{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62b43f4eede4ad0012cb69aa/64b6b0aac409730011dd1a5f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 153. Couch to 5K, mental health, HRT","description":"<p>Welcome to episode 153 of the Women’s Running podcast. Holly has just completed her first run on the Couch to 5K app, and she is giddy with it. She had felt some trepidation to begin with, but thoroughly enjoyed the experience and is looking forward to all her next runs.</p><p><br></p><h2>Mental health</h2><p>Because it’s us, we talk about mental health and anxiety, just cos that’s the way we roll, and it wouldn’t be a proper episode if we didn’t.</p><p><br></p><h2>HRT updates</h2><p>Then there are some more HRT updates, courtesy of me, my lovely GP, and all the bits I’ve been prescribed, plus reactions to those. I would love to know if this resonates with any of you! I’ve moved from patches to gel, and will obviously report back on my findings!</p><p><br></p><h2>Sex education</h2><p>And then in our new pop culture section, we get hot under the collar about some things in the news recently about sex education in schools. We also have a chat about Caitlin Moran and potentially problematic interviews that she’s been giving, and so we have a bit of a rant about that, and feel hugely better as a result.</p><p><br></p><h2>Join us!</h2><p>By the way, if you LOVE this podcast – and of course you do, there is a way to get more Holly and Esther nonsense, and that’s by becoming part of our Pod Squad on <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/womensrunning\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon</a>. From just £2 a month, you’ll have access to our exclusive Discord chat room, there are free chats on zoom with me and Hol, weekly newsletters and silly videos and all sorts. Come and join us at <strong>patreon.com/womensrunning</strong>. Now, let’s get on with it...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Lovely extra running bits</h2><ul><li>Join the Women’s Running Wave and <a href=\"https://www.letsdothis.com/gb/checkout/ticket?eventId=18139&amp;reservationCode=re_w37-cc3zed54&amp;utm_organiser_id=29443\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">run Vitality 10,000</a> with us!</li><li>Just go to <strong>vitalitylondon10000.co.uk </strong>and enter the Women’s Running wave!</li><li>Pick up a copy of <a href=\"https://shop.womensrunning.co.uk/become-a-member.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women’s Running</a> for just 99p! Pop in <strong>PODCAST</strong> when it asks you for a promotion code at <strong>shop.womensrunning.co.uk</strong></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></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Esther Newman"}