Hello there. Welcome to the Run Club of the podcast world. Welcome to Run Pod. I'm Jenny Faulkner and every episode, well, I chat to someone who shares our passion for running. And I'll say that. They might not always love it, but they do keep coming back for more. They have the running bug. This week, I do feel privileged to be joined

by someone who literally has no free time right now and has been working continuously for a long

time. She works in the NHS in intensive care as a nurse. Imagine working in that environment

right now at the height of coronavirus where, let's be honest, too many people are suffering, are dying, no visitors allowed, there's a shortage of beds.

Well, look, there's no denying that those working under this pressure right now are the real life superheroes.

Olivia Tompkins is one of them. Now, her days are long. She works hard, but here's the

thing. She also sees the value in her exercise and her daily fitness regime is what gets her

through. She runs. She is ripped. She is an absolute machine in the gym. I know there because

I've watched her and been in awe. She is the CrossFit nurse. It's so lovely to

have your mum pod Livy. Welcome. What an introduction. Hello. Hi Jenny. Thank you so much for

having me on and I'm not sure how I can really follow up to that introduction if I'm honest.

Oh, I know. I mean, it's...

I mean, you are working so, so hard and you're doing such a great job.

I just, we met a couple of years ago now.

And since we've met, actually, life has changed so much for you because you were doing a

slightly different job when I met you.

And since we've met, you've started working in intensive care.

What has that been like?

What a time to start working in that department?

Yeah, so I really did.

I was actually one of these people that was redeployed.

I worked in a normal congenital area of my hospital.

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