Ep 12 - We Run: TSL Meets... ERC!
02/26/20 • 35 min
For the first proper episode of 2020, The Start Line Girls kick off a series of episodes featuring diverse running crews who are seeking to challenge the stereotypical image of a runner, running groups, which are growing massively despite the standard portrayal of running as being a pursuit typically enjoyed by a certain demographic (namely young, white and achingly middle class).
Painful as it is to admit, outside the elite, professional running arena, people of colour are tend to be ignored by mainstream running media, which has resulted in an incorrect assumption that people of colour don't run, or don't have an interest in running.
The groups we are going to feature throughout this series work hard to celebrate the diverse tapestry of runners, who are carving out their own space in the running community, groups that strive to shine a light and showcase the importance of being a visible presence and the positive impact this has on other people of colour starting their running journeys.
We start with our very own running family Emancipated Run Crew, where we discuss the impact that the group has had on its members, the purpose of the group and the importance of having groups set up by people of colour, for people of colour. As we take part in races such as the Vitality Official Big Half, the Adidas City Run Series and Great Manchester half marathon, we’re looking forward to seeing as many diverse runners as possible in these spaces and for them to be featured in mainstream running media, because despite the usual narrative, We 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! And don’t forget to rate and review us!
Theme music: Street Festival by Franco Eneiro. Used under licence.Episode music: Electrodoodle by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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For the first proper episode of 2020, The Start Line Girls kick off a series of episodes featuring diverse running crews who are seeking to challenge the stereotypical image of a runner, running groups, which are growing massively despite the standard portrayal of running as being a pursuit typically enjoyed by a certain demographic (namely young, white and achingly middle class).
Painful as it is to admit, outside the elite, professional running arena, people of colour are tend to be ignored by mainstream running media, which has resulted in an incorrect assumption that people of colour don't run, or don't have an interest in running.
The groups we are going to feature throughout this series work hard to celebrate the diverse tapestry of runners, who are carving out their own space in the running community, groups that strive to shine a light and showcase the importance of being a visible presence and the positive impact this has on other people of colour starting their running journeys.
We start with our very own running family Emancipated Run Crew, where we discuss the impact that the group has had on its members, the purpose of the group and the importance of having groups set up by people of colour, for people of colour. As we take part in races such as the Vitality Official Big Half, the Adidas City Run Series and Great Manchester half marathon, we’re looking forward to seeing as many diverse runners as possible in these spaces and for them to be featured in mainstream running media, because despite the usual narrative, We 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! And don’t forget to rate and review us!
Theme music: Street Festival by Franco Eneiro. Used under licence.Episode music: Electrodoodle by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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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!
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Theme music: Street Festival by Franco Eneiro. Used under licence.
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Ep 13 - We Run: TSL Meets... Black Girls Do Run UK
“An online community to encourage and inspire female runners of colour”
In the month which hosted International Women’s Day we are pleased to bring you an all girl feature and introduce you to another diverse running crew! Black Girls Do Run UK meets TSL!
TSL speaks to Tash, Linda and Sasha, co-founders of the Black Girls DO Run UK, about their virtual and physical running crew. We explore their reasons for setting up the group, their vision for the future and what they want to achieve individually and collectively. We discuss why they feel it is important to have a black women’s running group and the reasons why visibility and representation is necessary. We speak about some of the personal challenges they’ve had to face as runners who are women of colour and the work the girls are doing to overcome these challenges.
Additionally, in the month that the Coronavirus truly began to wreak havoc on the entire planet and change life as we know it, we discuss with the girls the disappointment they had to endure following the cancellation of the Manchester Marathon 2020. How do you get over the disappointment of months and months of training and getting up to 23 miles, only for all of that hard work to be dashed? Find out the silver linings the girls are discovering through this process and how their togetherness, sisterhood and love for one another, through Black Girls Do Run UK helps to push each and every one of them on.
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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