Week Two of the Her Spirit podcasts with Annie Emmerson and Louise Minchin
It’s week 2 of our Her Spirit podcasts with Annie Emmerson and Louise Minchin. This week it is the turn of Deborah James and Dr Lucy Gossage.
Opinion
Top of The Docs
We thought it might be prudent and as good a time as any to give you a little rundown on some of the best running documentary films out there to fill any spare time you might find yourself with.
Time to Run
Sometimes it might feel like the world is running round in circles, not clear of the best path to take; Sometimes it will feel like the right thing to do is run away, whilst others might be more inclined to run headlong into the unknown; The entire sporting world has ground to a halt just when your favourite team might’ve been making a run at a title challenge; Heck there’s been times recently when it would appear your local supermarket has completely run out of stock.
Will You Be Running At Christmas?
Will you be running over Christmas? Here are a few ideas for squeezing some runs in.
Ultra Running? Child’s Play
Ultra running is very popular these days, but is it just becoming child’s play?
The Women’s Teams Worked Just As Hard As The Men’s
Equality in prize money and in reporting of races is still an issue, but it will get picked up pretty quickly by social media.
Is Women’s Sport Becoming More Visible?
The Women’s Sport Trust has just done some research into whether the media is achieving equality in their coverage of sport and the results seem positive.
The Sport of Dot Watching
There’s a new sport which is really taking off – it’s the sport of dot watching! Every weekend thousands of us are hunched over laptops and phones watching a slow moving dot on a screen.
I Broke Both My Legs, Can I Still Run That Ultra?
Running and social media now seem to go hand-in-hand like fell-running and bumbags. We examine a worrying trend among online running groups.
Top 5 Running Comebacks
After seeing Tiger Woods and his amazing comeback to win the Masters at the weekend, we thought we’d think about some of the best running comebacks we’ve seen.
Sorry You’ve Got The Wrong Number
Bib swapping is often seen as a crime that doesn’t really hurt anybody. I mean, you’ve paid for the number, it’s up to you what you do with it, right? We’d argue that it’s wrong for several reasons.
10 Things People Don’t Tell You About Running a Marathon
With lots of runners training for Spring marathons at the moment, we thought we’d bring you 10 things people don’t tell you about running a marathon. Just so you’re prepared.
Making the Case for Misery Training
There are many different types of training, which work on different aspects of your running. We’d like to make the case for misery training.
Could you be Overdoing the Ultras?
Ultrarunning seems to have hit the mainstream recently, which is great in many ways, but are too many runners now doing too many ultras, without fully recovering?
Running Highlights of 2018
2018 was another incredible year for running, with inspirational performances all around you. We couldn’t possibly summarise it all, so we bring you our highlights of the year and shine a light on the runners we were inspired by.