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Welcome to The Start Line Podcast - hosted by Dee, Jules and Petrina: three sisters talking about running, eating, music, life... and everything in between.

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05/23/20 • 55 min

“BRO serves to organise, educate and condition the Black Community on the basis of running as a practical demonstration of unity. #LETSGROW”

This month we are excited to bring you a diverse running group from over the pond! All the way from Baltimore, we introduce you to Black Running Organisation (BRO)!!! TSL Girls speak to Isa Olufemi and his fiancée, Intea Deshields about why and how they set up BRO in 2014; what aims of the organisation; and how BRO is changing the look and feel of running, by increasing the number of black and diverse runners in Baltimore. In the words of BRO, LETSGROW!
We discuss how BRO is helping to shape and strengthen the communities in Baltimore and what the ethos is behind their important clarion cry of “LETSGROW!” We explore with Isa why he considers running to be a cultural principle for black people; the importance running has on the psyche of a black man; how it can be used to teach discipline, commitment and drive; and how the collective family achieves so much more than the pursuit of individualism so prevalent in Western society.
Isa, who worked as a college access program specialist with the CollegeBound Foundation in Baltimore, also speaks about his work setting up the Poet’s Pride Run Club which combines running and fitness with educational attainment. The Club, which secured funding for 4 years, worked to demonstrate the general importance of fitness, taking their students for a scheduled Unity Run every day at 7am, followed by individual and group advice sessions to help prepare students for college. The Club embodied the importance of commitment by requiring students who needed the support of the Club to commit to the running sessions in order to access the advice provided. Isa and his work with the Poet's Pride Rub Club was picked up in a number of media outlets, including a feature in Runners World Magazine.
Isa also explains why attendance at The Race in Atlanta every October must become a rites of passage run for every card carrying Runner of Colour!

This amazing, insightful discussion highlights the importance of forging and maintaining links with running groups of colour across the pond who are looking to change things up exponentially. TSL girls are so happy that we stumbled across BRO during Black October last year, as the group works to emphasise the message of pan-Africanism, focussing on black unity and black pride, making huge waves whilst doing so.
You can follow Black Running Organisation on Instagram: @blkrunorg or on Facebook @blkrunorg.
You can also follow The Race on Instagram: @therace_uc.
We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com!

Theme music: Street Festival by Franco Eneiro. Used under licence.

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In this special bonus episode of The Start Line, recorded prior to the murder of George Floyd on Monday 25 May 2020, we discuss the tragic murder of Ahmaud Arbery. A 25 year old black man who loved running. Ahmaud was out running on the afternoon 23 February 2020 when he was hunted down, trapped, and shot to death around 1.30pm in the afternoon by two white men, father and son, Gregory and Travis McMichael in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia US. The full details of this incident can be found here in this NY TImes article: https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-timeline.html

We bring together a group of runners from the UK and the US to discuss the circumstances around Ahmaud’s death and question how, in 2020, we are still dealing with the fall out from centuries of racism, power imbalance and injustice in our societies. We also raise the question of why, particularly in the running community/publications/brands, there was a deafening silence in relation to Ahmaud’s death. We face head on the issues around the discomfort felt by people discussing openly, with people who are not of colour, the issues around race, privilege and power. Finally, we explore what can we all do to be the change we want to see.

We give thanks to God for this platform and to our contributors, each of whom taught us so much and helped us to look at things in slightly different way:

Trojan Gayle (@thebeardedrunner and @emancipatedruncrew)

Calvin Stovell (@re_cal_ibratingand @emancipatedruncrew)

Matilda Egere-Cooper (@flygirlcollective)

Natasha Thomson (@blackgirlsdorunuk)

William Wesley Walker Jr (@brunchnburn)

Stephen Adjaidoo (@ldnbrunchclub)

Peter Daining (@dainingpeter)

Isa Olufemi (@blkrunorg)

Ari Anisfield

This is an honest, educational discussion which we hope will be used as a catalyst for similar discussions and calls to action across the globe. ITS TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE!
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01/01/20 • 24 min

For the last episode of 2019, The Start Line Girls finish with a look back at their best bits of the year. Reflecting on their favourite runs, favourite podcast moments and also their most challenging points during 2019, the Start Line Girls take you on a trip down memory lane as well as looking forward to 2020. Happy New Year!
We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at http://thestartlinepodcast.buzzsprout.com! And if you love what we do, please help us reach even more people by giving us a 5-star rating and/or review on Apple Podcasts!

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10/28/19 • 24 min

“The runaways are the silent heroes who created opportunities for future generations of people of colour, and it is important that their existence is acknowledged and celebrated.”

- Morayo Akandé

Actor and screenwriter of 1745

Running. A free sport. An activity where you can lace up and run, not matter what the time, the season or the weather. For those of us who grew up watching the world’s fastest men and women taking part in 100 and 200m sprints, on the edge of our seats, wondering incredulously how Carl Lewis, Florence Griffiths Joyner (“Flo Jo”), Colin Jackson, Linford Christie, Michael Johnson, Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Eliud Kipchoge ran the incredible times that they did.

Athletes like have these have inspired thousands of youngsters to themselves become the athletes of the future, some kids starting out just running races on the block, hoping to emulate their heroes.
But does running, that feeling of being free, of running away the troubles and doubts, have a deeper resonance for people of colour? And if it does, is this as a result of the invisible thread, from the millions of runaway slaves, stretching over the 400 year period since a ship first docked in the shores of America, starting the transatlantic slave trade, to our lives now?
Whatever the tenuousness of that link, one thing is for sure: without the bravery of the many men, women and children who escaped the brutal institutionalised evil of slavery and who as free people, worked tirelessly for its abolition, we as people of colour would not be living the lives we do today.
In this bonus episode for Black History Month, we celebrate them, we commemorate them and we reflect on what it means today to Run Free!
Special thanks to Simone S-B, @thisistrojan, @arayahfaithkids, @iamjackiornwilliams and @blackgirlsdorunuk for your messages - we are so grateful for your insights on what running free means to each of you!
And we have to mention Rick Holmes “Remember To Remember” - check it out - Black History captured in one song! (A Roy Ayers production).

We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com!

Theme music: Street Festival by Franco Eneiro. Used under licence.
Episode music: Whimsy Groove, Kumasi Groove and Kumasi Groove (plus flugelhorn) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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10/06/19 • 28 min

Most of the people of the time you run to get fit... to get healthy . But how do you cope, mentally and physically, when, after achieving a level of fitness, your health is compromised to such an extent that you can no longer run? Especially when running has always been something that almost comes second nature to you, that you love and defines a part of who you are?

The Start Line Girls delve into the impact that their health issues has had each of them, and share some mechanisms that you can use to cope with these issues and tools you can utilise to get you back to running fitness.

We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com! And don’t forget to rate and review us!

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09/04/19 • 39 min

For most of us, as we get older it gets harder and harder to keep fit. Gravity is against you, the pounds get harder and harder to shift, your knees start giving in, you start noticing aches that you didn’t feel before in your twenties or early thirties... But for a few of us, fitness is something that comes later in life. In our twenties some of us are too busy out enjoying life to think about getting to the gym or hitting the streets to run. At least two of TSL girls (Jules & Petrina) did not start running until they were near or in their 30s, and have found that they are actually getting better as they get older!
An article in The Guardian last April revealed that middle-aged runners are consistently clocking consistently average faster marathon times than runners in their 20s - so is there something in the saying that you “just get better with time”?
In our new podcast episode, we have the ultimate #fitoverforty guru, Donna McConnell. Donna is an incredible inspiration and has battled against her own mind and often exhausted body to get and maintain her fitness. Especially now that she is in the rich season of her life. We find out about Donna’s struggles, what motivated her to become a triathlete, a Cambridge Weight Plan consultant, what gets her out of bed in the morning and how she is motivated to keep moving when there are not many projections of black women of her age doing what she does! Even more importantly how she juggles all this with being a mother, journalist and blogger!!!
We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com!

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07/03/19 • 45 min

So you think black girls don’t run? Think again!

There’s a common misconception that black girls don’t like running... maybe because we feel like we don’t have the physique for any kind of distance running... maybe because we don’t see ourselves when we’re looking at the increasing number of runners pounding the streets... maybe because we feel like we’re going to “sweat out” our hair from the exercise... The Start Line Girls invite special guest Matilda Egere-Cooper - founder of Fly Girl Collective - to talk about why she decided to start a movement to change this narrative, how she conquered the London Marathon as a brand ambassador for New Balance and how, by starting with a two week challenge, you can kick-start your running journey to healthier lifestyle!

To find out more about Fly Girl Collective, you can follow them on Instagram by searching for @flygirlcollective, or check out the website at flygirlcollective.co (yes - it really is just “.co”!).

We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com!

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Ep 6 - Mans Don't Run

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08/04/19 • 25 min

This may come as a shock to some of our listeners - but there is a sibling within The Start Line circle who DOES NOT RUN!!!!

The Start Line Girls welcome their brother Clint - resident in Mississauga, Canada, but raised in London - who puts the case forward for the benefits of golf, slow walking and literally anything else but running. Clint (truly!!!) challenges his sisters on his reasons for not running; why he thinks black men don't run; and why walking a golf course slowly whilst intermittently lifting a glass of beer is considered much more satisfying to him, and way more important, than running!

Join us in this very light hearted episode as we discount every argument that our darling older brother puts up against going for a run!!!

We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com!

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06/09/19 • 48 min

What do you do when pounding the same streets becomes a little... boring...? Well The Start Line Girls decided to combine running with one of their other passions... travel!

Let’s face it... running can sometimes get a little... stale. Once you finally get into the running habit, you plot out your favourite routes and then press the run, eat, sleep, repeat button. You know your challenging routes. You know your quick routes. You know the route to do when you don’t really feel like running. Then one day you get up to run and you realise that you’re not feeling particularly inspired... You’ve seen it and done it all before... and you’re wearing the running t-shirt as you do it! Well, at least, that’s what happened to us... Until one day we realised that a great way to find inspiration in our runs was to challenge ourselves somewhere completely unfamiliar... so we decided to take our little running habit on the road... and on this podcast we take you with us on a little journey through our running travel adventures!

We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com!

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Ep 10 - Who Do I Run To?

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12/06/19 • 39 min

Episode 10 - Who Do I Run To?

“Who can I run to

To share this empty space?

Who can I run to

When I need love?”

The Jones Girls

The Start Line Girls Are back with another episode! This time we’re taking you on a journey filled with their love of music, as we explore what we listen to when we run, sharing our varied musical tastes, reminiscing about music players of the past (did someone say Sony Walkman personal cassette player with auto-reverse?!), favourite playlists and our new love of running to podcasts!

We also report back on our polls where we asked you what you run to.... And whether you can run to slow jams..... Some of the answers may surprise you!

Special thanks to @blackgirlsdorunuk, @mim612, @thisistrojan, @gladlife1, @iamjackiornwilliams and @runlikekunte for sharing what you run to!

Our Running Selection
4,3,2,1 - LL Cool J
Super Thug - N.O.R.E.
Horse & Carriage - Cam'ron and Mase
Step Into My World - KRS One
Do It To Death - Busta Rhymes
The Helicopter Tune - Deep Blue
The Lighter - Sound of The Future
Style - M Beat
Maximum Style (Lover to Lover) - Tom & Jerry
Sweet Love - Nazlyn
Hyph Mngo - Joy Orbison
Soul Fever - Simbad
Runaround - Peven Everette
Superman - Black Coffee
Jukebox - Muzart
Missy Elliott - Get Your Freak On
Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
How I Got Over - Aretha Franklin
Controlla - Drake
I Don’t Know - Slum Village
Jealousy - Slum Village
Tell Me - Slum Village

Our Podcast Selection
Westworld (Shat On Entertainment)
Serial
Doctor Death
Dirty John
Love Island: The Morning After
The Archers
American Crime Junkie
An American Scandal
The Mysterious Mr Epstein
Malcolm Gladwell Revisionist History
The Music Snobs
Snobs On Film
Dope Black Dads
1619
Have You Heard George’s Podcast

We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod and subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at https://www.thestartlinepod.com! And don’t forget to rate and review us!

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