Ep 5 - But My Hair… (Yes, Black Girls DO Run!)

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”!).

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Ep 4 - Bridges That We've Travelled

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!

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

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Ep 6 - Mans Don't Run

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!!!

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

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