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Ep 316. Relaxing and marathon struggles

from The Women's Running Podcast

Welcome to episode 316 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.Relaxing! And running!We’re going to leave some technical hoo-has in this ep, so you get a tantalising glimpse behind the fourth wall (oooh!). But then, because I’m on holiday, we talk about what relaxing actually looks like – if anyone has any great ideas, do please let me know. We then talk about how the first few weeks of our marathon training has been going and all the worries that go with that.Get 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.Also, sorry, one last thing – please please please come and join us over on Patreon because it’s brilliant there – you get ad-free listening AND early access to some of our pods. 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.LinksGet coached by Laura Fountain, join her substack, and follow her hereHave a look at what Sports Tours have to offerSubscribe to Women’s Running for lovely cheapness and free Freyja Resistance BandsDo join us on Patreon so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunningSetting up your own podcast? Try Zencastr – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE ITEmail us at [email protected] with any questions or running stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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