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Ep 297. Sophie Power and realistic goals

Running

Ep 297. Sophie Power and realistic goals

The Women's Running Podcast›
Apr 17, 20261:27:40

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Episode Notes

Welcome to episode 297 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.

Pace

Today, Holly is feeling humbled by the paces that she’s been given to achieve a pretty speedy 5K goal, which leads us to talk about goals all round – what makes a good one?

Sophie Power

We interrupt our own gassing to introduce a very special guest in the shape of the brilliant Sophie Power. Sophie, as I’m sure many of you will know, is an incredible ultrarunner who has represented Great Britain, who rose to prominence after a photo of her taken at the UTMB while she breast fed her baby at an aid station went viral. She has used her resulting platform for good, setting up SheRACES with a goal to educate races to be more inclusive to female athletes. We talk to her here about her new book The Power Within, which delves into the key life lessons Sophie has learned through running. She talks to us about That Photo, her road to running stardom, and why and how she came to write the book. Make sure you pick it up, it’s amazing!

Get the mag!

If you’re fond of this pod, you are going to LOVE Women’s Running Magazine. Hop along to womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad to subscribe to the best running magazine there is and to bag yourself a tasty saving with a third off. That’s womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad.

Links

  • Get yourself a copy of Sophie’s incredible book, The Power Within
  • Sign up to Sophie Power’s SheRaces ultra in July! I might see you there (eek)
  • Bag yourself a third off the mag with womensrunning.co.uk/podsquad
  • 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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