<p>Welcome to episode 286 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.</p><p><br></p><h2>Injury update</h2><p>In this episode, we have even more of an injury update, which I hope will be useful for anyone out there who’s picked up something nasty in the middle of training.</p><p>We have our last special chat with Eilish in the middle of everything, and we come back afterwards to chat traitors.</p><p><br></p><h2>Female health and running</h2><p>With the lovely Eilish, we’re talking about training around our cycles, but also about women-specific nutrition and hydration. We love the fact that fuelling *during* a run is new for her – as it will be for many of us. In many ways, we’re all like Eilish. Apologies in advance for some slightly dodgy Zoom quality in this section – Eilish was calling in from Dubai where she was acclimatising ahead of her race in Japan. let me make it up to you by revealing that the brilliant Eilish is not only doing sterling work with Coopah, she’s also gearing up for the London Marathon this year. We cannot wait.</p><p><br></p><h2>Get rid of the ads!</h2><p>By the way, lovely listeners – brace yourself because this episode is absolutely PACKED with ads. We need the ads to survive – that’s how it works. However, if you leap on to our Patreon, you can listen without these irritating interruptions. £2 a month for ad-free listening and access to our exclusive Pod Squad forum, too. Go to patreon.co.uk/womensrunning to find out more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Links</h2><ul><li>Get expert coaching with the&nbsp;Coopah&nbsp;app. Use the code&nbsp;WOMENSRUNNING for two weeks free, plus 20% off a year’s coaching.&nbsp;Just head to&nbsp;<a href="http://coopah.com/womensrunning" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">coopah.com/womensrunning</a></li><li>Book your running holiday with Contours Holidays. Visit&nbsp;<a href="http://contours.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contours.co.uk</a>&nbsp;or call 01629 821900, and use code <strong>30FOR30</strong> when booking your next adventure to get £30 off per person (offer expires 28th February, terms and conditions apply).</li><li>&nbsp;This is that Save Our Soles <a href="https://saveoursoles.com/products/atacama-shoe-dyer?variant=49812310950229" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Atacama shoe dryer</a> we were banging on about</li><li>Butcombe Beer are sponsoring the Bath Half, and if you haven’t got a spot in the race yet, they’re giving away two entries to the (now sold out) race. <a href="https://butcombe.com/goram-ipa-zero-official-non%E2%80%91alcoholic-beer-partner-of-the-2026-bath-half-marathon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enter here</a>, and good luck!</li><li><br></li><li>If you’re in Bath for the Bath Half in March, come along to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-running-live-tickets-1301060088749?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our event</a>, we’d love to see you!</li><li>If you could be incredibly kind and fill out this quick survey we will be INDEBTED:</li><li><a href="https://acast-d25653fd59cf.intercom-clicks.com/via/e?ob=y%2FxRhUEuOHOUYk8b9c0aN%2Bps8xEYMWhLott0H365f8lYluMur%2FKlY54ZBANlpNHi&amp;h=d224bd9bb57aee0c103e6fa03cb6eb101d87ad66-ayi0335i_215472543995922" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/thewomensrunningpodcast-survey</a></li><li>Subscribe to <a href="https://shop.womensrunning.co.uk/become-a-member/print-plus.htm?promo=WRAPR25POD#promo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Women’s Running</a> – and you can save 50%</li><li>Setting up your own podcast? Try <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=esther" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zencastr</a> – we’ve been using it for ages and LOVE IT</li><li>Do join us on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/womensrunning" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>&nbsp;so you can come and chat in our new Pod Squad community on Discord! Go to <strong>patreon.co.uk/womensrunning</strong></li><li>Email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&nbsp;with any questions or running stories</li></ul><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>