Elia Ioannou: “Running Makes Me Feel Free” on Marathon Training, Motherhood, and Safety

This episode is about what builds an athlete: discipline, support, and the moments you almost quit.In this episode of Future Makers: Women Building Cyprus, Annetta Benzar sits down with Elia Ioannou, a long-distance runner and two-time Limassol Marathon winner (sub-3 hours), to talk about what her training actually looks like week to week, the reality of coming back after injury, and why safety still shapes where and when women can run in Cyprus.The Future Makers Podcast is a series of in-depth conversations about how future-makers are made, in Cyprus and beyond. Host Annetta Benzar sits down with people who are a leading force in our shared future and looks past the titles. Together, they travel back to the people and moments that shaped them, walk through the choices and challenges they are living through now, and look ahead to the futures they are trying to build.The first season, Women Building Cyprus, follows women whose lives and decisions are changing what this island can be.A production of The Future Media.Links:The Future Media: https://thefuturemedia.eu/Annetta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annetta-benzar-13645710a/Elia Ioannou: https://www.instagram.com/elia.ioannou/