Phily Bowden | Elite Great Britain Runner on Running at Oregon, Overcoming Mental Health Struggles & Building a YouTube Channel

Convos Over Cold Brew with Emma Abrahamson

Emma Abrahamson

Running, Sports

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode Emma is joined by Phily Bowden. Phily is an elite runner from Great Britain who ran at the University of Oregon and has represented England and Great Britain on the international running stage. She is also a content creator, sharing her life and training through her growing YouTube channel. In this convo, Phily talks about how she got into running, why she decided to run at the University of Oregon, what training changes made the biggest improvement in her performance, why she decided to not finish her eligibility, the mental health struggles she has overcome, why she decided to start a YouTube channel, pros and cons to content creation, and so much more. Follow Phily on Instagram: @philybowden

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0:00.0	What is up, fellas? Welcome back to Compass Over Cobra with me, your host Emma Abrahamson.
0:05.4	Today we are back on the podcast with Philly Bowden. She is a runner from Great Britain.
0:11.3	I would also classify her as a YouTuber now, which is exciting. She grew up in the UK.
0:16.5	She ended up running at Oregon for a few years to do a graduate program. I was never on the team
0:21.7	with her actually. She came in right after me what we talked about that in today's episode.
0:25.2	We talk about her journey onto YouTube and so much more. So I hope you guys enjoyed today's
0:30.5	episode. Also before we get into the episode, I would love it if you guys rated and reviewed
0:33.7	on Apple podcasts or Spotify wherever you listen because it is a free way to support the podcast
0:38.4	and it seriously helps keep me motivated with the podcast. Just knowing you know people are out
0:42.2	there loving it and just hearing your ears and thoughts on it. So if you go and rate and review
0:46.0	it literally takes like 15 seconds, it means the world to me. Now let's get into today's episode with Philly.
0:59.8	Alright Philly, welcome to the podcast. I'm excited to have you on. We've never talked before,
1:13.7	but I've seen you all over social media as fellow, you know, organ athlete.
1:21.2	Yes, I really got told. And then also YouTuber. So I'm excited. I feel like we're going to have
1:26.8	a lot to chat about. But before we get started, do you want to just give us a little bit of a
1:30.5	rundown of who you are and what you're about? Yeah, oh my gosh. Who am I? Well, I've been running for,
1:38.8	I don't know, forever. I feel like not really. But yeah, I guess, um, yeah, started running
1:45.0	over in the UK, went to uni over here and figured out that I needed to run more and get better at it.
1:51.3	And then managed to get a couple of GVests, head over to Oregon for my master's grad student,
1:59.2	grandma of the team. And then, yeah, since then I came back, I don't know, I come back to the UK,
2:06.1	end of 2019. I've been working full time since then, still doing the running thing.
2:12.8	And yeah, I guess I started YouTube channel earlier this year, also a coach now. I don't know
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