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Anna Boniface shares her memories from the London Marathon in 2017 where she crossed the line as the first female in the mass participation race. 

She also talks about her love for the club scene and her club, Reading AC. 

Anna also talks openly about achieving her first England vest and getting selected to run a marathon for her country in Montreal, however things didn't go quite to plan on her international debut, Anna didn't finish the race due to suffering a stress fracture which then got revealed as the result of RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) which has since plagued Anna's career. 

An open and honest chat with a very inspiring female. 

Flora Beverley chats about running her first marathon in Tokyo, taking part in the Tribe Run for Love ultra in the Azores, what a coach has added to her running, tips for becoming a sustainable runner and why running at your own pace and under your own steam is so important. 

Plus, Flora also lets us in on how she got her break in the Athletic modelling world. 

Check out Flora's blog here

and her YouTube Channel here

Dean Karnazes, THE Ultra Marathon Man, shares stories from some of his epic adventures. He also talks about dealing with fame, the by-product of his running success, on meeting the former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama and on why he thinks he has managed to achieve all that he has. 

Dean started running age 30, on his 30th birthday, when a shot of tequila lead to him deciding that he wanted a change from his corporate job in the city and to forging a path of adventure and excitement through running. Dean left the pub where he was celebrating his birthday and headed out for a 30 mile run and literally never stopped. 

You can find more about Dean’s inspirational story here

This week Rachel and Armana chat to the former elite British marathon runner, Mara Yamauchi.

Mara still boasts the second best marathon time of 2:23:12 for a British female athlete from her second place in the London Marathon in 2009.

Mara participated in two Olympic Games during her running career and placed 6th, the joint best time for a British female marathoner, in Beijing in 2008.

Hear Mara talk about how it took her 24 years to realise her running dreams, about balancing a demanding job as a diplomat at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Tokyo, Japan with her running career and how winning the Osaka marathon in 2008 was her greatest achievement, “a win is a win” as she says.

James Dunn of The Morning Coffee Run joins Rachel and Armana on this weeks podcast. 

Only 5 years ago James was a 20 stone non-runner and in the space of 5 years has gone on to complete more marathons than most people will complete in their life times, he is a Marathon des Sables finisher and an award winning blogger. 

James talks us through some of his greatest running adventures including the World’s most difficult footrace, MdS, he tells us about how running has given him an identity, getting a place in the London Marathon at the first time of asking and why he thinks The Snowdonia Marathon is his favourite marathon ever.

The Morning Coffee Run

This week Rachel and Armana chat to Emily Young who has already achieved so much in her short sporting career. She is a two time marathon finisher, clocking an impressive 3:21 on her debut, 5 times Iron Man finisher including the prestigious Iron Man World Championships in Kona. She is also a blogger, author, influencer and has her sights set on achieving big things in the future.

Emily also talks about juggling her sport with managing a full-time international job, how she deals with people questioning her training methods on social media and how important she feels Pilates is for a runner.

Matt Marchant aka Matt.Runs on Instagram is a marathoner runner and cancer survivor. Matt speaks to Rachel and Armana this week about how he dealt with two operations and chemotherapy when overcoming his battle with testicular cancer. 

Matt also tells us about his journey back to running since recovery, how his outlook on life has changed, being the face of not one, but two marathon major campaigns and his ambitions for his running future.