More than Runner

Grab a cup of tea and catch up with us on all things marathon mistakes, tips, what to do and avoid and things we're doing to prep for London 2025! Becky shares her learnings from what went wrong in her first marathon, we obsess about food, fuel and breakfast timings, we dive deep into motivation, music and mantras and loads more...

... and we had a LOT to say, so keep an eye out for part 2!

In this episode we cover:

• Becky’s mistakes, learnings and tips from her first marathon
• Things we’re thinking will be in our plan for the day
• Fuelling strategies, when to eat breakfast
• The importance of learning the course
• Water stations and logistics
• Logistics and practicing where and how you’re carrying and accessing things in your outfit - fuel, gel, phone, drinks etc.
• Chafing and BodyGlide
• Becky’s dad’s impression of the St Johns Ambulance people lubing people up…!
• Do we need to vaseline our feet?
• Losing toenails, Becky showing Bri her feet
• Our fave running socks
• What to write on your hand
• Our mantras and keeping ourselves going
• Confessions about our running playlists
• Coping with the tough moments 
• Don’t go off too fast
• Old vs new trainers 
• Briony’s to Alpha Fly or not to Alpha Fly dilemma
• Getting your support crew to carry stuff… but what if they forget or you don’t see them?!
• How to figure out how much to wear in your shoes 

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We LOVED this conversation - such a joy to chat to sports nutritionist, host of The Fuelled Runner podcast and founder of Tempo Energy Siân Secc about all things fuelling. This episode is absolute gold and we cover so much, but anyone with a marathon (or other endurance event) coming up will get loads from this. It's now only 2.5 weeks until London Marathon 2025 so give it a listen to make sure you're not hitting that wall - we learned a tonne from Siân so let's get into it!

HOW TO NOT HIT THE WALL WITH SIÂN SECC ft. how to fuel, pace, carb load, supplement, negative split + your questions answered

We cover:

• Sian’s running journey: half, marathons and ultras!
• Why Sian loves a 10k too
• Working out your fuelling window
• Figuring out your fuel - how much do you need?
• Road running vs trails
• HOW TO NOT HIT THE WALL - avoid hitting the wall in the marathon altogether!
• Fuel and pacing
• How to plan your negative split pacing strategy
• Electrolytes
• The only supplements you really need
• Creatine
• Your questions answered 
• Ditching diet culture and the importance of fuelling both for your marathon (or other running) performance, and for your body health in future
• Can you overdo it with gels?
• How to carb load effectively and achievably; carb loading top tips
• Burning fat vs carbs? The science and WHY you need to take carbs to burn fat

Find Sian here: @siansecc

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Welcome back to another episode where we get real and raw about our longest runs of the marathon block for peak week. Safe to say we'd hoped for something more confidence building BUT hopefully you can draw solidarity and reassurance from this if you're in a similar position, and we share some tips, learnings and chat through Briony's 20 mile and Becky's 21 mile peak week runs.

Wherever you're at with your running guys - you've got this!

And don't worry, if you're not about the marathon life we have some episodes coming up really soon on the half distance, as well as some EXCITING GUESTS so watch this space!

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Welcome back to another More than Runner episode! In this episode we debrief our recent 19 mile run as we enter peak weeks of training for the London Marathon 2025.

We don't usually do our training together, but we joined forces to tackle the 19 miles. Join us for another chatty episode where there's a LOT of food and fuelling discussion, but maybe most importantly our biggest learnings to help us strategise for race day for the London Marathon.

We also talk about:

• recovery
• gels
• finding the time for long runs in the peak weeks of marathon training and how we fit that in around kids and husbands with busy jobs
• motivation
• running vests, belts and carrying enough fuel
• and lots more!

Apologies for a bit more kids noise in the background than usual on this one - it doesn't normally happen and we're improving this for future episodes!

Come run with us!

Becky & Briony xx

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Join us for another chatty catch up where we discuss running and racing goals for 2025 - everything from halves, marathons and ultras to boozy pub lunches and beyond! From London, Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, New York, Tokyo to Cambodia chat... let's race! And please do drop us a message on instagram, we love hearing from you about your goals and training journey as we move closer to the London Marathon 2025 start line!

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Welcome back to another episode of More than Runner! This week we're chatting about training plans and what works for us, what doesn't... as ever, remember we're not fitness professionals, nutritionists or running coaches so please seek qualified advice if that's what you're looking for - we're just here to share our journey and love of running with you all. From tempo and spadework to strength and strides, how many runs a week and mileage to pace vs. RPE, the importance of rest and recovery and treadmill running compared with outside... let's get into it.

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Links to things we've mentioned in the episode:

Runna app

Briony's coach Lewis Robling

More than Mama episode where Becky discussed her more relaxed approached to training pre marathon block: Marathon training with 3 under 5, from magic circle law to stay at home motherhood and celebrating our post baby bodies

More useful links:

Coopah app - official TCS London Marathon Training App

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Just to flag we're not professionals so today we're tackling fuelling from the perspective of 2 average runners and their journey to figuring out the intimidating topic of fuel. We share what works for us, mishaps, and going from zero to hero with fuelling. As we've said before, we're average runners with above average enthusiasm, and it has been SO fun connecting with the running community as we get closer to London Marathon 2025. Catch up with us and do drop us a message to let us know how you're getting on!

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What's your why for running? We chat about our why's, celebrating marathons a bit more, Becky's upcoming ultra, a little bit about body image and juggling running and kids... come run with us!

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Get to know us in our first episode where we chat about how we got in to running, Becky's first marathon & more.

We're both mums to 5 kids between us juggling getting ourselves to the London Marathon 2025 start line, and can't wait to hear about your journeys too. Running for us is about SO MUCH MORE than physical health - in fact, it's mostly about mental health and how it makes us feel.

There are so many super polished and professional podcasts from super speedy runners, experts and athletes that we LOVE for inspiration - but sometimes we just want to hear from normal people, like us, and chat about the sport we love so much with people we can relate to. That's why we're here!

No matter how fast and furious or slow and steady you are, whether you're just starting out or a full blown running geek, regardless of your pace, distance, race and other goals... you can sit [/run!] with us!

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