How does eating a plant based diet impact your running? Can you run fuelled only on plants? Where do you get your protein from? If it has the word 'vegan' on the packaging does that make it a healthier option?

These are some of the questions I address in this episode about plant based diets and running. It's important to remember that no two diets are the same and what works for one person might not work for another so let's all have an open mind around the topic of diets.

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There are two main elements to our running cycle: Contact time and flight time. What we do in contact time affects how efficient we are in flight time. One area we can make improvements in our running cycle is in our leg stiffness. Leg stiffness influences how well the energy from the ground contact is transferred up and throughout the body.

What is leg stiffness and how can we improve it to Run Better? That's what I discuss in this episode.

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This episode is based around an email from a listener called Paul. Paul is a postman and walks 18-24k steps a day, hes a new dad and eats a vegetarian diet and is finding it difficult to fit his usual running time in to his now tired and busy life.

I'm going to offer some advice that I've learned from personal experience as a dad of two little girls. Let's look a bit deeper into the things we can do to bring a bit of balance back into your life and our running so that running becomes pleasurable again and not something that causes more stress and makes us ill.

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This episode is inspired by one of my clients that is having personal issues in his life. He has been spending a lot of time thinking and overthinking stressful thoughts and situations in his head. On reflection after a disappointing half marathon time (by his own standards) he noticed that he was wasting a lot of mental energy on his runs letting the stress of his life impact negatively on his running performance.

This episode will help you understand how we waste energy through overthinking, the damage it does to performance and what we can do about it to improve our mental preparation.

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Too much range of motion can be detrimental and too little can also cause imbalances. How much range of motion do we need to run? What is range of motion? How do you know if you have enough range of motion?

In this episode I explore the topic of range of motion and how it influences our running. What we can do to understand if we are tight or restricted at a joint and what we can do to combat our lack of range of motion.

Inspired by Jay Dicharry and his book, Anatomy For Runners.

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Probably the most common thing I hear as a running coach is something along the lines of 'running hurts my knees so I don't run anymore' this is extremely frustrating to think the amount of people writing themselves off as runners because of knee pain. 

Running is not the problem, the way you are running is the problem! There is a difference. In this episode I explain what to look for if you or a friend has or have had knee pain. Let's take a look at ourselves first before we blame running! 

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In this episode I want to share with you 7 ways to run mindfully. As a yoga and mindfulness teacher I have learned lots of strategies and self-awareness tools that we can use when running to help us spend more time in awareness rather than stuck in the busy, stressed out mind! 

Use these tips to help lighten the mental load and watch the benefits you gain from running mindfully.

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There are so many common fitness/exercise myths. In this episode I talk about one that is very damaging to our overall health. if we can improve this aspect of our life it will help you live longer, move free and run better! WARNING if you are a box ticker when it comes to exercise or running then you may find this challenges you, give some of these simple tips a go and notice how much better they makes you feel.

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A mantra is words or a sentence that encourage your focus or attention into a specific area. Like shining the light in the dark, where you shine your awareness has an impact on what you experience. 

I have brought my yoga and mindfulness experience into running to create my own running mantra, you can hear it in this episode. Use this or develop your own to become a better, more connected runner and self-coach as you run.

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Are you starting to lose motivation with running? Or maybe you have a feeling of wanting to enjoy running more but not sure how? Or maybe you've not even realised how stuck in a rut with running you are! 

In this episode I talk about 10 ways that can help you enjoy running more. If you don't enjoy running it is much less sustainable, you are more likely give it up or let your running drift into inconsistency. Let's look at how we could love running more...

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