Amanda Woodrow LEJOG - Season 7 Ep 4 - Young Hearts Run Free Podcast - 6 January 2023

No other way to start a new year than battering out our first episode of 2023. YHRF, we never stop. And we’ve a guest in da house! Joining us for a blether about all manner of things (mostly but not exclusively running related) is Amanda Woodrow. She certainly brings the fun along with her. Of course we kick off with our customary chat where the headline news is the heightening of John’s 2023 plans, a trip to Germany beckons! Then Amanda joins the equation, and a belter of a conversation follows. Amanda has run competitively since she was 12 years old, she’s went from chasing down speedsters on the track to scurrying herself along the Lands End to John O’Groats route with lots in between. In 2017 Amanda suffered from septic shock, resulting in a long hospital stay where she eventually emerged minus half a butt cheek. To say she has bounced back from this life changing experience would be the understatement of the year. In her own words it allowed her to ‘sack the track’ and instead concentrate on going slower for further, much further. This forced adaption though has opened new doors for Amanda and she’s set on blootering those doors off the hinges. We talk through some of her finer moments out racing along with a few not so fine moments, she does love an adventure. With a 2022 filled with 50k wins, the small matter of a LEJOG attempt and participating in the Pyllon Endeavour 192 we hear plenty about it. With an equally cracking 2023 plan already hatching we can’t wait to see what this lass can achieve in the sport. Amanda touches on her fav run kit, now hold on to your seats for that one, it’s not all shwanks and skorts, trust us! So go lube yourself up, the last thing you want to is a chaffed arse crack right, settle in and listen to the lass who’s chasing the sunset and winning. Tune in to the new YHRF Listener's Choice Playlist on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Sj3cbzo9He1UWfRMxpOIT?si=bcf243af636c42d6