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...
Mar 19, 2024•54 min•Season 4Ep. 12
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....
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 187
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...
Mar 12, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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 midd...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 186
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...
Mar 05, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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; t...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 185
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...
Feb 27, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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 runni...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 184
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...
Feb 20, 2024•54 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 183
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...
Feb 13, 2024•48 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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?...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 182
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 Ru...
Feb 06, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 181
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 ver...
Jan 30, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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 o...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 180
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 suppo...
Jan 24, 2024•46 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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 em...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 179
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 suppo...
Jan 16, 2024•41 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome to episode 178 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’re British, so we begin today’s podcast talking about the weather. Because, well, the weather has been insane. New York half marathon Then we move on to our goals and some chats about one of them, which is running a half marathon in New York in Apri...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 178
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. 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 w...
Jan 09, 2024•40 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to episode 177 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. Happy new year! We’ve got a treat this episode in the form of Charlie Watson, otherwise known as Runner Beans, who we’ve had on the pod before, and we wanted to drag on for our first podcast of 2024, because of her running know-how, but also because of...
Jan 04, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Welcome to a brand new special series of podcasts, brought to you from the Women’s Running Podcast. This is a new ten-part podcast special in which we introduce our friend and colleague Cara, who is keen to take on 5K with our help. In this episode we find out a bit more about her, and her training, and we go through the first week in the training plan and how we can adapt training plans to suit our lives. We hope you can join along with us! Links This episode is sponsored by Vivobarefoot . Find...
Jan 02, 2024•39 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Welcome to episode 176 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 habits Welcome to the perineum of Christmas. This is our second slice of Anna Harding, in which she talks to us about habits, training over Christmas, and how to fit in the training but also to be kind to ourselves. She introduces the brilliant...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Welcome to episode 176 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 habits Welcome to the perineum of Christmas. This is our second slice of Anna Harding, in which she talks to us about habits, training over Christmas, and how to fit in the training but also to be kind to ourselves. She introduces the brilliant...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Welcome to episode 175 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. Anna Harding Hol and I are bookending this super brilliant episode with the ever wonderful Anna Harding. Because of recent running queries we’ve had, we talk to her about V02 max, which I hope you’re not completely bored with, and she offers the answer...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Welcome to episode 174 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. Hungover running Now. Seasonally appropriate content warning here. Would you run with a hangover? We have many experiences of doing just that, and so we discuss what we reckon is actually happening inside us when we decide to go for a run after having ...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Welcome to episode 173 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. V02 max We start off with a lengthy complaint against Chillblains, which quickly segues into some stuff about pub quizzes, before moving on to today’s hot topic: V02 max. Why does it go up when you least expect it? And go down when you’ve been training...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Welcome to the Women’s Running podcast: a very special Bake Off edition. We’re your hosts, Esther Newman and Holly Taylor, and usually you can find us chatting about life and running – though, let’s be honest, it’s mostly the life bit. Every year we get terribly overexcited for the Great British Bake Off and discuss it at length on the pod. So here we are, turning it into its own spin off so we can dissect each episode properly. We’ll be chatting about all the highs and lows from the Bake Off te...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Welcome to episode 171 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 recovery After some over excited chat about meal delivery companies, we get on to the important stuff – marathon recovery. I’ve had a bit of a time of it, with my lungs not getting back up to speed as quickly as I’d like. Self care As per usua...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 172
