Anna Rutherford

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Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

For all runners, there is a distance that you dream of running. It could be a 5k, a 10k, a half or a full marathon. Or perhaps after hearing people enthuse about even longer runs, you’ve been tempted by an ultra. Well in this episode, mum, lawyer and runner, Anna Rutherford does a brilliant job at describing a race she completed a couple of months ago. Anna ran over 200 miles, smashing the race record in the process. Her story is incredible. She’d just given birth a few months earlier, she napped in 11 minute bursts and her secret weapon is something you may want to try yourself….it’s a food (of sorts) and was a huge help on her journey. After hearing Anna’s account of this epic run, I would be surprised if you don’t ask yourself ‘Could I do an ultra?’ Or perhaps you’ll ask, ‘When can I do an ultra?!’ Enjoy this hugely inspiring episode with a superwoman who said she’s 'nothing special’. I beg to differ. Happy running!

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0:00.0	Hello there, welcome to Run Pod, where all runners are welcome.
0:07.5	I'm Jenny Faulkner and I guess I'd describe myself as a running enthusiast who loves to run maybe around 40 to 50 miles a week.
0:14.9	And once a year, I'll go big, I'll do a marathon.
0:18.3	Then you've got others who maybe just enjoy like a simple 5K at the weekend,
0:23.6	maybe do a park run. Or perhaps you are like today's guest, someone who just loves a running
0:31.1	distance challenge. Anna Rutherford, welcome to Runport. Thank you, Jenny. It's nice to be here. It's so nice to chat to you
0:40.2	because, well, I did read your story and I was like, I'm desperate to get you on Rundport. Because
0:46.1	let me start. You're a lawyer, aren't you? I am, yes. You're a lawyer, a mum, to two gorgeous
0:52.4	young children as well.
0:54.6	Yes.
0:55.4	How old are they?
0:56.1	Is it Kit and Ella?
0:57.2	Kit and Ella.
0:58.1	So Kit has just turned two.
0:59.9	He is full on terrible twos.
1:02.1	They are a real thing.
1:03.9	And Ella is just a wee angel.
1:07.3	She's just turned nine months.
1:08.9	So she's, yeah, two in nine months. So you're on maternity leave right now?
1:13.6	I am. Yes. Yep. And now this maternity leave thing, which most people, you know, if you're lucky enough to be able to take a maternity leave with your job, chances are you're going to be at home with the kids. You're really, if you've got two especially, you're flat out. Not many
1:29.7	mums in maternity leave have the time or energy. It's the energy to go and run across Scotland.
1:38.7	But that's exactly what you've just done. Yes, it does sound when you put it like that.
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