What are the benefits of hill running? When to incorporate hill running into your training? What types of hill running do we know? What are the best techniques to run up and down a hill? … find the answers to these questions … and more in this episode of The Happy Runner.

Today you will learn how to successfully plan your peek running races and how many races you should be running in a year. I also touch the subject of race recovery and how to plan tune up races around your peek races. If you want more personal help with your race planning feel free to contact me: [email protected] so we can work together on your running schedule.

As many others Jo discovered running during the covid-19 pandemic. Running changed her life to the better and today she is training to run the London Landmarks half marathon for Cancer Research UK.

In this episode I share tips for first time marathoners. For those who are already running for some time and also for those new to running. All of the tips are general if you want more specific tips, advice or help on your first marathon you can reach out to me: [email protected] and I can help you out with training tips or goal setting.

Sadly harassment is still a big topic in the running community. More than 80% of female runners get harassed while running. This includes catcalls, being followed or even sexual assaulted. It’s not a pleasant topic but we need to speak up, talk about it and try to find solutions that this harassment stops. We are runners and all we want to do is run in peace.

No, I won’t be talking about training for a marathon. Instead I will let you know what you should do to prepare for race day. From travel arrangements to finding the right training plan … and everything in between. Running a marathon will learn you to plan in advance. You don’t want to deal with unnecessary stress close to race day. There are a lot of things you can prepare for now, even if your marathon is months away.

Cara is a runner and a woman who suffered from anorexia. Listen to this weeks episode to find out more, how running made her help to deal with her eating disorder. Another topic we discuss are her running goals and suggestions to other who suffer from an eating disorder. Cara has her own webpge where she writes about her running and also other life topics. You can find it at: www.carajasminebradley.com

Nabaa is a girl who moved some time ago from Dubai to the UK and discovered running just recently. Running for her is the next step in her journey to loose weight and she always had the wish to run a half marathon. Listen to this episode to find out how running and exercise changed her life to the better and she gained much more confidence since working out and running. At the end Nabaa will also share some personal tips how to get into physical exercise or running if you are new to the sport.

This is the second episode of The Happy Runner podcast with endurance coach Lauren. In the first we talked about long term goal setting, in this one about building strong habits. Well we don’t just talk about how to build strong habits as a runner and how long it takes. We also touch the subject of goal setting, motivation and the mental side of running.

In this episode of The Happy Runner podcast I host Mike, a runner and the author of the book “Find time for Exercise” we chat about his running background, his plans for this year and about the book he wrote. But there’s more to it: Mike gives advice how to find time for exercise and what challenges you can set for yourself. If you want more about the book you can reach out to Mike on his webpage: https://findtimeforexercise.com