Show Notes
Anya culling is a professional runner who initially ran a 4:36 marathon adn less than 18 months later ran a 2:30. This insane achievement isn't the most impressive thing about her, she is an incredibly kind person who is jumping on today to chat about accusations of doping, mental battles and how you can learn to run FAST.
Huge thanks to Anya for coming on the podcast today to chat about her incredible story.
Find more of Anya here: https://www.instagram.com/a.culling/?hl=en
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02:00 How did Anya get into Running?
04:45 First Marathon
06:34 Second marathon
10:30 To begin with Anya was running without gear
15:30 People don’t know athletes and Olympians, they know Instagram runners.
19:00 Do I want to be a runner or a social media runner?
22:20 Blood doping accusations
30:00 Balancing Weight Loss and Performance
38:30 Identity takes time to catch up with reality.
40:30 Sprint on Netflix
43:00 Are you living your dream?
48:30 Competing with Boys
51:00 5 Things you wish you knew about running.Anya culling is a professional runner who initially ran a 4:36 marathon adn less than 18 months later ran a 2:30. This insane achievement isn't the most impressive thing about her, she is an incredibly kind person who is jumping on today to chat about accusations of doping, mental battles and how you can learn to run FAST.
Huge thanks to Anya for coming on the podcast today to chat about her incredible story.
Find more of Anya here: https://www.instagram.com/a.culling/?hl=en
If you have any other questions for the next episode drop them in here: ngl.link/thenotsofitcouple1
Join MyCoach:
Code: NotSoFit for a special discount for podcast listeners!
https://mycoach-school.com/join
Follow us - https://www.instagram.com/mycoachapp_/
More Lucy Davis:
Follow - https://www.instagram.com/LucyDavis_Fit
Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbyT8IyohY6V8ZVfI9uHug
More Ben Haldon:
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Shop our products - https://shop.mycoachschool.com/collections/products/
02:00 How did Anya get into Running?
04:45 First Marathon
06:34 Second marathon
10:30 To begin with Anya was running without gear
15:30 People don’t know athletes and Olympians, they know Instagram runners.
19:00 Do I want to be a runner or a social media runner?
22:20 Blood doping accusations
30:00 Balancing Weight Loss and Performance
38:30 Identity takes time to catch up with reality.
40:30 Sprint on Netflix
43:00 Are you living your dream?
48:30 Competing with Boys
51:00 5 Things you wish you knew about running.
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