The Women's Running Podcast

Welcome to Am I Nuts. This is the 9th episode in a special series of ten weekly podcasts from us at the Women’s Running podcast. I am your host Esther Newman, and she is your other host Holly Taylor.In this podcast, we wanted to explore some of the things that we’ve talked about on our big podcast – that’s the Women’s Running podcast – that don’t necessarily have anything to do with running. Hol and I are natural born worriers, but with many of our worries, we’ve thought we were the only ones. We thought we were nuts. So for this series, we’re going to be chatting about the worries that make us feel that way.If this episode resonates with you, or you have something you think we should talk about, then please email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.ukFriendsThis is a very personal one for Esther: are we nuts for worrying about how many friends we have? Friendship groups wax and wane, but sometimes it can be easy to compare ourselves with TV programmes and stuff online that suggests that we “should” have hundreds of close friends. We delve into how our groups have changed since childhood, the feelings that make us feel inadequate in terms of our friends, and what we do to support the friendships that we have. We also talk about the concept of a “best friend” and whether that’s something that grown-up women need, as well as the difference between men’s friendships and women’s friendships.Join us!Am I Nuts is brought to you by the Women’s Running podcast – do please check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts for longer episodes to keep you company while you run. And if running is your thing, or you’d like it to be your thing, check out Women’s Running magazine, which currently has a brilliant offer for new subscribers:if you subscribe to Women’s Running magazine right now you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 225 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 Coopah, the running app. Use the code WOMENSRUNNING when you sign up for 2 free weeks and a further 20% off for a whole year.We start off by talking about running. Controversial. But then for some reason move on the Bath Christmas market, which befuddles us, but do please still come and visit Bath and top up our precarious economy.Alcohol and runningAnd we talk at some length about running and drinking, something which we’re focusing on at the moment as we enter the festive season and stare January in the face. So small trigger warning here about chat that skirts addiction. Do please get in touch if you’re a sober listener or you have experience of drinking/not drinking in terms of your running and have a story to tell on that side of things.Get a cheap subscription!Just a quick little nudge to pick up the magazine before Christmas – use the code PODCASTXMAS for our best offer of the year, which will save you 56%! So that’s just 15.99 for 6 issues. Head to womensrunning.co.uk/shop and enter the code PODCASTXMAS to get this fab offer. Just in time for Christmas too….!Lovely extra bitsDownload the Coopah app and use the code WOMENSRUNNING when you sign up a 2-week free trial of their app and then 20% off the standard annual subscription price. Or visit coopah.com/womensrunning SportsShoes gift ideas:Hoka fleece handbandShokz Openrun Pro 2 bone conducting headphonesHigher State Reflective hooded jacket·      Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you’ll get a year’s worth of Coopah for FREE!Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE ITCheck out the races on offer from Trail EscapeDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy a Pod Squad t-shirt!Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunningEmail us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Am I Nuts. This is the 8th episode in a special series of ten weekly podcasts from us at the Women’s Running podcast. I am your host Esther Newman, and she is your other host Holly Taylor.In this podcast, we wanted to explore some of the things that we’ve talked about on our big podcast – that’s the Women’s Running podcast – that don’t necessarily have anything to do with running. Hol and I are natural born worriers, but with many of our worries, we’ve thought we were the only ones. We thought we were nuts. So for this series, we’re going to be chatting about the worries that make us feel that way.If this episode resonates with you, or you have something you think we should talk about, then please email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.ukWorryingThis episode concentrates on anxiety, with Holly leading the worrying charge asking Dr Juliet McGrattan if there is actually a physical kickback from worrying too much about ourselves. We talk about panic attacks, and also hormonal shifts that can affect our moods and our anxiety. Juliet talks us through figuring out the difference between being anxious about something, and anxiety that might be causing a problem in terms of our day to day life. Are we nuts for worrying about worrying?Join usAm I Nuts is brought to you by the Women’s Running podcast – do please check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts for longer episodes to keep you company while you run. And if running is your thing, or you’d like it to be your thing, check out Women’s Running magazine, which currently has a brilliant offer for new subscribers:if you subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, you’ll save 30% AND you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 224 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.StormsWe start off by talking about the man of the moment: Storm Bert. We’ve both had some experiences and are keen to chat about whether or not we deserved the weather that we got. I ran in it and Holly drove in it, and I think she came off worse.AwardsWe’ve also got boozed up over the weekend because we landed a couple of awards, and so we got a bit giddy on the GWR back from Paddington (sorry to everyone on Coach A). We do eventually get back to running as the marathon is preying on Holly’s mind, and my lack of strength is preying on mind.Join us!And a quick little nudge to subscribe to the magazine here. Subscribe to Women’s Running magazine today, AND you get a year’s subscription to training app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout. Lovely extra bits·      Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you’ll get a year’s worth of Coopah for FREE!Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE ITCheck out the races on offer from Trail EscapeDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy a Pod Squad t-shirt!Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunningEmail us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Am I Nuts. This is the 7th episode in a special series of ten weekly podcasts from us at the Women’s Running podcast. I am your host Esther Newman, and she is your other host Holly Taylor.In this podcast, we wanted to explore some of the things that we’ve talked about on our big podcast – that’s the Women’s Running podcast – that don’t necessarily have anything to do with running. Hol and I are natural born worriers, but with many of our worries, we’ve thought we were the only ones. We thought we were nuts.So for this series, we’re going to be chatting about the worries that make us feel that way.If this episode resonates with you, or you have something you think we should talk about, then please email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk We’re joined by dietitian Charlie Watson again here to talk about the biggest hot topic in the world of running – and that’s the worry about pooing ourselves. This is the one pod in the series where we focus on running, so apologies for anyone who isn’t a runner, but Charlie’s advice here is pertinent to all of us when it comes to our diets and unexpected reactions our bodies might take. We talk about the food we should be avoiding or eating before and during a run, and also behaviours we can adopt to reduce the chances of gastic distress.Am I Nuts is brought to you by the Women’s Running podcast – do please check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts for longer episodes to keep you company while you run. And if running is your thing, or you’d like it to be your thing, check out Women’s Running magazine, which currently has a brilliant offer for new subscribers:if you subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, you’ll save 30% AND you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 223 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.Berlin and bad germsHolly is back from Berlin and has brought all the germs, and also the controversy of German pubs still allowing smokers in them. This leads on to my weird sense of smell, which *then* and you have to forgive us - leads us on to pretending to be beauty influencers.Make-upSpeaking of beauty and perfume, we’d love to know where you stand on make-up and running – do you wear make-up before you run or race? And why? Or is it the very last thing you think about? Give us a shout on wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk so we can kick of the debate!GarminSpeaking of debates, the Garmin chat rages on – some of you love them, some of you hate them, so we take your advice on board and consider other options on the market.We also talk about marathons not being as hard as we think they are, training in the cold, and scary people on Facebook.Join us!A last little nudge to subscribe to the magazine here, and I’m only going on about it, cos this offer will end soon. Subscribe to Women’s Running magazine, AND you get a year’s subscription to training app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout. Lovely extra bits·      Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you’ll get a year’s worth of Coopah for FREE!Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE ITCheck out the races on offer from Trail EscapeDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy a Pod Squad t-shirt!Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunningEmail us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Am I Nuts. This is the sixth episode in a special series of ten weekly podcasts from us at the Women’s Running podcast. I am your host Esther Newman, and she is your other host Holly Taylor.In this podcast, we wanted to explore some of the things that we’ve talked about on our big podcast – that’s the Women’s Running podcast – that don’t necessarily have anything to do with running. Hol and I are natural born worriers, but with many of our worries, we’ve thought we were the only ones. We thought we were nuts.So for this series, we’re going to be chatting about the worries that make us feel that way.If this episode resonates with you, or you have something you think we should talk about, then please email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.ukShould we worry about sleep?In this episode we’re mostly worrying about sleep, or lack of it. Lack of sleep can affect all of us at one time or another, for myriad external and internal reasons. Obviously there’s that time around early parenthood, but also perimenopause, general aging, anxiety and mental health that can affect all of us. But I’ve been getting worried about how insomnia can have a more long-term effect on our physical health. We talk about the risks of lack of sleep, but also oversleeping, occasional sleep deprivation, strategies for overcoming occasional insomnia. Are we nuts?Am I Nuts is brought to you by the Women’s Running podcast – do please check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts for longer episodes to keep you company while you run. And if running is your thing, or you’d like it to be your thing, check out Women’s Running magazine, which currently has a brilliant offer for new subscribers:if you buy a year’s worth of Women’s Running magazine, you’ll save a whacking 30% AND you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 222 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 Precision Fuel & Hydration – you can get 15% off their whole range here!GarminWe dive straight into your emails as we’ve had loads as a result of our chat about Garmin. You have had a lot of thoughts and have lots of ideas about hacking your Garmin content so that it feels as though it’s supporting you rather than berating you - we both have a lot to learn here. But is it enough to persuade Holly to wear her Garmin again?Then there’s a bit of a trigger warning, as we discuss weightloss and slimming organisations, at about 25 minutes in for about 10 minutes. So do please skip if this is not useful or appropriate for you.Running controversiesWe then also talk about a couple of running controversies that have been floating about on social media over the past couple of weeks. We would love to know your thoughts on annoying running influencers and that old chestnut: dog ownersJoin us!A last little nudge to subscribe to the magazine here, and I’m only going on about it, cos this offer will end soon. If you buy a year’s worth of Women’s Running magazine, you’ll save 30% AND you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout. Lovely extra bitsThis episode is sponsored by Precision Fuel & Hydration, which has all this helpful stuff for you:·      How to measure your sweat rate·      How to estimate how salty your sweat is·      The Fuel & Hydration Planner·      Get 15% off Precision Fuel & Hydration·      Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you’ll get a year’s subscription to Coopah for FREE!Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE ITDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy a Pod Squad t-shirt!Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunningEmail us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Am I Nuts. This is the fifth episode in a special series of ten weekly podcasts from us at the Women’s Running podcast. I am your host Esther Newman, and she is your other host Holly Taylor.In this podcast, we wanted to explore some of the things that we’ve talked about on our big podcast – that’s the Women’s Running podcast – that don’t necessarily have anything to do with running. Hol and I are natural born worriers, but with many of our worries, we’ve thought we were the only ones. We thought we were nuts. So for this series, we’re going to be chatting about the worries that make us feel that way.If this episode resonates with you, or you have something you think we should talk about, or get an expert on to discuss, then please email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.ukIn this episode we’re joined by Charlie Watson. If you’re a runner, you might know her better as Runner Beans, a serial marathoner. What you might not also know is that she’s an NHS dietician and she writes lots of brilliant articles for us on nutrition. We wanted to ask her one of our biggest worries – should we be as concerned as media tells us we should be about the amount of sugar we eat? We talk about PCOS, about our diets generally, and about restricting sugar and carbohydrates (or not). Am I Nuts is brought to you by the Women’s Running podcast – do please check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts for longer episodes to keep you company while you run. And if running is your thing, or you’d like it to be your thing, check out Women’s Running magazine, which currently has a brilliant offer for new subscribers: if you buy a year’s worth of Women’s Running magazine, you’ll save a whacking 30% AND you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout. Do also think about join us on Patreon – it’s not all about running, this is about a community! For just £2 a month, you get newsletters, Live chats, and you can join our exclusive Discord community for support from women just like you. Go to patreon.com/womensrunning to find out more. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 221 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 Precision Fuel & Hydration – you can get 15% off their whole range here!Hol and I have had very busy weeks, and very different ones. I talk about running abroad, as well as running with kids – with varying degrees of success. And while I was gadding about in Denmark, Holly has had a super busy week, dealing with dramatic injuries and last-minute requests to be on the actual telly, I hope you all spotted her.London MarathonAside from her burgeoning media career, Holly is getting increasingly anxious about running the London Marathon, so we talk about how she’s going to deal with that anxiety and how she’s going to approach her training.Join us!Little nudge to subscribe to the magazine here, and I’m only going on about it, cos this offer will end soon. If you buy a year’s worth of Women’s Running magazine, you’ll save 30% AND you get a year’s subscription to running app Coopah, worth £79.99, absolutely free. Go to womensrunning.co.uk, click on SHOP and use the code X24WRPOD at the checkout.   Lovely extra bitsThis episode is sponsored by Precision Fuel & Hydration, which has all this helpful stuff for you:·      How to carb load before your next race·      The Fuel & Hydration Planner·      Get 15% off Precision Fuel & Hydration·      Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you’ll get a year’s subscription to Coopah for FREE!Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE ITCheck out the races on offer from Trail EscapeDownload a FREE mini mag to help you run 5K! Go to womensrunning.co.uk/runBuy a Pod Squad t-shirt!Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunningEmail us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.