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    The Women's Running Podcast

    The Women's Running Podcast

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    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.

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    Esther Newman

    Ep 276. The Hidden Race

    Ep 276. The Hidden Race

    November 20, 2025
    1h 24m

    Welcome to episode 276 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. Find out how you can bag 20% off the annual subscription with us!


    The Hidden Race

    Apols for the start of this podcast which is very scatological, as you’ll soon find out. Moving quickly on, this episode we have a special guest in the shape of Hannah from Hoka, a field experience rep. She’s talking to us about The Hidden Race, a film that’s been created in collaboration with SportsShoes and Hoka to focus on the crew behind the runners. This is where you find all the love and support that fuel the people who run these big races like UTMB. Hannah has crewed for her partner Darren, and she explains how she got into doing that, what you have to do as a crew member, and how she ended up featuring in this film, and what we can expect when we watch it this weekend – it airs for the first time at the Kendal Mountain Festival, but will be available to everyone on the SportsShoes Youtube channel.


    After the interview, we’re back in the room to talk about how rubbish we’d be at crewing (obviously). Right at the end, we talk about a controversial race that never happened…


    Am I Nuts?

    Don’t forget to listen to Am I Nuts on a Monday – this week we’re talking about whether we should be worried about getting married, and it is all kicking off.


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    If you aren’t a patron yet do join us on Patreon for just £2 a month, through which you can join Discord, our forum just for you. You also get to come along to our Live Pods! Just head to patreon.com/womensrunning and join us for just £2 a month.


    Lovely extra bits

    • Get 20% off an annual subscription to Coopah with Women's Running!
    • Find out more about SportsShoes and Hoka - we'll link to the film next week when it's released
    • Subscribe to Women’s Running – and you can save 50%
    • Get tickets to our live event ahead of the Bath Half 2026!
    • 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 wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories



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