"You just need to chill a little bit!"

Phily Bowden has a massive following. Whether it's on YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram, there are hundreds of thousands of people watching — and applauding — Phily's every training run, start line, and finish line. The 2:25 UK-based marathoner runs professionally for On, and as she always says, she loves the grind. In this conversation, Phily talks about her experience at the 2025 London Marathon, where she may not have hit her time goal (she hoped for 2:23–2:24, and ran 2:30) but left London with an admirable perspective and some serious mental fortitude.

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In this episode:

• All about Phily’s workout today (2:00)
• How Phily’s feeling post-London (4:40)
• How Phily processes her races (5:45)
• Phily’s experience working with a sports psychologist (7:35)
• Phily's relationship with her coach, Jon Green (9:45)
• What’s next on the run for Phily? (11:15)
• What Phily’s London Marathon weekend was like (13:55)
• Phily’s London Marathon race morning (19:30)
• The pros and cons of being a content creator on race day (23:50)
• Phily’s relationship with fellow pro Molly Seidel, and how she feels about the Flagstaff running community (25:30)
• How it felt standing on the London Marathon start line (30:35)
• Phily breaks down the first few miles of the race (33:25)
• All about that London heat (40:20)
• The final 5K (46:20)
• What it felt like to cross the London Marathon finish line, and Phily’s post-race takeaways (48:30)
• On growing up as a “cheeky child” (53:40)
• When Phily knew she could make it as a content creator, and her take on influencer responsibility (57:10)
• How Phily got her non-running partner, Daniel, to become a runner! (1:02:45)

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