S4 Eps 3 Young Hearts, Run Free - Surge with Sophie Mullins - 22 October 2021

Episode 3, Season 4 coming at ya! And we've managed to bag another inspirational guest to catch up with.

We start, as has become customary, with a quick weekly update. How's John's diet going? What are you up to on Saturday 6 November? AND in a world first a live shwank off (we kid you not!)

Then we're joined by our guest Sophie Mullins, Sophie's running CV speaks for itself. She's repped both Scotland and GB, crowned 2019 by winning the British 100k Championships and competed at the sharp end in some iconic ultra-marathons in the UK and on the continent.

Recently Sophie has made some big changes, moving to Spain as well as launching her new coaching initiative Ultra Potential (see bottom of show notes for exclusive discount).

We enjoy chatting through recent race experiences, revisit Sophie's poignant encounter with the West Highland Way Race, Anglo Celtic Plate antics in Perth, training approaches and Sophie shares some valuable insights into her own training routines and mindset.

We do touch on a few topics we've never been able to discuss before now. First, 'why do womens jeans have tiny pockets?' and secondly, but much more importantly, 'what effect does the menstrual cycle have on training and performance?'. A conversation that is hardly discussed nor researched, something that many of us guys are ignorant of or afraid to talk about (it's uncomfortable....but it shouldn't be). We're blessed to have Sophie allow us to open the door to get the conversation started and have some amazing insight into this important topic.

We also hear about Sophie's BIG plans for 2022 as she surges back into full on race mode! The future looks both exciting and adventurous for her and we can't wait to watch her progress back to the very top of her game. Oh and please hang on to the end for this weeks dialect dictionary, it's a belter!

Visit Sophie's newly launched coaching website here ULTRA POTENTIAL Sophie is offering listeners a generous 15% discount site-wide with the code ANIMO (also applies to the first month of subscriptions)