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The Women's Running Podcast

Esther Newman
The Women's Running Podcast
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  • The Women's Running Podcast

    Ep 296. Feminism, heckling, summer running

    10/04/2026 | 1h 20 mins.
    Welcome to episode 296 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.

    Ladeez
    This episode, we talk about whether we prefer to be called ladies or women, and why it is that some races and runners prefer the term ‘lady’. We also wave our feminist flags about different distances in cross country. We know this is a contentious subject, so send in your thoughts!

    Running & safety
    We also talk about running and safety in the summer. Holly’s had some horrible experiences recently while running – we hope you’ve all been avoiding crap like this in your running; but if not, do please let us know what’s been going on, and how you’re dealing with it.

    Join the gang!
    If you’re fond of this pod, you are going to LOVE Women’s Running Magazine. Hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to subscribe to the best running magazine there is and to bag yourself a tasty saving with a third off. That’s womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad.

    Links
    Pick up Helen’s book, How To Face Big Change And Come Back Stronger
    Sign up to Sophie Power’s SheRaces ultra in July!
    Subscribe to us and get a third off!
    womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad
    Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
    Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning
    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

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  • The Women's Running Podcast

    Ep 295. Skin health and menopause

    03/04/2026 | 1h 30 mins.
    Welcome to episode 295 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.

    Mole and skin checks
    We are talking skin health! I know, not really our bag in the past, but definitely our bag moving forwards. I have a PSA about checking your moles and protecting your skin as you run outside this summer. I had a full body check with The Mole Clinic, and I thoroughly recommend it for all runners – all the info here, including whether or not to wear your best pants.

    Menopausal runners
    In the middle, we have a treat in the shape of the lovely Dr Juliet McGrattan. Juliet has written her third book, and again it’s something we all need on our bedside tables – The Runner’s Guide To Menopause. She talks about what prompted her to write it, and we have many deeper questions about menopause itself
    We come back afterwards to talk about maintenance running, and why it’s sometimes everything that our soul needs after working towards a huge goal.

    If you’re fond of this pod, you are going to LOVE Women’s Running Magazine (our current issue has an exclusive interview with cover star Em Clarkson, which is worth the cover price alone). Hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to subscribe to the best running magazine there is and to bag yourself a tasty saving with a third off. That’s womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad.

    Links
    Get your skin checked out at https://themoleclinic.co.uk/
    Pick up a subcription to Women's Running for 30% off. womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad
    Pick up Juliet's brilliant book, The Runner's Guide To Menopause
    Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
    Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning
    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    Ep 294. Sab Pace-Humphreys and faster running

    27/03/2026 | 1h 30 mins.
    Welcome to episode 294 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 faster
    At the start and finish, we talk about running faster and how Hol’s running is going now, and I come back afterwards to talk about how my recovery is going, as well as to posit the theory that maybe we should all be running three times a week, and NO MORE.

    Bath Half event
    In the middle we have a little treat for you in the shape of our chat with Sabrina Pace-Humphreys that we did during our event the night before the Bath Half. We took the opportunity to pick her brains about why she loves the Bath Half, as well as tips and tricks for half marathon running. Do make sure you pick up her new book, Start Where You Are!

    Pick up the mag!
    If you’re fond of this pod, you are going to LOVE Women’s Running Magazine (our current issue has an exclusive interview with cover star Em Clarkson, which is worth the cover price alone). Hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to subscribe to the best running magazine there is and to bag yourself a tasty saving with a third off. That’s womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad

    Lovely extra bits
    Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you can save 30%
    Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
    Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning
    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    Ep 293. Bath Half event and debrief

    20/03/2026 | 1h 32 mins.
    Welcome to episode 293 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 debrief
    We’ve got a huge debrief for you – last weekend we had our live event, and that was followed the next day by Holly running the Bath Half alongside a bunch of Pod Squadders. And, without wanting to give anything away, we had a brilliant weekend! We chat through the thrills and spills of the Saturday event, which we LOVED doing, and Hol takes us step by step through her Bath Half. Listen out for a spectacular story that involves a banana – I shall say no more.

    Get the mag!
    Also if you’re fond of this pod, you are going to LOVE Women’s Running Magazine. Hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to subscribe to the best running magazine there is (even if we don’t have Harry Styles on the cover) and to bag yourself a tasty saving with a third off the cover price. That’s
    womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad

    Other lovely bits
    Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you can save 30%
    Setting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT
    Do join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning
    Email us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    Ep 10. Half Marathon Bootcamp: Recovery

    18/03/2026 | 37 mins.
    Welcome to episode 10 of a new series of podcasts from us at the Women’s Running Podcast, sponsored by Wahoo. I am your host Esther Newman and she is your other host Holly Taylor.

    Check out the brand new Wahoo KICKR RUN Smart Treadmill - it's the only treadmill we've run on that feels completely natural! Use the code WOMENRUN when you order yours, and you’ll bag yourself a FREE heart rate monitor worth £79.99. offer expires 31st March. Run your run, with Wahoo.

    This is your half marathon bootcamp! And it’s for everyone who’s signed up to their first half marathon, or is attempting to get a better time next time round. In this series of 10 episodes, we will be covering everything from demystifying the types of running that will actually get you the results you want, to preventing niggles from cropping up along the way. We want to get us all to the start line with a smile on our faces!

    Rest and recovery
    In this last episode, we’re talking recovery. The bit that’s often left off your training plan. You’ve done a LOT of hard work, you’ve got through race day, and (hopefully) you’ve found a lovely space to show off your medal. But! The work isn’t quite over. Now it’s time to concentrate on everything you can do to support your body and mind in the hours, days and weeks post-race to make sure you come back even stronger. We’ve got everything you need right here.

    We’ve loved doing this series, and we hope you’ve enjoyed listening to it just as much. Please join us over on our main pod, if this is where you’ve discovered us, for more chat about running (and not actually running). Meanwhile, we’re plotting our next 10-episode series, so let me know your preferred topics for that at [email protected] – nutrition? Strength? Running faster? Running further? Drop us a line and we’ll get on to it. Right now, it’s on with the show!

    Extra bits
    Thank you for listening.
    If you want more support with your running, make sure you subscribe to Women’s Running magazine. Hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to subscribe to the best running magazine there is and to bag yourself a tasty saving with a third off the cover price. That’s womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad.
    womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad

    We’d also recommend joining our Patreon if you want to chat to other runners just like you. From total beginners to everyday experts, we’ve got a properly diverse group chat where you can ask any burning questions, show support and feel the love. Head to patreon.com/womensrunning to subscribe now.
    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About The Women's Running Podcast

Running is the one thing that we all like talking about. Every week on the award winning Women’s Running podcast, we talk all things running, women, health and fitness with our own brand of happy, irreverent chat. Esther and Holly talk through their training highs and lows, and all the bits and pieces in-between. Every so often, we invite an expert to join us to help us figure out the confusing worlds of training, recovery, nutrition, health and more. And sometimes we get to talk to an incredible woman from the world of running, from Anna McNuff to Paula Radcliffe, Susie Chan to Nicky Spinks. So why do we do it? Because we realised that most of the running podcasts we listened to were full of blokes waffling on about quads and cadence (and we realised that we can do that perfectly well ourselves, thank you very much). Right here, we talk about all the things that affect us when we step out the door: sexism, hormones, menopause, food, pelvic floors, relationships, mental health, seagull attacks and wild weeing. But. BUT. We will also talk about races, PBs, shoes, training, starting running, enjoying running, finding the fun. And quads and cadence. This is the Women’s Running podcast, and it’s for women who love to run. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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