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  • Welcome to episode 188 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.

     

    Bath Half

    It’s the day after the Bath Half, and I want to talk you through it. First we talk about vlogging or not during a race – I’m not very good at doing this, and decided against it during this one (sorry). So I ran it and have many thoughts, and Hol wasn’t running it, but was instead singing with her choir on the route to raise the runners’ spirits – and in this, she’s hooked. Who loves volunteering as much as running the thing?

     

    Exclusive competition

    We’ve also got a brilliant compo for you! It’s a Pod Squad exclusive to win two entries, for you and a friend, to run the Threshold Endure 24 in Reading on the 8th-9th June. Super cool! Endure 24 is the UK’s biggest 24-hour trail race, and feels more like a festival than a race. You run it by taking part in 8K loops – and you can do as many or as few of them as you like! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/endure24 for your chance to win a place – good luck!

    Subscribe 

    Now, if you don’t already subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, we’ve got a Pod Squad offer – hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad and you’ll be able to get your mitts on Women’s Running for just £3.50 an issue, saving 42% off the cover price. The subscription is risk-free and flexible, so it’s the perfect way to get loads more Women’s Running fun times for pennies.

     

    Lovely extra bitsThis episode is sponsored by Didriksons! Check out their gorgeous jackets and coats, and get 20% off with the code RUN24 before 7 April.Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today to save loads, it's only £3.50 an issue!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / ExtrasDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy 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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

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  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.


    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    Cara’s week 10 runs:

     Run 1: 30 minute run

    Run 2: 30 minute run

    Run 3: Goal 5K!

     

    Adventure running 

    We’re talking about routes again this week. Cara’s getting a bit fed up with the same old trot round her village, which leads us onto some exciting plans for adventuring in the future. She can’t wait to get a bit braver with her running and use it as a way of exploring her surroundings; she’s going to make a wonderful trail runner!

    Running motivation

    We’re also talking all about how Cara ticks and what’s going to encourage her to keep up the habit. She thinks plotting some runs around some places she’d really like to visit could be a good place to start. This makes us wonder: why do we always have to have a goal time or distance to get us up and running? Could we all do with taking a leaf out of Cara’s books?

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Welcome to episode 187 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.

    Booze and running 

    And we’re definitely NOT talking about running to begin with. We’re talking about booze. Our weekends have been very different because of it: Holly’s had a jolly time at the pub, while I’ve been getting acid reflux after half a glass. Aging isn’t fair.

    Tapering 

    On to the running bit. Running has become HARD for me. I ask the question, is this because it’s genuinely hard, is it because I’m in the middle of tapering, which is always the lowest point in terms of confidence, or is it age? Answers on a postcard please.

    Running critical 

    We also talk about how we, firmly within the running bubble, can often think we’re not doing very well, because this is where we work, and these are the Instagram accounts that we follow. But normal people, it turns out, don’t know what shoes they should be wearing, or understand what a taper is. Are we being too critical of ourselves? Of course, the answer is yes!

     

    Pick up the mag!

    Now, if you don’t already subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, we’ve got a Pod Squad offer for you lovely people – hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad and you’ll be able to get your mitts on Women’s Running for just £3.50 an issue, saving 42% off the cover price. The subscription is totally risk-free and flexible, you don’t need to sign up for years and years, so it’s the perfect way to get loads more Women’s Running fun times for pennies.

     

     Lovely extra bits

    Subscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / Extras

    ·      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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.


    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    Cara’s week 9 runs:

     Run 1: 25 minute run

    Run 2: 25 minute run

    Run 3: 28 minute run

    Where to run

    This week, we check in with Cara as she hits the final few weeks of her plan. She’s keen to find some long stretches that she can use for her runs, but she’s struggling to find somewhere safe, dry and comfortable to run for long periods of time in her village. We talk about the best places to run and how to stay safe on roads.

    Running and hamstrings

    As Cara’s runs get longer, her hamstrings seem to be complaining more. We dig down into what’s causing this and discover a potential lifestyle culprit…

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Welcome to episode 186 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.

     

    Yoga

    You catch us in the middle of chatting about our recent yoga efforts, which have had various degrees of success. Running has also had some ups and downs, as we prepare variously for our New York Half and the Bath Half, which I’ve snuck in the middle there.

    Running annoyances 

    I then get going on the latest thing that’s made me enormously cross – the public playing of music when out running or cycling, like naughty teenagers on a train. I’m super cross about this. And this swiftly moves on to music that’s played at the start line of races – so do please tell us what you love to hear, and what are your pet peeves.

     

    Join us!

    If you don’t already subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, we’ve got a Pod Squad exclusive offer for you lovely people – hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad and you’ll be able to get your mitts on Women’s Running for just £3.50 an issue, saving 42% off the cover price. The subscription is totally risk-free and flexible, you don’t need to sign up for years and years, so it’s the perfect way to get loads more Women’s Running fun times for pennies.

     

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / Extras

    ·      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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.


    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Week 10:

    Run 1: 30 minute run

    Run 2: 30 minute run

    Run 3: Goal 5K!

     

    How to plan a 5K

    This week, if you’ve been following on from the beginning marks the end of the plan – and time to put all this training to the test! If you’re a bit behind then never fear: we’ve still got more episodes to come to keep you going. But if this is your final week and you’re wondering where to start with getting a 5K in the calendar, we’ve got some top tips (as well as some slightly silly ones) for measuring distances and plotting routes if you’re going it alone, as well as our suggestions for local events to watch our for.

     

    How to celebrate a big run

     We’re also getting a little over excited this week about what we might do to celebrate Cara’s 5K. We’re talking roasts, brunch, Prosecco and all sorts. Whatever your idea of fun, make sure you’ve got something in the calendar that allows you to celebrate yourself and your huge achievement. 

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to episode 185 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.

    Anxiety 

    In this episode we talk about nerves and anxiety on a run, and also we chunter on a bit about how sleep unsurprisingly can have a huge effect on our running and our moods.

     

    Kit

    We also talk about kit, and the shoes we currently like to run in; the latest ones that I’ve been able to plod in have been a total revelation, as I didn’t think they were designed for runners like me, but in turns out that they are!

     

    Support

    We talk about support on race day from family and friends, and how we mentally cope with doing hard things without the support crew – to be honest, I feel so much better about this now, because we have such a strong community with the Pod Squad (that’s you guys, that is).

    New York half marathon 

    And we’ve got just enough time to get excited about New York, our half marathon in April which is fast approaching. We’re getting very close to last-chance saloon now – so if you’ve been sitting on the fence, do please sign up before the offer closes, as it would be wonderful to have you there! We talk about everything we’re looking forward to, which mostly includes the huge margaritas we had last time.

     

    Join the gang!

    If you don’t already subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, we’ve got a Pod Squad exclusive offer for you lovely people – hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad and you’ll be able to get your mitts on Women’s Running for just £3.50 an issue, saving 42% off the cover price. The subscription is totally risk-free and flexible, you don’t need to sign up for years and years, so it’s the perfect way to get loads more Women’s Running fun times for pennies.


    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories!

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 42% Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / ExtrasDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy 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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

     

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.


    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Week 9:

    Run 1: 25 minute run

    Run 2: 25 minute run

    Run 3: 28 minute run

    Wet weather running

    It’s been tipping it down this week so, naturally, we’re chatting about all the ways we can dodge the weather. Cara’s been braving the elements in her normal running kit, but wants advice on waterproof jackets and caps.

    Sweating

    Rain isn’t the only thing we’re drenched in this week. We talk embarrassing moments with sweat and how to combat them, as well as why we should wear our sweaty heads as a badge of honour.

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to episode 184 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.

     

    Bad training

    Holly has had some ups and downs with her half marathon training, including an almost literally crappy run, so we have a lot to talk about with that. Half marathon training is not easy, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

     

    Simple running

    In other news, we’ve decided we want to start a campaign – to run more simply. We’re both overwhelmed by all the information that’s thrown at us on a daily basis on how to run better, what strength training to do, what to eat, and what to do for general fitness. What we want is a simplification of all that noise – how to run, how to train, how to get fitter in about four different moves MAX. So – who’s with us? And what’s our manifesto going to be?

     

    Save BIG!

    Do pop along to womensrunning.co.uk and check out all the bits you get when you subscribe to us, cos if you subscribe to Women’s Running right now you’ll save 50% off the cover price and you’ll get a copy of our How To Run 5K Guide absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/bundle to get the deal.

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / Extras

    ·      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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

     

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.


    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Week 8:

    Run 1: 18 minute run

    Run 2: 20 minute run

    Run 3: 20 minute run

     

    How to set running goals

    Cara is over halfway through her 5K journey, and she’s concerned about what happens when she’s finished. We talk a bit about pace, longer distances, races and other things runners might aim for to help with motivation.

     

    Running groups

    This leads us to get deep about being held accountable – we talk about running with friends, joining run groups and being part of a running community. Cara’s a self-confessed lonely goat, but she’s feeling more confident about talking while she runs now and would like to test the waters of having a running buddy to help get her out the door. So we get into all the pros and cons of this and how to find the right situationship for your running.

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to episode 183 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.

     

    Barcelona half marathon

    I’ve just got back from Barcelona where I ran a half marathon and there is much to discuss. Yes, we talk about the race itself (which was lovely), but we quite rightly spend much of the time talking about food, hotels and lovely touristy things.

     

    Running expo

    We then start on one of our first controversies this episode, which is the hated (for us) running expo – what’s it for, who likes it, isn’t it just a capitalist construct? A bit like Valentine’s day.

     

    Strava

    Second controversy is Strava – how do you feel about being stalked slightly on Strava? Do you enjoy recording your runs on there? Do you feel pressured to achieve on there? Or do you just slightly ignore it like me?

     

    parkrun

    And on to our third controversy of the day, which is parkrun and its recent decision to remove data, including speed records. We have some thoughts, and we’re sure you have too – do get in touch and we’ll carry this on in a future pod, as we didn’t have much time left to talk about it here. Email us at [email protected].

     

    Join us!

    Do please think about subscribing to Women’s Running right now – because you’ll save 50% off the cover price and you’ll get a copy of our How To Run 5K Guide absolutely free. If you don’t need it because you’re scampering over mountains, it will make a friend very happy indeed. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/bundle to get the deal.

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / Extras

    ·      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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

     

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.


    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Week 7

    Run 1: 2x 10 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 2: 2x 10 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 3: 2x 10 min run / 90 second walk

     

    Audiobooks and motivation

    We start this week by sharing what we’ve been listening to while we run to help pass the time. Cara’s been tackling a juicy fantasy series while Holly bares all and confesses the most embarrassing audiobooks on her phone. 

     

    Sports bras

    Feeling the strain of washing the same bra three times a week, Cara’s after some advice on buying a new running bra. We share all our favourite options, as well as our tips and tricks on how to know you’re wearing the right size and style.

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to episode 182 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.

     

    What is Jeffing?

    To begin with, we’re slightly more deflated than the last episode – we’re TIRED, for a couple of different reasons. Once we stop whinging, we get on to the running conundrums – such as, does stopping at water stations count as Jeffing? We want your thoughts! Then we start talking race strategy – neither of us can quite remember what Hol did at Paris half, and how she can emulate it, if she decides to follow that plan again.

     

    Plan panic

    We also talk about general training plan panic – that thing where you study hundreds of training plans and try to find one that retrospectively fits what we’ve been doing! This ties into Holly giving me a bit of a telling off, to ground me and my panic ahead of the Barcelona half marathon this weekend.

    Email us! 

    Happily, we have some more embarrassing moments – and we want more! Cos it cheers us up, so it’s totally selfish. Email them in at [email protected].

     

    Join us!

    Do please think about becoming a patron of this podcast at patreon.com/womensrunning, because for just £2 a month you can access our free monthly videos, our weekly newsletters, and you get to join our exclusive Pod Squad chat room, where all the fun happens!

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / ExtrasBuy 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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

     

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.

     

    Week 6: 

    Run 1: 2x 8 min run / 3 min walk

    Run 2: 2x 8 min run / 3 min walk

    Run 3: 2x 8 min run / 2 min walk

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

     

    Periods, hormones and running

    Cara’s had a tough week this week, struggling with tiredness and lack of motivation. She’s also been craving Cream Eggs like nobody’s business. The prime suspect is that old buzzkill, the menstrual cycle. This gets us chatting about the phases of our periods, how to track them and how tricky understanding our bodies can be.

     

    5K nutrition

    She’s also been generally hungrier since the start of this training journey, so it’s time to talk about fuelling. What should we be eating before a run and how long do we need to wait before we go out? We offer Cara some advice before sending her off with a brand new running journal.

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

     

    Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Welcome to episode 181 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.

     

    Running therapy

    In this episode, we kick off with a chat about our little therapy sessions – ie, this actual podcast. Holly has been getting herself back on an even keel, and I have been getting very worried about some upcoming races.

     

    Running slower

    We also talk about coming to terms with running a bit slower as we get older, and the way in which a run can feel awful on one day, and brilliant the next, for no apparent reason.

     

    Wall of Shame!

    We then delve into your Wall of Shame embarrassing moments from the national running show, which we wanted to share with you guys, because they were all SUPERB. From public pooing to being overtaken by Ron Hill, to our favourite of all time, which involves a canal boat. I shall say no more.

     

    Get in touch!

    We loved doing this so much, we want more of your embarrassing moments - email us at [email protected] with the best bits of your runs so we can snort about them on the pod!

     

    Subscribe!

    Do think about subscribing to Women’s Running right now – because you’ll save 50% off the cover price and you’ll get a copy of our How To Run 5K Guide absolutely free. If you don’t need it because you’re scampering over mountains, it will make a friend very happy indeed. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/bundle to get the deal.

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / Extras

    ·      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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on JustgivingEmail us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.

     

    Run 1: 3x 5 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 2: 3x 5 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 3: 3x 5 min run / 90 second walk

     

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    Running and resilience

    We’re very impressed with Cara this week for sticking with her training despite being exhausted from this year’s National Running Show. She’s done brilliantly, and tells us all about her highs and lows. She discovers that, sometimes, running is brilliant for no particular reason while, at other times, it feels rubbish for no particular reason. 

     

    DOMS

    She’s dispelled her shin splint fears this week and is instead discovering all about Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness – for which Esther has some sage advice as well as some great post-run stretches for increased mobility. 

     

    Plus, a lovely listener shares some tips that get us talking about how best to approach a bear if we ever come across one in Somerset.

     

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Welcome to episode 180 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.

     

    The National Running Show

    We start – and continue for some time – on the NRS. The National Running Show was this weekend just gone, and it was a total blast. We’re still getting over it. But there is much to discuss, from the famous people who met us on the stand to the gorgeous Pod Squadders who replenished us with hugs and snacks. We loved meeting you all!

    Races 

    One thing we talked about a lot at the show with you all was races, so we talk about the suggestions here (and there are some great ideas for all of us).

     

    New York

    We catch up about the New York half marathon we’re running on 28th April. We’ve got some exciting extra things to add to the package we’ve worked out with Sports Tours for those of you coming – more on this in coming weeks. For everyone not coming, we’re going to be starting a half marathon training block from 2nd Feb. More details here!

     

    Save some cash!

    Do think about subscribing to Women’s Running right now – because you’ll save 50% off the cover price and you’ll get a copy of our How To Run 5K Guide absolutely free. If you don’t need it because you’re scampering over mountains, it will make a friend very happy indeed. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/bundle to get the deal.

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / ExtrasDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy 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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on JustgivingEmail us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    Week 4

    Run 1: 4x 3 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 2: 3x 4 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 3: 3x 4 min run / 2 min walk


    Running kit, cold weather and shin splints 

    In this episode, Cara’s back in the saddle and taking the running world by storm: she’s even had her first bout of runner’s itch! It’s absolutely freezing this week, so we’re kicking things off by talking about what kit to wear to beat the chill. Cara’s also got some concerns about shin splints, which are a very common injury for beginners – we delve into what they really are and how to prevent them. Plus, there’s a bit of chat about how best to time these runs with a watch, so listen up if that’s something you need support with.

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to episode 179 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.

    Marathon season  

    We launch into marathon and training season with a big dollop of wobbles because we completely forgot our rule of only recording on a Friday. We’re recording on a Monday morning and have no beans at all, so we come at this glass half empty. But, as is always the case when we record, we perk up considerably as we progress. We just love the sounds of our own voices!

     

    We’re still on the hunt for races, but you’ve suggested LOADS, and we’ve loved them all – they’ve really inspired us. Do please carry on sending these in at [email protected] so we can consider them and tell the rest of the world about them!

     

    Join us!

    Do please think about becoming a patron of this podcast at patreon.co.uk/womensrunning, because for just £2 a month you can access our free monthly videos, our weekly newsletters, and you get to join our exclusive Pod Squad chat room, where all the fun happens!

     

    Pick up Women's Running

    And you MUST subscribe to Women’s Running right now – because you’ll save 50% off the cover price and you’ll get a copy of our How To Run 5K Guide absolutely free. If you don’t need it because you’re scampering over mountains, it will make a friend very happy indeed. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/bundle to get the deal.

     

    Lovely extra bitsSubscribe to Women’s Running – join us today and you’ll save 50% and get a FREE copy of How To Run 5K with Esther and Holly!Run with us in New York!Get your hands on How to Run 5K with Esther and Holly, available at shop.womensrunning.co.uk / Extras

    ·      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/womensrunningPlease continue to donate whatever you can to our fundraiser for the Trussell Trust – Holly and I ran 5K and donated £5, but you can give whatever you can afford. Search Anthem on Justgiving

    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you by the Women’s Running Podcast, and sponsored by Vivobarefoot. This is a ten-part special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. 

    Run 5K with us

    Fancy joining along? Grab hold of your perfect training plan here. There are lots to choose from, but for our sessions with Cara, we’re taking on the 10-week 5K training plan for beginners.

    More support

    Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    Week 3

    Run 1: 6x 2 min run / 2 min walk

    Run 2: 6x 2 min run / 90 second walk

    Run 3: 7x 2 min run / 90 second walk

    Injury, strength, cross training

    In this episode, we catch up with Cara about her ankle injury. She’s been a very diligent student and has done all her prescribed calf raises etc, but she’s a little anxious about getting out there again, which leads us to talk a bit about running with health anxiety. We also start getting into cross training and all the best things we can be doing to aid our running, as well as some warm up advice that includes our fave dynamic stretches. If you're following our plan, the runs are detailed above.

    Links

    • This series is sponsored by Vivobarefoot. Find out more about their range, and grab 15% off at the checkout on any pair of shoes with the code WOMENSRUNNING15

    • Grab hold of your perfect training plan here.

    • Sign up to our weekly 5K support emails for more advice with your training and a check-in on your progress. You’ll also get a free mini magazine! 

    • Subscribe to Women’s Running today and you’ll save 50%, plus you’ll receive our How To Run 5K magazine absolutely free!

    • Get bonus content on Patreon

    Get bonus content on Patreon

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.