<p>Welcome to episode 289 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>&nbsp;</p><h2>Tough training</h2><p>Holly is getting to the ouchy part of her training, with huge amounts of mileage and a dose of gloom that I try to help with. However I don’t help anywhere near as much as Hannah Barrett does, who joins us halfway through.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Yoga happy</h2><p>Hannah is the founder of Yoga Happy. We met Hannah last year and immediately clicked. Her take on life, stress and yoga are hugely relatable. We got her on to talk about how we can use her practice to both help our running and reduce our stress in everyday life. She offered up some simple breathing techniques that we will definitely be taking to our next races…</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Bath Half giveaway!</h2><p>Don’t go away afterwards, though, as we need to talk to you about the event we’re holding the evening before the Bath Half on Saturday 14th March. It’s all coming together! We’ve got a special guest in the shape of Sabrina Pace-Humphreys, who has run the Bath Half a billion times (give or take) and will be sharing her wisdom. Our other big news is that we have also managed to blag <strong>10 free places for the 2027 Bath Half</strong>, which we’re going to be giving away on the night! Come along to see if you can pick up a free space!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Join the pod squad!</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</p><p>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</p><p>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 one of <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-running-live-tickets-1301060088749" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the last tickets</a> to our event the night before the Bath Half</li><li><br></li><li>Check out Hannah Barrett’s app, <a href="https://www.hannahbarrettyoga.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Yoga Happy</a></li><li><br></li><li>Details of the <a href="https://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/fourth-annual-reclaim-the-night-walk-plans-announced-765604" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reclaim the Night</a> walk in Brecon are here – do please go along if you’re a local!</li><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><br></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>&nbsp;</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: <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? 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