Welcome to episode 216 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. House move So Holly has finally arrived in her new house, and as we all know a house move is a Big Change, so we talk about that and how she’s coping, aside from getting irritated with Doug. Marathon nerves On my side, I’ve got my Trail Escape marathon...
Oct 03, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Welcome to episode 215 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. London Vitality 10,000 We’re recording the day after completing the London Vitality 10,000 and we have a huge race r...
Sep 26, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Welcome to episode 214 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. Big change Holly is feeling unwell, and is super-stressed with a house move, so there’s lots to talk about right awa...
Sep 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 214
Welcome to episode 213 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. New term I’ve had a stressful start to Sept, but finished off the first week with a very un-Esther trip to a spa, an...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Welcome to episode 212 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. London Vitality 10,000 We’re back from all our various holidays and have much to discuss. First up, though, a quick ...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 212
Welcome to episode 211 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. Physio success In big news, Holly has been to the physio, and as a result she’s been spending a bit of money buying her first indoor gym kit, which unsurprisngly leads me on to being a bit teachery and chatting about kettle bells at length (sorry). Run...
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 211
Welcome to episode 210 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. London Vitality 10,000 We have a special guest for you today in the shape of the very brilliant Helen Thorn, you luc...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 210
Welcome to episode 209 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. Holiday running We’re back after a bit of a break (that hopefully you won’t have noticed, but obviously the timings ...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 209
Welcome to episode 208 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. Strength for runners The main part of this podcast is all about a runner’s worst nightmare: STRENGTH. We knew we per...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Welcome to episode 207 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. Summer holidays Today, we’re talking about general end-of-term exhaustion – shout out to all of you who got to the s...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 207
Welcome to episode 206 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. Niggles Holly is managing a bit of a niggle – why do they always come and bite us on the arse, when things are going w...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 206
Welcome to episode 205 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. Saucony London 10K It’s the morning after the day before. We’ve just returned back from our Saucony London 10K. And we...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 205
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. Saucony London 10K We’re gearing up for the Saucony London 10K, so we need to chat about all of our training in the ...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 204
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. 5K controve...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 203
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. Strava We start on the thing that seems to have riled you the most – whether Holly’s Strava is working against her. We t...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 202
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 talking about life (and death) getting in the way of running plans, and how we’re managing that. Holly’s also ...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 201
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 of peanuts and a little look back at some of our favourite moments over the last year or so. I start on a ...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 200
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 talk about running in the heat, with some actual science that we read on the internet to back up the way that ...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 199
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 cook book, and had a very fun time indeed. 2025 marathon? We’re then talking about maintenance running and fit...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 198
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 some stressed parenting moments, which leads into some general emotional load chat. Please relate to one o...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 197
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 boots. Weekend running The sun has finally been out and Holly has been having a joyous weekend, so we...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 196
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 talking about sleeping, eating and drinking water, and doing all those things in the right amounts at the right ...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 195
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 you LIVE from New York! We went out there last week with the very wonderful Sports Tours International and a ...
May 02, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 194
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 week specifically, because it’s MS Awareness Week, and MS, and raising awareness and funds for MS research...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 193
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 new as Project Marathon Girl. Now she’s part of the establishment and part of Coopah. She chats to us abou...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 192
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 feel guilty? No she does not. She explains why here, but it also leads us neatly on to how we’re going to be ...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 191
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 some very big topics to discuss on the podcast today. We talk about the recent news of Alison Walker, who was attac...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 190
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 needling things to discuss, and Holly’s training has been going annoyingly well. We have a slight handbrake turn i...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 189
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 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 26, 2024•36 min•Season 4Ep. 13
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 ...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 188