RunPod

On RunPod we love to chat about running kit, and this is one for the ladies. We're chatting bras. Mari Thomas, founder of sports bra brand MAAREE joins Jenni this week to chat all things boobs and bras; why it's important to wear a sports bra, the impact running an have on your boobs, the importance of the right size bra, how her brand MAAREE started, the brilliant Overband that is a staple across her range, plus how to wash your sports bra properly.

Since a photo of this week's guest breastfeeding her baby whilst competing in a 106 mile mountain race went viral around the world, she's been passionate about empowering women to be active for their mental and physical wellbeing. Sophie Power joins the Run Pod Run Club this week and she and Jenni discuss running an ultra only three months post-partum, how integral running is for her mental health, prioritising her run, showing her children and especially her daughter that women can lead fit, healthy active lifestyles, how we can work with races to entice more women to them, ultra running and finding power from motherhood to get through the toughest challenges.

Now if you thought running one marathon was a big achievement…what about running 106 marathons is 106 days? Well that is the challenge today’s guests have set themselves. Fay Cunningham and Emma Petrie from Match My Workout join Jenni on Runpod. They chat all about the challenge, the highs, the lows, the feet, the food, the landscape, the wildlife, what they’ve loved, what they’ve been listening to (we’ll give you a hint, they’ll be listening to this!), and why they love to run.

This week joining the Runpod Run Club is actress, broadcaster and tv presenter Caroline Quentin. Caroline recently fell ill with Covid and is slowly returning to the joys of running, and loving it. Jenni and Caroline chat about discovering running in her late 50s, the Couch 2 5K process, the realisation that running isn’t just for fitness, it can play a big part in your headspace and mental health, the joy of being able to take running with you no matter where you are, her changing perceptions of runners and running, what her first ever run was like and that runners nod we all use when we spot one another.

This week RunPod goes on the road. Jenni thought it was about time to record an episode in front of a live audience and so took the opportunity to do so at the National Running Show. A great venue filled with a ton of running enthusiasts and also she is joined by a couple of truly wonderful superstar guests: Paula Radcliffe and Jo Pavey join Jenni on stage. A great episode filled with top tips and answering many of your questions. Enjoy. Happy running. X

Everyone can run. That is the message that this week's guest is spreading. Richard Whitehead is a Paralympic Champion, IPC World Champion and IPC European Champion and has run countless races across the globe. This week he chats to Jenni about his experience on Hunted with fellow member of the RunPod Run Club Iwan Thomas, how smiling when running can change your outlook, how he found running as a double amputee, the first day he wore prosthetics and ran 10 miles and his own run. Run with Rich is on the 25th June in Nottingham, raising money for the Richard Whitehead Foundation - helping people live a life without limits and enabling disabled people to believe and achieve. https://www.whitehead.foundation/news/your-chance-to-run-with-rich

This podcast is all about the feel-good of running and this week’s guest agrees whole-heartedly that fitness, and running helps change his outlook for the better and to feel amazing. Matt Goss is a household name, bursting onto the scene as part of Bros and now a hugely successful solo artist, dubbed the ‘King of Vegas’ and venturing into the world of acting…yes, it’s Matt Goss. Matt chats to Jenni about his outlook towards fitness and nutrition, how he loves anything with explosive strength, whether that’s running, boxing or recently venturing into dancing, his competitive nature, using mantras whilst running, staying motivated and driven, how he’s fitter now than he was 10 years ago, a new film he is to star in and how movement is everything.

Fitness and being a part of a music sensation sometimes don't go hand in hand. But not for this week's guest. Leon, aka Locksmith aka Locky from Rudimental joins Jenni this week to chat about the joy of running. They chat about the beginnings of Locky's running career, coming from working on his weakness being part of the Arsenal academy, which was running, he chats about how running becomes escapism, keeping fit on the road, how creative ideas flow when running, nutrition, running with a weighted vest, his time on SAS Who Dares Wins and his new book 'About This Boy: Growing Up, Making Mistakes and Becoming Me'. Happy running!

This week on RunPod is a double Olympian and Commonwealth medalist, world class marathoner and highly respected running coach Liz Yelling. Liz and Jenni talk about how her running focus has shifted from training for performance to running for sanity, health and fitness, the joy of running based on feeling, she gives insight into training as a long distance runner, what it’s like being the first person to cross the finish line of a marathon, appreciating your fitness in the moment and for favourite marathon. Plus she chats your through the importance of a training programme for a marathon, types of rune, how to know what your marathon pace is, rest days and her coaching. One that will definitely have you perusing upcoming races and maybe even signing up!

This week joining the RunPod Run Club is doctor, author, presenter and podcaster Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Rangan chats to Jenni about the joys of running marathons, the community, support and love that comes from so many people experiencing something amazing together, being challenged by Chris Evans to run the marathon 12 weeks before race day, creating new habits, taking a holiday from life everyday, paying attention to the feeling and emotion of running instead of just stats, and he chats about his brand new book ‘Happy Mind, Happy Life: 10 Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day’. An uplifting listen that will get you thinking.