Welcome to episode 183 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.

Barcelona half marathon

I’ve just got back from Barcelona where I ran a half marathon and there is much to discuss. Yes, we talk about the race itself (which was lovely), but we quite rightly spend much of the time talking about food, hotels and lovely touristy things.

Running expo

We then start on one of our first controversies this episode, which is the hated (for us) running expo – what’s it for, who likes it, isn’t it just a capitalist construct? A bit like Valentine’s day.

Strava

Second controversy is Strava – how do you feel about being stalked slightly on Strava? Do you enjoy recording your runs on there? Do you feel pressured to achieve on there? Or do you just slightly ignore it like me?

parkrun

And on to our third controversy of the day, which is parkrun and its recent decision to remove data, including speed records. We have some thoughts, and we’re sure you have too – do get in touch and we’ll carry this on in a future pod, as we didn’t have much time left to talk about it here. Email us at [email protected].

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