Fitter, Faster & Happier - The Female Runner Athlete's Podcast

Gretta and Honor Morton are twins, who love running and both have dreams of competing internationally for GB. But there is more to their dreams. They are campaigning for equality on and off the track for deaf athletes, with Honor herself being a deaf athlete. The twins want to help bridge the deaf world and the hearing world together as they believe with the right approach and understanding, this...

Bryony joins the podcast as this year’s English NationalChampion over the 5000m, a school PE teacher, a newly-wed, and currently managing a niggle. Bryony is an athlete who has consistently performed at ahigh level over many years collecting titles such as BUCS indoor 3000m champion along the way. Although with such a high quality of athletes in the UK, Bryony secured her first England vest just t...

Domi Corradi is one of the UK’s top national runners, havingbeen finishing within the top 10 at major national championships throughout her junior years and now competing domestically as an elite female. But she is alsoa med student, friend, daughter, and more… In this episode Domi shares the challenges of being drivenand passionate about running, and how at times her desire to reach the ‘next lev...

Sarah Calvert recently outkicked Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir to become the British 1500m champion, just days after taking a world silver medal in the World University Games. Sarah always showed promise and talent, with a number of national titles and notable performances as a junior. However, her success was intermittent and sporadic at times as a result of a number of challenges she faced...

Having won podiatrist of the year (Australia 22); extensiveclinical experience with runners and athletes; and an endorsement in Scheduled medicines; Joe Keain joins the podcast for a deep dive on all things feet andthe lower limbs. This episode sheds light on the what, and why of podiatryand how it is relevant to every person and every runner. We discuss the impact of feet on injuries and running,...

Lillie Bleasdale joins the podcast to talk about herexperience being an athlete and women with both Endometriosis and Adenomyosis – two life long diseases which affect around 10% of the female population. Theseconditions massively impacted every area of life for Lillie, and until recently, she was bounced around various standard treatments with no full resolution or clarity, leaving her to believe...

Lucy Jones , the   2025 London Marathon Female Mass winner (2.30.23) and 2025 England 1500m champion , joins the podcast to share her reflections around her recent rise to the top and diversity of success. From a 2.05 800m to a 2.30 marathon, Lucy really is standout in both her range and quality. But this episode is much more than simply success on paper, this episode demonstrates the power of min...

Beth Cook , European triathlon junior silver medallist, 2x British champ XC & 3 x medallist, world championship relay medallist triathlon, joins the podcast for a highly insightful episode. Beth comes with a unique angle, having grown up the child of two world class, world renown triathletes, and the youngest of all her sisters, who have also competed in triathlon. She had high levels of succe...

Today the podcast is joined by a special guest , Harry Lancaster , with a very important message.  It is one of those rare episodes where we have a male guest, but this is a serious topic which affects both men and women, quite possibly women more. Harry is a class club runner, online running coach, and running content creator. But he was also diagnosed with osteoporosis at the age of 26 - as a he...

Grace Ping , the child-running star who became a global sensation after she set multiple age group world records, including breaking 16.30 in the 5k, all before 14. Grace, now aged 21, joins the podcast to fill us in with what happens after you start your journey from the very top. In an ideal world she would have continued on this trajectory, but in her own words “ It doesn’t always happen that w...

This episode welcomes back the newly crowned European &British U20 3000m record holder Innes FitzGerald . In this Revisited, we catchup with Innes on all things her past few months, which have been eventful as she has defended her European cross country title; shattered Zola Budd’s 40 year-old U20 3000m record;  medalled at the British Indoor Champs; competed in her first professional meet; an...

Today GB junior, SIAB, English Schools, Inter-counties, and 2024 National, cross country champion Olivia Forrest from Brentwood Beagles joins the podcast. Still only an U17, Olivia has already had huge amounts ofsuccess within the sport, both domestically, and internationally. However, like an athlete her journey is not without challenge, which she is currently encountering and talks openly about...

Is it perseverance or is it insanity? It depends on your mindset, it depends on your reason, it depends on what you value… Everything lies on a spectrum and often there are two key ways of viewing something. In this episode international runner and now Triathlon Olympic Pathway athlete, Charlotte Alexander, joins the podcast. And one more thing, she also works a full-time job in a fast paced lab e...

* Video Starts at 1.33 * This week the pod is joined by the 2023 British 3000m S/C Champion and GB International runner Poppy Tank. Poppy has an incredible mindset and approach to training which has enabled her to remain healthy and injury free throughout her time as a runner. In this episode Poppy sheds light on the importance of prioritising health and allowing puberty to do puberty during the t...

Mia Waldmann , the one-time England international runner who disappeared for a year, and returned to medal at Liverpool, place 6th in the European U23 championships, and break 16 minutes for the first time in the 5k. So where did this all come from, and how did she do it? This episode is straight up inspiring and heart-warming as the episode will give you the chance to join Mia on her running jour...

ASICS athlete and international runner and triathlete Anna Hedley joins the podcast to share, quite a lot... From high levels of childhood success where she took national titles left, right, and centre, in both running and triathlon; to leaving home at 17 to pursue her sporting career; to dealing with injuries and beginning her sponsored career injured; to balancing life, training, and the multipl...

New Balance sponsored, world-class runner, and biomedical scientist Jasmijn Lau , joins the podcast as our first guest from The Netherlands. With personal bests of 31.51 (10k), 15.18 (5000m), 1.10.13 (half marathon); titles including European U23 10,000m champion & 3x National Champion; and a 7th place finish in the European 10,000m last summer, Jasmijn certainly has plenty of talent. But what...

Phoebe Anderson, the newly crowned U23 European Cross Country Champion joins the podcast to share her story, her journey, and her learnings. Phoebe brings a unique angle to the podcast having taken a gap year where you fully embraced life, before heading straight out to the states. However, not on the typical sports scholarship package but to pursue her academics as well as running. Phoebe brings...

The 3x GB athlete, 7x marathon runner (with a PB of 2.29) and, online run coach Becky Briggs, re-joins the podcast to update us on her past year. *Contact info below* In Becky's previous episode she shared her journey from being hospitalised with an eating disorder in her early teens and dealing with double stress fractures to finding health, happiness, running for Great Britain, and the marathon....

Sophie Tarver a seasoned England cross country runner joins the podcast to share how she not just balances, but maximises both running and having a career. Sophie provides insight into how running has benefitted her career and how having a career has benefited her running. And how together having the two have benefited her as a person. She highlights the importance of having a good support system,...

DISCLAIMER this episode contains reference to the passing of friends and family due to poor mental health. Thomas Toyer is a regular club runner who is taking on the 'not so regular' challenge of 7 marathons in 7 days to raise money for the mental health charity MIND . If you want to make a donation, please see the link here In this episode he shares his story, his journey, what he is doing, why h...

Olivia Mason is a very talented runner who experienced only success after success throughout her junior years. However, after going through puberty at around 15 things changed. In this episode Olivia shares her unique perspective from being a child star in the sport; encountering numerous set backs and challenges related to being female and an athlete; to proactively building herself a set up whic...

New Balance athlete Jenny Nesbitt is a two time Commonwealth Games Champion amongst many other notable performances on the running stage. But behind the scenes she has been a warrior on some different battlefields. This episode(which is worthy of two parts but has been kept together) brings to you her journey and some much needed talk around athlete mental health and athlete female health. Lots to...

Almi Nerukar and Jasmine Wood re-join the pod to give us an update on their latest with running. Both girls have recently moved out to the states to join the NCAA system on sports scholarships whilst studying a masters following a very successful year of running for both girls. Ever thought about going to America to run, or what life is like out there for student athletes? This might be the episod...

GB International cross country runner and Cambridge University student Niamh Bridson-Hubbard joins the podcast to talk all things success and the sport. Whilst juggling rigorous academics Niamh has slowly and steadily continued to rise through the ranks, in particular over the past few years. Naturally Niamh shares her training and personal reflections around her running journey, including how cer...