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Celebrating International Women's Day and Women's History Month, The Start Line Girls take a look back in the archives to their favourite moments from the ladies who have graced The Start Line Podcast over the last 3 years.

Check out the featured episodes:
Ep 5 - But My Hair… (Yes, Black Girls DO Run!) featuring Matila Egere-Cooper
Ep 7 - It Just Gets Better with Time (featuring Donna McConnell)
Ep 13 - We Run: TSL Meets... Black Girls Do Run UK
Ep 16 - What Happens When You Break The Silence?
Ep 17 - It's All About The Race!
Ep 22: World Cancer Day: Steph’s Story
Ep 23: TSL In The Round For International Women's Day - Being A Mistress of Her Own Destiny
Ep 26: Going Behind the Podcast with Pilar Arthur-Snead from The Last Tenth
Ep 31 - Learning to Dance In The Rain

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Sarah is a mother of four, a cafe manager, a recovering alcoholic...and a runner. Why Run?  explores the mental health benefits of running and in this premier episode,  Sarah speaks candidly and emotionally about her slow descent in to alcoholism over ten years and how running has been a key element in her recovery. 

A front-of-house manager at  a top London restaurant for many years, Sarah's problems with alcohol escalated after she and her family moved away to live in a Cambridgeshire village. Always a heavy social drinker, Sarah turned to alcohol increasingly to escape her loneliness and the loss of identity that goes with leaving a responsible  job and close friends and being a new mum in a place where you don't know anyone.

Alongside Sarah's increased drinking, she started power walking to lose weight after the birth of her fourth child. This gradually progressed into running and provided a welcome outlet and element of control as she became more and more reliant on alcohol.. When Sarah's alcoholism was at its worst, she was drinking three bottles of wine a day and lost her driving licence.

Sarah talks about going in to rehab three times and the importance of running and exercise to her recovery. When not permitted to run in rehab, Sarah and a fellow patient skipped everywhere. "People did think we were mad," she laughed. "Imagine if you've just come into rehab and are detoxing from years of alcohol or drugs and you see these two mad women skipping everywhere! We needed it though. It gave us some sense of dignity and control."

Fascinatingly, Sarah  talks about how her approach to running was transformed after completing a yoga course in rehab. Today, Sarah runs mindfully by focusing on her breathing, particularly during "the hard bits".  "God knows how I did it before," she says.

Sarah has now been sober for eight years and running is a vital part of her new sober life.  "You can be feeling rubbish and you go for a run and you come back with a completely different mindset...every time. I really believe I'll be running for as long as my bones allow it!

 " The fact I am running after all I've been through is miraculous. If I can do it, then anyone can."

In 2019, Sarah took on the major challenge of entering the London Marathon which she talks about humorously. "All those bobbing heads...it goes on all bloody day. It was an amazing achievement though and when times are tough, I do think it (the marathon)."

Today Sarah is cafe manager at the Edge Cafe in Cambridge, a vibrant community hub, with staff and volunteers who are in recovery from addiction and those with other mental health issues.

Read Sarah's full story here

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Gene Dykes is a 74-year-old runner, well known for setting various records worldwide. The most recent record broken by Gene was the M70 50K World Record in 3:56:43.
Gene Dykes talks about his training principles, racing techniques, the mindset behind running, and a lot more with our host Vikas Singh in this episode of Run With Fitpage.
Episode Summary:
00:00 - About this episode
01:46 - Welcome Gene to the show – How is Gene so fast?
05:29 - How did Gene get into running?
08:39 - Gene's first race after injury
10:35 - Shifting from track racing to marathon
13:12 - Shoes, nutrition and gadgets back in the start of Gene's running career
20:12 - Gene's mindset during injuries and setbacks
22:46 - How should the older runners adapt to various physiological factors affecting the body? — Gene's training
29:32 - About the 2021 London Marathon
32:46 - About the records
35:31 - Training for marathons vs training for ultramarathons
41:08 - Gene's message to runners
47:08 - Does stretching help improve performance?
Guest Profile:
Gene Dykes is no short of inspiration. Gene had been a regular jogger since his childhood and didn't start running until he was 58. Since then, there has been no looking back. He also owns the age-group World Record in Boston Marathon with a sub-3-hours time.
Tell Gene about the best races he could participate in India through his website ultrageezer.com.
About Vikas Singh:
Vikas Singh, an MBA from Chicago Booth, worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, APGlobale and Reliance before coming up with an idea of democratizing fitness knowledge and help beginners get on a fitness journey. Vikas is an avid long-distance runner, building fitpage to help people learn, train, and move better.
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“For me, it's trying to be really present with what I'm doing at the time and not bringing the other things into what I'm doing at the moment. So, if I'm with my kids, I'm not also doing core work and multitasking.” - Sara Hall

Hey, what's up everybody, it's Jon here. Thanks for tuning into Fueling the Pursuit presented by UCAN. Today's guest is Sara Hall, the fastest active women’s marathoner in the US today.

Sara has been competing at a high level in running since her high school days back in the late 90’s. Today, Sara may be 37 years old, but she has no interest in slowing down anytime soon. For as long as she can, she’s set her sights on realizing her potential before the window of opportunity to do so closes. 

During our conversation with Sara, it becomes clear that being present is one of the keys to her longevity and recent successes in the marathon. Even though she’s a mother of four beautiful daughters, she shares why having less time helps her get the most out of every activity on her daily schedule. I truly believe our conversation with Sara will inspire you to enjoy the journey and all of the challenges it will bring.

Show Notes

(1:12) Home base for the family…

(2:51) Olympic track trials, a drive to compete, and a love of pain…

(7:26) The transition from high school to college, and adapting to a different level of competition…

(10:47) “So to all of a sudden feel like I was missing the mark all the time was really difficult. But at the same time, I'm thankful for that period because it really led me to address some deeper issues that I had formed an identity around— around success and around performing.” Measuring success in the world of track…

(14:01) Fear of failure, big risks, and recent success…

(18:39) Chatting about work-life balance…

(22:49) Being a running Mom and setting a healthy example… "I get to model to them so many of the things that running instills in us, right? Like perseverance and hard work and dedication and resiliency and grit. All these things, I want that for them."

(24:52) Switching to the roads and adopting kids… “It’s weird, you’d think that it wouldn’t be that way, but for some reason, sometimes having more things in your life isn’t necessarily taking away from running, if you can handle it.”

(28:52) Resetting and finding new goals after a disappointment…

(31:08) Visualization, training tips and recommended therapies…

(34:13) Hydration, nutrition, and other tools for improved training…

(36:11) The Hall Steps Foundation...

References

The Marathon Project - website

The Hall Steps Foundation - website

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Sara's fav UCAN product: Vanilla Energy Mix (Granola)

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Mari Thomas is a runner and founder of MAAREE, a revolutionary sports bra brand and three-time winner of Women's Running Magazine's Best In Test Sports Bra for Bigger Boobs. After completing a degree in Sports Engineering, Mari secured a spot doing sports bra testing. Whilst she was in this role, she saw first-hand the lack of research and development that many of the bigger sports brands undertook when creating a sports bra. A few years later, after creating her own prototype sports bra, Mari decided to launch MAAREE and hasn't looked back since. 

She's also a runner (or self-confessed "plodder"), having run the London Marathon amongst a few other races. 

In this episode, Mari talks all about how she founded MAAREE, the importance of finding the right sports bra, boob taboos, and the rise of the virtual bra fitting, as well as Mari’s experience of running the London Marathon. 

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Mari Thomas (www.maaree.com) 
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Angela Smith is a self-confessed shuffler and (in her words) a big fan of the "party at the back". When Angela took part in her first charity running race, she had no idea how much running would impact her life. After realising that her mental health and Generalised Anxiety Disorder improved with the more running she did, she soon began to embrace her runs and started applying for more races. Since then she's gone on to complete several races (including the London Marathon) and raised money for a range of different charities.

In this episode, Angela shares her running journey and talks openly about how running has positively impacted her own mental health. 

Host: Emily Jones
Guest: Angela Smith 
Music: Cali by Wataboi 

Join the women's running community at www.runpanthera.com 

Dawn is Chair of the Kiln Theatre in London, and Vice Chair of the London Marathon Charitable Trust.  She is a Director of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) and a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Policy Research at the University of Bath and RAND Europe. 

Dawn was the Chief Executive of The National Lottery Community Fund from 2013-2020 where she responsible for the effective distribution of c£600m of National Lottery funding each year and for delivering the Fund’s Strategic Framework, People in the Lead.

Prior to joining the Fund, Dawn was Chief Executive of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and was previously Deputy Director of the British Museum, Project Director for Tate Modern and a Principal Consultant at KPMG. She began her career in fringe theatre.

She was previously a Trustee of the Historic Royal Palaces and of the Woodland Trust. She has an MBA from the London Business School and an honorary doctorate from London Metropolitan University.  She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Queen Mary University in 2019 where she also chairs SKETCH, a student led initiative to develop local social enterprises.

In her spare time she gardens, practices yoga badly, and is a dedicated Gooner.

There's regular athletics back on our screens, which is heaven (cheerless cheerleaders in Lievin aside). With Euros just around the corner, we take a deep - far deeper than planned, as per - dive into the performances we've enjoyed so far.

From the absurdly talented Grant Holloway, to the fact that Laura Muir ran 3:59 and was beaten by six seconds. From the contrasting styles of two huge middle distance talents - Elliot Giles and Jakob Ingebrigsten  - to the gift that keeps on giving: the pole vault. Oh: and the handful of world records we've seen. There are those, too.

The crowning jewel this week is Claire's chat with Trayvon Bromell, who is back and better than ever. His world-leading 6.48 marks a return to form for the 2015 World medallist, who explains the struggles he's faced to be back at the summit of sprinting, and what motivates him each and every day. Bromell's passion is infectious, and we're thrilled that the men's 100 metres - for the first time since Bolt - is exciting once more, and full of  Bayo's three Cs: competition, charisma, and consistency. Might we see a Tumbleweed 1-2-3, come Tokyo?

We also welcome along Sarah, the newest member of the team (spoiler alert: it's just Jody repeatedly forgetting Claire's name...), and apologise for the audio issues: we know there's some crackling here, and much more background noise than we'd like. Won't happen again.

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Earlier this year, UKA announced that they were going to consult clubs, athletes, and competition organisers about cross country race distances. A host of GB runners, including three-time World Champion over the cross - Paula Radcliffe - penned a response, arguing against equal distances for men and women. As could only have been expected, Twitter immediately became the sort of rocky, perilous landscape only previously seen in Aarhus in 2019.

Why the furore? Should gender parity, something we love about athletics, extend to XC race distances? Women *can* run as far as men, but should they? With Paula’s near-peerless expertise and passion, we debate all of this in the latest Backstraight pod - before talking through some other distance goodies (or baddies, in some cases): pacing lights, shoe technology innovations, and how Mo Farah’s return to track is going.

This is a contentious one, and we’d love your thoughts, so please - as ever - get in touch on Twitter (@BackstraightB and @Claire_GThomas), or on Instagram (@BackstraightBoysPodcast). 

Thanks, as ever, to Mark Shearman MBE - @athleticsimages - for the photographs in our show artwork.

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Legend is a word that is often bandied around, and frequently unjustified.

That said, our guest on Episode 8 of SHOEphoria pretty much invented this descriptor in relation to running.

Amby Burfoot won the Boston Marathon in 1968 at the tender age of 22, and went on to set his best time for the marathon at the famed Fukaoka Marathon in Japan in time of 2:14:28.8

Amby did not know at the time, but this was just one second from the American marathon record at the time! He told me he would have gone much harder had he realised!

Remarkably, Alby holds another record, that being the running of the Manchester Road Race 57 times in a row besting the streak of barefoot runner, Charlie "Doc" Robbins.

Amby Burfoot is a very interesting man, having lived most of his adult life as an ovolacto vegetarian, primarily for ethical reasons (although he does admit that once he had children, he would polish off the odd burger because he could not bear to see food go to waste!)

He has had a distinguished career as a Running journalist, bringing a degree of authenticity, honesty and great knowledge to many of the challenges the sport has faced, including footwear.

During the great minimalist footwear upheaval of the early 2010’s Amby Burfoot remained a steadfast voice of reason, not for, not against, just reporting the facts.

Footwear, running, the Boston bombing, rooming with Bill Rodgers and Jeff Galloway, and why he completely missed the 60’s are all highlights of a memorable SHOEphoria podcast with the inimitable and irrepressible Amby Burfoot!

It's a year! One whole year this weekend since Dee, Jules and Pet sat in our mama’s garden and recorded the very first episode of The Start Line! One year and 14 episodes later and who would have guessed that the whole world would be literally turned on its head by the deadly Coronavirus. That not seeing or hugging or kissing or socialising with your family and friends would be the ultimate act of love and kindness; that we would lose loved ones way too soon; that jobs would be put at risk; that we would rely on front line medical staff, carers, cleaners, shop workers, dust/post men and women, delivery drivers for saving our lives and providing our daily needs - instead of the rich and famous who, probably feel completely ineffective at this time; that we would be connecting and caring for neighbours in a way we haven’t done before (not since the second world war anyway and most of us don’t remember that!); that we would all have to work from home (for those that can) and use technology in a way that it has never been used before to stay connected; that staying in and partying with those like D-Nice at Club Quarantine would literally become the new going out and lift our spirits in ways we didn’t think was possible! That significant sporting and running events like the London Marathon would be cancelled or postponed, and that running would literally become a ‘thing’, with a significant number of people taking it up as their daily exercise, either on the road or in their gardens (the 5k garden run exists!)!

The world has changed and we hope that we are able to learn something out of this situation, to make ourselves and the world we live in a better, more caring space. An organisation that knows about change and adapting and caring for others through charity is the London Marathon Events (LME). The Start Line girls are excited to have Hamid Vaghefian, Head of Community Engagement at the London Marathon Events on the podcast for this anniversary special episode. Hamid speaks to us about his journey, his running crew, BENI Run Club, his work at LME and how the organisation is coping with the challenges that Coronavirus has created (and how he is dealing with a two year old in lockdown!). 

On the 26 April 2020, the original date that the London Marathon would have taken place, LME is launching the 2.6 Challenge (https://www.twopointsixchallenge.co.uk/) to raise money for much needed charities who are suffering the fallout of so many cancelled or postponed sporting events. Hamid tells us all about The 2.6 Challenge and how each of us can get involved by getting active, in so many fun ways, to raise funds for supported charities. Whether you run/walk/cycle/crawl 2.6 miles, or do 26 sit ups/burpees, pull ups, press ups, squats, star jumps, whatever it is - let’s get moving, support LME and show ‘Rona that it’s not going to beat us! 

Follow London Marathon Event on Instagram by following @londonmarathon. You can also find out more about BENI Run Club (BRC) by following them in Instagram at @beni.lab or check out their website: https://www.beni.space.

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Radzi's back. He's an expert and a professional, who covered - with great warmth and nous, we might add - many of this year's major events. This recording should be plain-sailing... right?

Of course not. Radzi thinks Kipchoge's sub-two was a phenomenal athletic performance. Jody and Bayo think it's a gimmick. Chaos ensues. He also thinks Christian Taylor might be his Male Athlete of the Year. Claire 'Keep it Karsten' Thomas is apoplectic.

It was terrific fun, however, and we did agree on a few things: Muhammad's supremacy, the ridiculousness of some of the officiating in Doha, that a happy Kat is a pretty unbeatable Kat, and that we'll never forget Barshim's gold-winning performance, nor the men's shot put final.

Thanks very much to those of you who sent in your thoughts on this year's highlights, and to all of you who listen to us. There's a proper Backstraight community growing, and we absolutely love it. 

Merry Christmas, don't forget to vote for Kat or Dina for Sports Personality, and let's raise a glass to what's been one hell of a year in the best sport of them all.

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Was Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two marathon an extraordinary athletic achievement? Or was it a technology-doped gimmick? Could it be viewed as both? A little late to the party, perhaps, but full of opinion as ever - we took a look at his history-making run through the streets of Vienna.

Within 24 hours of that, Brigid Kosgei was smashing Paula's time in Chicago, and so fell one of the greatest statistical outliers in the sport: the longest-standing marathon record of the post-War era. 

What a time to be a distance runner, eh? That is, unless you want to compete on a track on the World Athletics circuit... #DiamondWhat?

We also cast our eyes over the end-of-season awards, and - with hindsight - did a pretty good job guessing the winners... 

Finally - Christian Taylor's The Athletics Association is up and running, and Adam Gemili (plus others) are taking legal action against the British Olympic Association's application of Rule 40. We'll hear more over the coming weeks from athletes involved in both schemes, but it's fantastic to see them increasing their say over the governance of their own sport and careers. In the words of Billy Bragg: there is power in a union.

@BackstraightB and @Claire_GThomas. You know what to do.

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We've had a lovely, restful month off. Unfortunately, the IAAF haven't. They've been busy chopping the triple jump, steeplechase, discus throw, and 200 metres from the 2020 Diamond League. Honestly. You couldn't make it up. Taylor v Claye? Meh. Noah Lyles? We've had enough charismatic sprinters. World records? Completed it, mate. Some of the best discuss-throwers in history? Throws leave people cold... right?

There's that rant to have, and then there's the NY Times' interview with Mary Cain to discuss. Once one of athletics' most prodigious talents - a distance dynamo with an infectious smile and the world at her feet - Cain's stint at the Oregon Project saw her, in her own words, 'emotionally and physically abused'. She's articulate, thoughtful, emotive, and very brave in the piece, and it seemed only right we touch upon the issues raised.

And - finally - some good news. Three bits of good news, in fact. Jody and Bayo have been journalising, and it is with enormous pleasure that we present to you interviews with: Tom 'friend of the pod and the face of race walking' Bosworth; Sophie '18.61 DID THAT REALLY JUST ACTUALLY HAPPEN??' McKinna; and Adam 'everyone's absolute and most adored favourite' Gemili. What a trio. Enjoy.

As ever, please do let us know what you thought of the episode: we accept tweets (@BackstraightB & @Claire_GThomas), Insta DMs (@backstraightboyspodcast), reviews on your podcast platform of choice, and declarations of love at athletics meets. Thanks in advance, you lovely lot. 

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Kerrie Aldridge was this year’s last finisher at the London Marathon. Hear how she has turned an initially negative experience into a positive one.

Kerrie talks about:

• How her facebook video she recorded while she was running went viral
• What it felt like when cleaners were cleaning up around her while she was still running
• What happened when she got to Tower Bridge 
• How she is turning the London Marathon experience into a positive one

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Som ung fikk Thor-Erik Johnsrud tidlig kontakt med idretten gjennom en treningsglad familie. Men i slutten av tenårene tok han en annen retning. Det endte med ti år der fest, alkohol og narkotika spilte hovedrollen. 
Veien ut av det mønsteret kan være vanskelig for mange. For Thor-Erik ble treningen en viktig faktor. Han begynte å løpe fra lyktestolpe til lyktestolpe før han meldte seg på et halvmaraton. Nylig satte han pers under Berlin Marathon med 3.04 og slo farens rekord. Neste mål er å løpe godt under 3 timer. Med på veien har han Sindre Buraas som mentor. Hva har han lært av sin løpskyndige trener?
Hør Thor-Erik fortelle sin historie i ukens episode.
Kristian er klar for 5 uker i høyden med sin trener Sondre Nordstad Moen. Men først venter Valencia halvmaraton på søndag. Det er ikke tvil om at satsingen til Kristian inntar et nytt nivå fremover. Da kan det være greit å tenke over hvorfor man løper. Thor-Erik sin historie gir anledning til å tenke på nettopp det. Så hvorfor løper du?
Overgangen til NRK tar litt lenger tid en beregnet. Derfor kjører vi på med en ny episode her så lenge.

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Mange er i ferd med å avslutte årets sesong. Bør man ta en sesongpause etter siste løp? I så fall, hva bør man bruke den til? Og hvordan bør man tenke når man starter opp igjen med treningen?
Sindre Buraas øser av sin kunnskap gjennom mange år på toppnivå og kommer med flere interessante momenter. 
Vi har den siste tiden fått en rekke spørsmål om hvordan man bør trene fra november og fremover. Kristian og Jann utfordrer Sindre grundig på dette. Det hele ender i en dyptgående diskusjon rundt grunntrening og muligheten for å forbedre seg i en konkurransefri periode. Sindre kaster ut en advarsel mot avhengighet av GPS-klokker og kommer med kloke råd for vintertreningen.

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Where do we begin..? With the empty seats? The fainting marathon runners? Alberto Salazar's ban? With the DQs that were and weren't? Or the fact that we missed experiencing Mihambo's 7.30m live because it was necessary to watch (another) Mo Farah montage?

OR - how about we talk about the world records? The African fans roaring on their athletes in the distance events without stopping dancing for even a second? The women returning to the sport to earn the titles of both 'mother' and 'world-beater'? Mutaz Barshim shrugging off gravity with a series of the most implausible world leads before a rapt home crowd? The flair of Jeanette Kwakye? The chemistry between Toni Minichiello and Steve Backley? The moment Sophie McKinna threw 18.61 to qualify for a global final? The vaulters who cleared national records minutes after snapped poles? Or the fact that Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are both World Champions?

Doha was problematic. It was frustrating. But it was also tonnes of fun, and some of the performances were staggering.

Speaking of which, here's our stagger through the champs. A look back at the 2019 Worlds, in all their humid, historic glory. Enjoy.

@BackstraightB & @Claire_GThomas 

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