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    The Women's Running Podcast

    The Women's Running Podcast

    About

    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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    Hosted By

    Esther Newman

    Ep 309. SheRaces Trail Ultra race report!

    Ep 309. SheRaces Trail Ultra race report!

    July 10, 2026
    1h 24m

    Welcome to episode 309 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.


    My first ultra!

    I have returned from the SheRaces trail ultra at the weekend, and I have to first of all acknowledge that I am alive to tell the tale. Brace yourself for a mega race report right here, along with all the lessons I’ve learnt along the way.


    Love Trails!

    Meanwhile Holly has been having a whale of a time at the Love Trails festival. She’s been running, and dancing, and discovering the joy of trails! I think this might be the start of her trail era, so watch this space.


    The mag!

    If you’re fond of this pod, you are going to LOVE Women’s Running Magazine, and right now if you subscribe, you’ll make a hefty saving AND you’ll get a free gift of 3 Freyja resistance bands to help you get hench this summer. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to treat yourself this July. That’s womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad.

     

    Patreon!

    Also, sorry, one last thing – please please please come and join us over on Patreon because we’re going to have a live Zoom on Monday evening, which is free to come along to once you’re a patron. You can also pop over to our Discord forum and meet all the lovely women that are already there sharing stories and supporting each other. Come and join the gang at patreon.com/womensrunning from just £2 a month.


    Links

    Find out more about the SheRaces trail events – tickets should be available in the next week or so, we’ll put a live link up when they are

    The SheRaces trail ultra I ran was beautifully organised by Pheonix Running, which has lots of races to enter, from 5K to ultra

    Go and get yourself checked at The Mole Clinic – thoroughly recommend it!

    Sign up to the Love Trails waitlist

    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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