Welcome to episode 204 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

• This episode is sponsored by Runna. For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

We’re gearing up for the Saucony London 10K, so we need to chat about all of our training in the last few days. We both have worries of a different shape here.

We talk about the weight of false expectations – as we always worry about what you guys think of us. We’re talking about this ahead of doing the 10K, which is making us think about the last time we did a 10K together which was the Vitality last year.

We go off on a tangent while we talk about our favourite bits of art, because why not. When we finally get back to running, we’ve got some classic running questions to ask each other – and we’d love to know what your answers to these questions would be too. So please let us know: What do you not like about running? What was your best running experience? And what was your worst running experience?

Now, if you’re not already a subscriber to Women’s Running magazine, you need to stop what you’re doing right now and sign up, cos this is one of our best ever offers. Right now you can get your first six issues of Women’s Running for just £6 – that’s a pound an issue! Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP, and use the code SS24 WRPOD at the checkout. Or just go here. Six quid! That’s how much ONE issue costs if you buy it in Sainos. And I know I’m biased, but it’s BRILLIANT.

• This episode is sponsored by Runna

For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £6 for 6 issues

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Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 203 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

We have a bit of a Glasto catch up cos it’s the Monday after the main event and obviously we have thoughts, which leads on to Holly’s big singing weekend. I’ve had a weirdly sporty weekend, with my own version of a very prolonged triathlon.

We then have a big conversation about the RunThrough 5K I did the week before. I made a number of mistakes which we talk about here, but we also talk about the huge controversy that whirled around after the event.

Then we have a lot of lovely emails from you guys involving sexy Scottish TV shows, and pooing on the run (but of course).

Now, if you’re not already a subscriber to Women’s Running magazine, you need to stop what you’re doing right now and sign up, cos I think this is one of our best ever offers. Right now – and only until the end of August - you can get your first six issues of Women’s Running for just £6. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP, and use the code SS24 WRPOD at the checkout. Or just go here.

• This episode is sponsored by Runna

For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £6 for 6 issues

• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT

· Download a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/run

• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning

Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 202 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

This episode is sponsored by Runna For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

We start on the thing that seems to have riled you the most – whether Holly’s Strava is working against her. We then talk about our running, and how that’s been going, what it’s like running in different cities.

We’re continuing to semi train for our London 10K in July, so in a bit of a stress we’ve downloaded a super quick 4-week training plan as we haven’t been taking things seriously enough. If you’re in the same position, we’re using a four-week 60-minute 10K training plan from the Women’s Running website (just here).

Then we’re bringing in some running questions – we’re going back to basics, and telling you guys why we run, and what we like about it. We’d love to hear your answers here too so do please get in touch with your why, and what you like about it!

Now, do please come and join us on Patreon – you can get a ton of extra Pod Squad benefits from just £2 a month. Go to patreon.com/womensrunning to find out more.

Don't forget the mag! Right now – and only until the end of August - you can get your first 6 issues of Women’s Running for just £6 – that’s a pound an issue! Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP, and use the code SS24WRPOD at the checkout. Or just go here. Six quid! That’s how much ONE issue costs if you buy it in Sainos.

Lovely extra bits

• This episode is sponsored by Runna

For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £6 for 6 issues

• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT

· Download a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/run

• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning

Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 201 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

This episode is sponsored by Runna For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING

In this episode we start off by talking about life (and death) getting in the way of running plans, and how we’re managing that. Holly’s also been chasing a 5K PB. We get very confused about Strava – so much so that it’s slightly upsetting. Can anyone illuminate us please?!

Then my next philosophical question is based on a conversation I had a few weeks back – are runners boring? Discuss! We are extremely worried that everything we do is in fact incredibly dull.

To make things less dull, we move on to the stuff that other people have been talking about – your emails are the highlight of our very dull week. finally, some race news – I’m running a women’s-only 5K next week with RunThrough, and we’re both running the London 10K in July.

Now, do please come and join us on Patreon – you can get a ton of extra Pod Squad benefits from just £2 a month, including newsletters Live podcasts and you can join our exclusive Discord forum filled with wonderful runners just like you. Go to patreon.com/womensrunning to find out more.

Now, if you’re not already a subscriber to Women’s Running magazine, you need to stop what you’re doing right now and sign up, cos I think this is one of our best ever offers. Right now – and only until the end of August - you can get your first six issues of Women’s Running for just £6 – that’s a pound an issue! Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP, and use the code SS24WRPOD at the checkout. Or just go here. Six quid! That’s how much ONE issue costs if you buy it in Sainos. And I know I’m biased, but it’s BRILLIANT.

• This episode is sponsored by Runna

For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £6 for 6 issues

• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT

· Download a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/run

• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning

Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 200 of the Women’s Running podcast. This episode is sponsored by Runna. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

Whoop whoop! It’s our 200th episode and we are celebrating in style with a drink and a bowl of peanuts and a little look back at some of our favourite moments over the last year or so. I start on a slightly cross note because of a convo I’d had at the weekend, where I was asked a question that I think sets the tone for our entire podcast.

But once I’ve shed that baggage we’re on to the fun bit. What have been our most favourite pods over the past year or so? We start with a margarita, and end with an Aperol Spritz and in the middle of all of that we chat about our favourite bits, which includes the hang-glider face-off, Canal Boat Amy, the Paris Half with the Pod Squad massive, our trips to New York, and lots of toilet talk.

Now, do please come and join us on Patreon – you can get a ton of extra Pod Squad benefits from just £2 a month, including newsletters Live podcasts and you can join our exclusive Discord forum filled with wonderful runners just like you. Go to patreon.com/womensrunning to find out more.

Now, if you’re not already a subscriber to Women’s Running magazine, you need to stop what you’re doing right now and sign up, cos I think this is one of our best ever offers. Right now – and only until the end of August - you can get your first six issues of Women’s Running for just £6 – that’s a pound an issue! Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP, and use the code SS24 WRPOD at the checkout. Or just go here. Six quid! That’s how much ONE issue costs if you buy it in Sainos. And I know I’m biased, but it’s BRILLIANT.

• This episode is sponsored by Runna

For a FREE two-week trial of Runna, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING and fill your running boots.

Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £6 for 6 issues

• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT

· Download a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/run

• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning

Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 199 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

This episode, we explore the idea that running is something we can do to give us energy, as much as deplete our energy. We also talk about running in the heat, with some actual science that we read on the internet to back up the way that we feel after running when it’s unexpectedly hot.

We’ve got some lovely emails from you here to discuss, with all sorts of continuing chat about annoying Guardian columnists and yoga class etiquette. There’s been lots of chat on Discord about the things we’ve been talking about. Do join us on Patreon at patreon.com/womensrunning so you can chat with everyone in our chat room, as it is a LOT of fun there at the mo.

The one thing we needed to talk about in this episode, we forgot to mention until the very end, which is the extremely exciting news that we’re going to be running the Saucony London 10K on Sunday July 14th, and to make it even more exciting, we’re launching a competition in partnership with SportsShoes.com to offer ten lucky winners a free race place AND a bunch of kit to wear on the day. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/saucony10K or enter here.

If you’re not already a subscriber to Women’s Running magazine, right now you can get your first six issues of Women’s Running for just £6! Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP, and use the code SS24WRPOD at the checkout. Or just go here.

• This episode is sponsored by Revive Active. You can get 20% off the whole Revive Active range at ReviveActive.com using the code Run20, which you can use right up until 31st July.
• Subscribe to Women’s Running and you’ll get your first six issues for £6! Offer code: SS24WRPOD
• Enter our competition to win lovely kit and a race place to run alongside us at the London 10K.
• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning

Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 198 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

We have a lot to talk about - mostly because we’ve been out to see Janusz from The Great British Bake Off talk about his new cook book, and had a very fun time indeed.

We’re then talking about maintenance running and fitness. Plans are beginning to emerge for a possible marathon in February 2025. Question is: should we both do it?

Then we talk about a few more controversies; namely Joe Wicks’ menopause workout and a bit of a internet talk there. Before we move on to An Incident in my yoga class. It’s all fun and games.

Now, do please come and join us on Patreon – you can get a ton of extra Pod Squad benefits from just £2 a month, including newsletters, Live chats, and you can join our exclusive and very lovely Discord community filled with wonderful runners just like you. All of that and you’ll always be the first to know about trips like New York! Go to patreon.com/womensrunning to find out more.

• This episode is sponsored by Revive Active. You can get 20% off the whole Revive Active range at ReviveActive.com using the code Run20, which you can use right up until 31st July.
• Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £3.50 an issue!
• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
• Download a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/run
• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning
• Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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Welcome to episode 197 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m your host Esther Newman and she’s your other host Holly Taylor. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.

There’s a lot of chat that doesn’t touch on running to begin with, as Holly has had another exciting weekend, and I’ve been having some stressed parenting moments, which leads into some general emotional load chat. Please relate to one of us!

Then we finally get on to some running, and we have questions for you as a result – what do you do if you bump into a runner you know when you’re running? Do you stop and chat? Do you offer to run with them? And, do you also feel horribly visible if you’re spotted turning back on an out-and-back route?

Then we have some running controversies – we would LOVE to know your thoughts on two pieces that I read in the Guardian that seemed to be very anti-running, which we explore in detail. Links in the show notes if you’d like to read them.

Now, do please come and join us on Patreon – you can get a ton of extra Pod Squad benefits from just £2 a month, including newsletters, Live chats, and you can join our exclusive and very lovely Discord community filled with wonderful runners just like you. All of that and you’ll always be the first to know about trips like New York! Go to patreon.com/womensrunning to find out more.

• This episode is sponsored by the Coopah run coaching app. For a FREE two-week trial of Coopah, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING2 and fill your running boots.
• From the Guardian: Sam Pyrah’s piece on fitness being a ball and chain
• From the Guardian: Rod Gilchrist’s piece on running addiction
• Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £3.50 an issue!
• Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
• Download a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/run
• Buy a Pod Squad t-shirt!
• Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning
• Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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