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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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    Esther Newman

    Ep 324. Taper tantrums, Nike After Dark

    Ep 324. Taper tantrums, Nike After Dark

    October 23, 2026
    1h 18m

    Welcome to episode 324 of the Women’s Running podcast. I’m Esther, she’s Holly, and we’re the soundtrack to your next run. On this podcast we talk about health, politics, stuff on TV and what we ate last night. Occasionally, we talk about running.


    Taper and Nike

    Maranoia is massive for both of us, so we’re trying to navigate that and a weird taper that has hit both of us very hard. Sniffly noses, cranky calves, it’s all going on. Don’t even get me started on HRV. We discuss the validity of the taper tantrum – is this actually a thing, or as AI made it up? We also chat about the Nike After Dark run that happened at the weekend – a race for women that was attended (again!) by men. Thoughts on a postcard please!


    Cheap mag!

    This is where I shout about the mag – if you’re hovering over the subscribe button, then THIS is the moment to click on it, because Women’s Running this month has teamed up with Bimble & Bolt to offer you a free Runderful Christmas box worth £16, which includes a pair of brilliant Bimble & Bolt socks, high viz bands and laces, and lots of delicious bits to fuel your runs. And if you subscribe now, you’ll also save 40% off the mag too. Go to womensrunning.co.uk/podbox to find out more and give yourself a little Christmas treat.


    Patreon

    Do also come and join us over on Patreon because it’s brilliant there – you get ad-free listening, early access to some of our pods, and free tickets to our live podcasts. You can also join our exclusive Discord forum and meet all the lovely women that are already there. Come and join the gang at patreon.com/womensrunning from just £2 a month.


    Links

    Get your Runderful box and a supercheap subscription at womensrunning.co.uk/podbox

    The app that Hol talks about is Run With Rally

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    Subscribe to Women’s Running for lovely cheapness and free Freyja Resistance Bands

    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

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    Email us at wrpodcast@anthem.co.uk with any questions or running stories

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