Linda Rodriguez-McRobbie

What's the point of it? What we're trying to do is control ancient Greece. And while we're doing that, our heroes are going around hunting monsters and going on quests. And you've got lots of different characters and tokens and cards and different shaped tokens and all sorts of things going on. We have Helen of Troy, Cassandra, and basically we're all fighting each other for control of the board.

Yeah, it's cardboard warfare. And is it a game of skill or luck or a bit of in-between? It's a little bit of both. Strategy and a lot of luck. and a lot of fun. I love the social side of it. I love being made to think. I like puzzles. This is just so much better than television, and better than video games.

I like video games, but this is interaction with people, and it's another level of thinking that I like. So it's real people, but also it's fantasy people as well. You've kind of got the best of both worlds, and you're creating your own storyline. It's different every time. It's different every time, and we've all got more than 100 games each, and... We cycle through them.

Some games are campaign games, which the same game might take several weeks. This is a one-off all over in an evening.

You don't know yet.

And does it have an actual end point, or do you just have to wait when the clock strikes at a particular point? There are victory conditions, so when any one of us achieves a certain thing, the game ends instantly. All right, OK, so does somebody die, or does someone achieve something?

No, we need to either control a certain number of regions, or a certain number of temples, or kill a certain number of monsters. That's how the game ends.

Hi, this is Linda Rodriguez-McRobbie from the Reigate Priority Athletic Club, and I'm here with Jack Boatwright from Movement Mechanics. We are talking about the Run Reigate race, and one of the big focuses in that is, of course, the hill at the end. How can we prepare for that? How can we activate our muscles beforehand?

Once you've done the race, what's a good way to stretch out afterwards?

Finally, what would be sort of the best way to recover?

Thank you.

Hi, this is Linda Rodriguez-McRobbie. I am with Red Gate Priory Athletic Club. I'm here with Jaz Donda. You're a coach with us. From your wealth of experience, both having done it and being a coach, what are some of your top tips that you would give to people running the races this year?

Kate, how many times have you done Run, Ride, Gate?

And what do you usually do?

So we are here with Gavin Lawrence, who is one of our coaches. Gavin, what is the hardest part of Run, Ride, Gate?

And what is your sort of top tip for tackling the hills?