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Hello and welcome along to another episode of RunPod, where every week we hear from people

of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds and running ability, but they all have one common factor.

Running is their passion. So today, my guest is someone who was actually signed by Simon Cowell after an appearance on

Bretonscott Talent. She was part of classical band Escala and in 2008 they went on the reality show

and Simon took notice. She also got noticed by McFly's drummer Harry and

well now a number of years on they are married with two gorgeous children. Please welcome to Run Pod. More

importantly a runner, Izzy Judd. Hi, Janie. What a lovely intro. Thank you. Oh no. There's so,

you know, you've done so so much. I was, my goodness, I completely forgot all about Iscala.

And I met you when you were in Ascala.

Yeah.

We used to find each other on the circuit, didn't we, doing all the corporate gigs?

But, I mean, it feels like a lifetime ago now when I think about looking back to a scholar and my violin. Like it's, you know, since

becoming a mom and my career's kind of taken a different path, it just, yeah, it feels like

a lifetime's gone past. And sometimes when you do think back, you think, my goodness, my, I never

would have predicted where things would have gone as well. Yeah, and I mean, I was classically trained,

and there I was kind of standing in a mini black dress,

playing live and let die on an electric violin

after years of classical music education.

But it was great, you know,

because it was bringing to a younger audience classical music

and making it fun and accessible.

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