Everyday Runners

EDR #65 /Running Studies/ Laura Gubby: Women Trail Runners and Feelings of Empowerment and Vulnerability

This episode features an interview with Dr Laura Gubby of Canterbury Christ Church University. 
I got in touch with Laura after reading her article, “Women trail runners’ encounters with vulnerability to male harassment in rural off-road spaces”, which she co-authored with Joanne Hill in 2024. 
I guess I was curious about her research because I wanted to think more about the kind of privilege male runners can experience by virtue of their gender. This article fits in with my thinking that running isn’t always an egalitarian or equitable sport for everyone, all of the time: women runners need to negotiate feelings of empowerment and vulnerability at the same time while performing the ‘morally good’ practice of looking after their health in green spaces. 
So, in this interview, I asked Laura about her own running practice, her research, her use of the work of scholars such as Henri Lefebvre and Doreen Massey, what made her informants feel vulnerable or threatened during a run and how male runners could be more aware of how their presence might or might not affect other runners. Anyway, that’s all for now. I hope you enjoy this episode. 
Until next time 
Doi doi
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Thank you to Nesrine, Levi, Joao, Gianluca and Bob for supporting the show and helping to cover some of the costs via the Buy Me a Coffee Platform. 
Shout out to the legend Paul Waye, who was featured in Episode 52, who has almost finished his 12 Steden Plog: running more than 42km per day, visiting 12 cities and picking up trash along the way. Always with an immovable smile on his face and with a sense of humour as he runs through the Netherlands in a banana suit
Thank you to the listeners who have smashed the ratings function on Spotify
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EDR #64 /Atletenprofiel/ Zeb Beelen: Een echte alleskunner met een vechtersmentaliteit

Halo en welkom bij aflevering #64 van Everyday Runners. Ik ben Andy Fuller, de host van deze podcast en mede-oprichter van Reading Sideways Press. Zoals je zeker al hebt gemerkt, is dit een speciale aflevering in het Nederlands – iets wat ik misschien vaker ga doen in de toekomst.
Allereerst een dikke dankjewel aan de supporters van deze podcast – Nesrine, Levi, Gianluca, Joao en Bob. Jullie steun via het Buy Me a Coffee-platform betekent echt veel voor me en helpt om Everyday Runners in de lucht te houden. Super bedankt!
In deze aflevering hoor je een gesprek met Zeb Beelen, een atleet van Leiden Atletiek. Zeb is een heel gedreven en fanatieke atleet. Hij doet mee aan allerlei soorten wedstrijden – van de steeplechase tot cross en de halve marathon. Hij staat bekend om zijn vechtersmentaliteit en geeft zich nooit zomaar gewonnen. Onlangs werd hij tweede in de halve marathon van Leiden met een tijd van 1:10:15. Het is slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat hij onder het uur en tien duikt.
De aflevering wordt grotendeels gehost door Leon Huiszoon, die je misschien nog kent uit aflevering vier en viertig – en zelfs helemaal terug in aflevering negen. Ik heb het stellen van de meeste vragen aan hem overgelaten, maar ik heb er zelf ook een paar tussendoor gegooid.
Tot slot: als je deze podcast leuk vindt, zou het super zijn als je een beoordeling wilt geven op Spotify. Er staan nu 48 ratings, en het zou top zijn om de 50 aan te tikken. Je kunt ook updates volgen via Instagram – het account is: everydayrunnersleiden.
Blijf lekker lopen en tot de volgende aflevering!
Doi doi 
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EDR #63 /Athlete Profile/ The Unstoppable Force That Is Nesrine Leene - Double National Record Holder and 40 Time Marathoner

It took me a while to get to interview Nesrine Leene, but finally, through a friend of a friend of a friend I got in touch with her. And yes, like my references mentioned, she is quite unstoppable. Nesrine, who was a top level down-hill skier in her youth, switched to long-distance running upon settling down in the absolutely flat Low Lands. So, Nesrine now has two national records to her name - the marathon and the half-marathon, for Lebanon. Her charm and sense of fun in all that she does of course though can't be measured. 
As usual: thanks to my supporters: Levi, Joao, Gianluca and Bob. 
Thank you to the legendary Jeroen Rondeel for the beautiful music that accompanies this podcast. 
tot de volgende -- 
doi doi - 
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EDR #62 /Leiden Legend/ Maikel Stolwijk - Everything is True

Yo! Welcome to Episode #62. This episode features a conversation with Maikel Stolwijk, a two time marathon winner and someone who has run under 2:30 four times. He is friends with half of the city of Leiden. 
Maikel came over to dinner one evening and then afterwards, we had a chat about how he started to take his running seriously in his mid-30s, after previously being pretty keen on his footy (and drinking). 
Maikel is dearly beloved so this podcast series would be lacking were it not to feature him. I've known Maikel for the length of my running journey - and yes, I've beaten him once: it was by 1 second in the Stevensloop (Nijmegen) in 2023 (I think). 
I'd love to see Maikel be a bit more daring in the races he does - i.e. come on mate, do a few more 5km and 10km races :) But right now, he continues to smash the marathon. 
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EDR #61 /Running Studies/ Stella Radford: on Running in Colombia & Women Urban Runners in Melbourne

Yo! Stella Radford is a steeple chase and 5000m athlete who is now getting interested in longer format races (10km and 15km). Stella is currently based in Manizales, Colombia, so we talk about what it is like to train at altitude and in hilly terrain. But I first got in touch with her because of her article, The Spatial Geographies of Women Urban Runners (2024) which looks at the spaces women use for running in Melbourne. So, this conversation is in three parts: Stella as athlete; Stella as a runner in Manizales, and Stella as urban planning researcher. 
Enjoy and until next time: doi doi :) 
 
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EDR #60 /Thursday Bonus/ Willemieke Verweij of Tribes Studio

Willemieke Verweij is the founder of Tribes Studio which has six locations in the Leiden vicinity. Willemieke is a dancer, teacher, triathlete and Hyrox aficianado. 
Willemieke shares her thoughts about her experience as a dancer, teacher and practitioner of all sorts of kinds of movements - some which are regarded as sport, others as dance. 
Tribes has recently opened a running course and we discuss the reasons for it and what the course offers. 
 
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Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
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EDR #59 /This Running Life/ Marit Hiemstra and Agata Cienciala

Yo, hello! This is a story of a friendship formed through co-running. Agata is a visually impaired runner who lives in Nottingham. Marit is an anthropologist who is doing her PhD at Nottingham Trent University. 
In this episode Agata and Marit share their stories of running together and how 'blind running' is a co-created practice. We discuss friendship and trust and how guide runners learn the process of running with someone with a visual impairment. 
As the host of this podcast, every episode is important for me. But, this episode reiterated again to me the reasons why I started this podcast. I found the stories shared by Agata and Marit very moving. And, I'm honored by their trust in me in making (part) of their story available. 
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Blind Running (NL)

EDR #58 /Enschede Marathon Review/ Brent Pieterse - 2:24 and 7th Overall

Brent Pieterse is a self-trained athlete based in the bustling metropolis of Nieuwkoop (population 29,000). To his own admission, he hadn't yet done his marathon justice. But this time, in Enschede ('the Other Marathon of 13th April') he smashed it. He ran all of his kilometres between 3:20 and 3:29, except for one which crept over to the 3:30 mark. His race was perfectly paced, recording a 10second positive split. And, typical of Brent, he did it virtually all alone. His finishing time was 2:24:46. 
If you have done a race in the province of South Holland or perhaps in Utrecht, you are likely to have come across Brent in his famous blue Keus t-shirt. He has a thing for small, local races and although he puts little currency in winning races, he certainly does a lot of winning. He says he's happy running alone and along quiet roads and polder paths. 
In short, he's a gun and he's continually improving. Moreover, he is not a glory hunter and he's incredibly modest about his performances - recognising himself that he has made rather unexpectedly quick progress. This podcast has a strict policy against Humble Bragging and BP is no humble bragger. 
So, I want to thank Brent for being on the show and sharing his post-race thoughts. 
He'll be back racing very soon. 
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EDR #57 /On the Rise/ Igor Ouwerkerk: 8:08 for the 3000m & 3:52 for the 1500m

Yo! Igor Ouwerkerk is one of the Young Guns of Leiden Atletiek. Like the title of this show indicates, he has smashed out some pretty fancy times in his very short career. Igor has only committed to running over the past two years after previously being pretty serious about his cycling, too. 
Igor trains with Han Kulker of Leiden Atletiek and as long as a few persistent injuries don't get in his way, what he can achieve is as yet unknown. He'll be heading off to the States soon on an athletics scholarship. So, look out. 
Igor is a competitive beast and always brings his game face to race day - hence the awesome photo accompanying the episode. He's also super diligent in his loopscholing (running technique) drills and he performs them with the exactitude and agility of a ballet dancer. 
So yeah, I hope you enjoy this conversation and my opening chitter chatter about my Rotterdam Marathon preparation. 
Doi doi doi doi 
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EDR #56 /This Running Life/ Pieter-Christaan van Oranje en Daan Hoek

This episode features an interview with Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje and Daan Hoek, both of Leiden Atletiek. The two are long-time running buddies, who got to know each other when PC joined Leiden Atletiek to train under Bram Wassenaar. This is a very lightly edited episode as I wanted to let the episode be a clear representation of how the conversation unfolded. The three of us share our thoughts on how running has changed over the years, PC tells us of his running story and his experiences with various running coaches. He also mentions what might actually go wrong while changing shoes during a marathon. Daan Hoek, a high level steeple chaser back in the good old days, has been a consistent training partner with PC in his marathon builds. Daan also tells us what the Rotterdam Marathon was like way back in the 1980s. So yeah, I had a very enjoyable time talking with PC and Daan and, I think this conversation turned out well. I hope you enjoy it. 
Thank you to Bob, Gianluca and Joao for supporting this podcast via Buy Me a Coffee. Their support helps to cover some of the costs required to keep this podcast afloat. 
Thank you to Jeroen Rondeel for the music - specifically composed - for this podcast. Jeroen is the founder of the band, Cymbaline. 
Until next time, doi doi! 
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Andy Fuller/Reading Sideways Press
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