{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ab6363f62a47b6becfebf36/6ae21562af2b73d77d0ab2f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Esmée Gummer on her brain injury, run clubs and finding escape","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ab6363f62a47b6becfebf36/1793201629702-f075c808-2b56-4809-af74-4f49d6110ad3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Giovanna and Marco head to Hampstead Heath in the podvan to chat with runner, run club founder and SAS: Who Dares Wins star Esmée Gummer.</p><p><br></p><p>At just 18, Esmée was paralysed from the waist down after complications during a routine hernia operation and was told she might never walk again. She shares how she rebuilt her body and her confidence, went on to set up her own run club in London, and the joy of living in a van.</p><p><br></p><p>She also talks about her record-breaking 5,000km run across the UK and Ireland, hosting free run clubs in 76 cities over 99 days and what it really takes to keep going when your body has let you down before.</p><p><br></p><p>Join us each week on Boots Off as Giovanna and Marco travel around the UK chatting to people with incredible stories.</p>","author_name":"Audio Always"}