of motivation and positivity from a man transforming lives via his challenges on reels.
Tom's confidence is a testament to the work and habits he's put in over the years, and now he's sharing it with you - He's a CHAMP! if anyone is going to make you feel grateful, and motivated to go for a run it's him
AD - Jenni has written a book and surprise surprise, it’s all about running! Inspired by the RunPod Run Club and featuring many anecdotes from the podcast and her own experiences. It’s also full of great tips for runners new and old. The book is called ‘Runners High’ and is out on March 14th. To order a copy to read – or listen to the audio version whilst you run – tap this link https://geni.us/RunnersHigh
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | Hello there and welcome to RunPod. I'm Jenny Faulkner and I'm thrilled to be keeping you company whilst you run or perhaps |
| 0:22.1 | whilst you think about running then again maybe you have zero intention of running at all but you're |
| 0:26.8 | still listening and you still welcome in the Run Pod Run Club. The more the merrier that's what I say. |
| 0:32.2 | The running community is a welcoming friendly space and in fact today's guest is someone I met out and about. |
| 0:38.6 | On the running scene, we were at the Royal Parks Half Marathon. |
| 0:41.6 | He'd just done like a super speedy half marathon. |
| 0:44.4 | I was a lot slower. |
| 0:45.8 | He is a former pro rugby player turned online coach and personal trainer. |
| 0:51.0 | He, Bloomin, loves running. |
| 0:53.5 | He is Tom Trotter. Hello there. Thank you for having me. |
| 0:56.7 | That was a lovely introduction. It made me sound great. Well, you are pretty good. I mean, I follow |
| 1:01.1 | you on social media. Ever since we met, I've been kind of following you. And what you put up there is |
| 1:06.2 | kind of like compulsive view. You end up coming back wanting to see more and more. But what I love, |
| 1:10.5 | my takeaway |
| 1:11.2 | from everything you put up is that your messaging is very, very clear. I mean, you're very much, |
| 1:17.2 | you're only here once live the best version of yourself. And I love that attitude. Oh, I live by it. |
| 1:22.3 | Yeah, absolutely. I think for me, I don't know, I say every morning, literally every day, but it's as exciting every day. I think if I have an activity, which is as simple as moving my body, it's not about |
| 1:31.5 | breaking records. It's you versus you, right? That's why you always say. So I'm quite simple, |
| 1:35.1 | really. So I wake up in the morning and my little garage, I've got my dumbbells, treadmill. |
| 1:38.7 | If I move my body and then after that simple activity of running or walking, my outlook on life afterwards, |
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