The Women's Running Podcast

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 5K PBs  In this episode we start off by talk...

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.   200 celebrations Whoop whoop! It’s our 200th episode and we are celebrating in style with a drink and a bowl...

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.   Heat training 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 tal...

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.   Bake Off returns 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 coo...

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.   Emotional load 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...

Welcome to episode 196 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 the Coopah run coaching app . For a FREE two-week trial of Coopah, just use the code WOMENSRUNNING2 and fill your running b...

Welcome to episode 195 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 recovery This includes our second chat with Jordan from Coopah, who talks to us at around the 25 minute mark about recovery - we’re talki...

Welcome to episode 194 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 the brilliant Coopah running app - listen in for an exclusive discount.   New York Live! This podcast is brought to yo...

Welcome to episode 193 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 and MS  We have a special guest this episode in the shape of brilliant Lianne the co-founder of Monkey Sox, who is talking to us this this...

Welcome to episode 192 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.   Coopah tips In this special episode we’re joined by Jordan Foster from the Coopah running app. Jordan is the OG of instagram running, who I first...

Welcome to episode 191 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. Avoiding parkrun  Holly’s been on a hen do and has managed to avoid going to parkrun, or in fact run at all for a whole five days. And does she fee...

Welcome to episode 189 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.   Trigger warning: sexual attacks and attempted rape Please go to Rape Crisis for support and advice.   Running and women's safety We’ve got s...

Welcome to episode 189 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.   Half training and physios We start by talking about running. I know. What have we become? I’ve been to the physio, so we have lots of dry needlin...

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 13-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 s...

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 g...

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...

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 b...

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...

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 u...

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...

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 eff...

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 f...

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...

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 f...

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 i...