Ep 25 - Running For Justice with @deoruns_381

05/30/21 • 68 min

In the week that marked one year since the killing of George Floyd, the Start Line Girls were absolutely honoured to speak to Deo Kato, an amazing young man who is using running as a form of activism. He is on track to complete an incredible 381 day running streak where he has run at least 10k every day! Inspired by the 381 day strike that African Americans participated in as part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, Deo started running last year after the murder of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Bryonna Taylor and all of the inequalities thrown up by the Covid pandemic.

His roots of growing up in Uganda, his experiences of racism in the UK, his amazing story of how he started running, his life in Australia, New Zealand and London needs to be captured in a book - but here we have it in our podcast!

Deo is running his last day of his run streak on 21 June 2021, from Victoria Park in Hackney to Regents Park, we’ll be joining him to celebrate the end of this amazing journey! We hope you will also join us to celebrate with him and that you will also be inspired to use running as a catalyst for social change.

You can follow Deo on Instagram - @deoruns_381We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod. You can also subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at our website thestartlinepod.com (where you can also get your hands on some TSL merch!). We'd also love to stay in touch, so don't forget to subscribe to our email list so that we can notify you when the latest episode is coming out!

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Ep 24 - And We're Two!

The Start Line is celebrating 2 years, 24 episodes (well, 25 including the bonus TSL In The Round special ep...) and almost 4.5k downloads! We take a look back at the our top 5 most popular episodes in this short but sweet birthday edition.
Thanks to all our listeners for sharing this journey with us - your listening ears are something we will never take for granted.
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Ep 26 - Going Behind the Podcast with Pilar Arthur-Snead from The Last Tenth

The Start Line Girls have got some bonus treats in store for you starting this month, as we kick off our Going Behind The Podcast series! We will be speaking to some of our favourite podcasters to bring you their stories, getting closer to the person behind the podcast.
First up is one of our favourite ladies, Coach Pilar Arthur-Snead, host of The Last Tenth Podcast. Podcaster, runner, coach and former photographer, Coach Pilar started running in 2015 shortly after turning 43. Starting with a 5k race, within a year Pilar had completed a half marathon, before moving on to complete 7 marathons (including 3 World Majors). Pilar has just completed her first ultra marathon, running a whopping 35 miles - at the age of 49!
This incredible woman shows that neither age nor race, size nor health condition (she suffers from asthma) should be a barrier to running. She believes that fitness is for every BODY, no matter their age, size, shape, gender, current ability or physical limitation. As Pilar so aptly puts it: "The only thing a runner needs is a commitment to the training process and the motivation to be one’s best self."
You can listen to The Last Tenth on all your usual podcast platform, including Apple Podcasts and you can also keep up with Coach Pilar by following her page on Instagram.
We'd love to hear from you, so please follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook by searching for @thestartlinepod. You can also subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast provider or at our website thestartlinepod.com (where you can also get your hands on some TSL merch!). We'd also love to stay in touch, so don't forget to subscribe to our email list so that we can notify you when the latest episode is coming out!