EDR #75 /This Running Life/ Emma Houchell: "If I couldn't find a running club, I probably wouldn't move because I would then spend all my time running and not make any friends"

Hello and welcome to Episode #75 of Everyday Runners. I’m Andy Fuller, the host of this podcast and a co-founder of Reading Sideways Press. 

Thank you to the supporters of this podcast: Bob, Dominic, Nesrine, Levi, Joao, Gianluca and the original Bob. And, a big thank you to the latest supporter of Everyday Runners: Jochem Loos who has made a contribution via the Buy Me A Coffee platform. Jochem is an athlete whose strongest distances are probably the 5 and 10km. He recently smashed a 15:30 or so for the 5km during the Lisse Estafette. There was a time when Jochem was struggling with injuries, but through patience and his other trainings of cycling and swimming, he is seemingly on top of his body, so to speak. So yeah, thanks for listening Jochem to the podcast and good luck with your upcoming races. 

This episode features a conversation with Emma Houchell who lives and works in the Hague and trains at Leiden Atletiek. Emma mentions how a conversation with Noah Schutte was instrumental in her decision to move to the Low Lands. Emma talks of her relationship with her coach Bev Hartigan who has been coaching her for more or less ten years. Emma also gives her theory on the different kinds of runners and where she might sit on the running-continuum. 

The recording was made the day before the BIG5 so the conversation begins with Emma asking me a few questions about my preparation and feelings for the race. 

So, that’s all for now. I’d love it if you could give the podcast a rating on Spotify and, if you are inclined, to support the show through the Buy Me a Coffee platform. 

Until next time, doei doei 

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Music by Jeroen Rondeel of Cymbaline