A Women's Running Podcast by Run Panthera – Details, episodes & analysis

Emily speaks with founder of WeAreFearless Club Laura, about body confidence and being bad at PE, as well as the good (and the bad side of social media) and the power of women supporting women.

Host: Emily Jones

Guest: Laura (@lauraellenfearless)

Music: Cali by Wataboi

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Running a marathon can be hard, even more so when you're injured. Back in October 2021, Emily ran her first marathon where she encountered a number of obstacles related to an ongoing injury. It left her feeling mentally (and physically) defeated and is something she's spent the last few months trying to process. In this episode, Emily is joined by coach and friend of the podcast, Lillie Bleasdale, to discuss her experience of the marathon, the mental and physical side of recovery, and why you shouldn't compare yourself to other runners.

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Lillie Bleasdale
Music: Cali by Wataboi

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Fiona Quinn is incredible. She is the first woman to complete a length of Britain triathlon when she stand up paddleboarded from Lands End to John O'Groats in 2018 (despite being afraid of the sea), having previously walked and cycled the route. Now she’s taking on a couch to ultramarathon challenge, having never really run before in her life. 

Later this year, she’ll be running what is considered to be the toughest ultramarathon in Britain - The Pennine Way. Running the equivalent of 10 back-to-back marathons, Fiona, who before training hadn't run more than 5 miles in one go, will run through the Northumberland National Park and Yorkshire Dales National Park to finish at Edale in the Peak District. When she's finished, she'll have run a total of 260 miles and tackled c. 40,000 ft of elevation. 

In this episode, Fiona talks all about how she managed to complete the length of Britain triathlon whilst also facing her fear of the sea, plus how she's getting on with training for her biggest challenge yet. 

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Fiona Quinn (https://fionalquinn.com/) 
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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Sam Morris has been running for 10 years this year. In those 10 years, she's taken part in a wide range of running events and races, including 24-hour events and ultra races, and she's got a stack of medals to show for it. However, despite this, it's the marathon that she loves running the most providing her with a mental and physical challenge that she craves. She's also run a parkrun in 25 different locations and is hoping to complete all of the parkrun's in the West Midlands, once restrictions have lifted. Now, Sam channels her passion and enthusiasm for running into coaching women, to support and encourage them with their running journeys. 

In this episode, Sam talks about her own running journey and the struggles of being a new runner, as well as why she enjoys coaching women and her experiences of running ultra races.

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Sam Morris
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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Mari Thomas is a runner and founder of MAAREE, a revolutionary sports bra brand and three-time winner of Women's Running Magazine's Best In Test Sports Bra for Bigger Boobs. After completing a degree in Sports Engineering, Mari secured a spot doing sports bra testing. Whilst she was in this role, she saw first-hand the lack of research and development that many of the bigger sports brands undertook when creating a sports bra. A few years later, after creating her own prototype sports bra, Mari decided to launch MAAREE and hasn't looked back since. 

She's also a runner (or self-confessed "plodder"), having run the London Marathon amongst a few other races. 

In this episode, Mari talks all about how she founded MAAREE, the importance of finding the right sports bra, boob taboos, and the rise of the virtual bra fitting, as well as Mari’s experience of running the London Marathon. 

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Mari Thomas (www.maaree.com) 
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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Angela Smith is a self-confessed shuffler and (in her words) a big fan of the "party at the back". When Angela took part in her first charity running race, she had no idea how much running would impact her life. After realising that her mental health and Generalised Anxiety Disorder improved with the more running she did, she soon began to embrace her runs and started applying for more races. Since then she's gone on to complete several races (including the London Marathon) and raised money for a range of different charities.

In this episode, Angela shares her running journey and talks openly about how running has positively impacted her own mental health. 

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Angela Smith 
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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By day, Ally Head is the Health & Sustainability Editor at Marie Claire. By night (and also in the day) she's a runner and queen of the post-run snack. Earlier this year, Ally completed her first ultra-marathon, running a total of 60KM virtually around central London. Despite the extreme weather conditions and lockdown restrictions, after 6 hours, Ally crossed the virtual finish line having raised over £2,300 for Mind, the mental health charity.

In the first episode of series 2, Ally shares her experience of training for and completing an ultra-marathon. Emily and Ally also discuss running and harassment, the power of a running club, and what the best post-run snack truly is. 

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Ally Head (IG: @allyyhead)
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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It's a brand new series! Emily is back for series 2 of A Women's Running Podcast by Run Panthera and this time she's partnered with Balega to shine a light on ordinary women doing extraordinary things, in running. Listen every Monday from the 15th March 2021. 

Last year, Emily surveyed the Run Panthera community to better understand women's running. What she actually discovered was that two thirds of all women surveyed sometimes feel unsafe when running alone and a high proportion of those women were afraid of what might happen to them at the hands of other men, whilst out running. 

In the final episode of series 1, Emily shares data and research around running and harassment including responses from a recent Run Panthera social media survey.

Please note, this episode goes into quite a bit of detail around the topic of harassment including some personal experiences that you might find hard to listen to. Please switch off if you find this upsetting or triggering. 

References: 

• Women’s running survey results: Two-thirds of us sometimes feel unsafe when running solo
• 46% of female runners in the UK say they have been harassed while running
• "I'd like people to stop running on busy streets and breathing heavily" says Piers Morgan
• Masked flasher 'pulls up in car and exposes himself to jogger' outside North Staffordshire school

Host: Emily Jones
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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Becca's running journey began when she was at university, after being told by her doctor that she was overweight. Looking for a way to get fitter and help improve her own body confidence, she started running and hasn't looked back since. Now, after completing an impressive number of races and events, including marathons, duathlons and triathlons, she's got her sights set on completing her first full ironman.  

In this episode, Becca and Emily discuss everything from body confidence and being a female cyclist, to training for a triathlon and open water swimming. 

Read Becca's blog: https://thisbunnyruns.com/ 
Instagram: @thisbunnyruns

Host: Emily Jones
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

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