The writer Blake Morrison is a keen runner. He prefers long distances and is currently training to run the Paris Marathon with his daughter. Normally he'd run on his own, against only himself. In this programme, he considers the physical and spiritual isolation of the runner, with reference to fellow writers Haruki Marakami, Alan Sillitoe and Sharon Olds, and music by guitarist Bert Jansch, French techno-duo Air and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The writer Blake Morrison is a keen runner. He prefers long distances and is currently training to run the Paris Marathon with his daughter. Normally he'd run on his own, against only himself. In this programme, he considers the physical and spiritual isolation of the runner, with reference to fellow writers Haruki Marakami, Alan Sillitoe and Sharon Olds, and music by guitarist Bert Jansch, French techno-duo Air and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
