This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands.

Hello there and welcome to RunPod where we like to talk about all things running related.

The feel good effect, the motivation, why we keep coming back for more, our favourite places to run, our favourite times of day to run,

and of course, when do you get a runner's high?

The other thing that we love chatting about is kit, watches, trainers, leggings, and for women,

well, there's one essential that truly we should not run without the bra.

So today, I, Jenny Fultner, I'm joined by someone who has carved an entire business out of creating bras that us girls can run in.

It is Mary Thomas.

Hello there.

Welcome to Run Pod.

Hello.

Thank you so much for having me.

I really appreciate it.

No, it's lovely.

We met actually at the National Running Show in January, didn't we? When you were there with your stand of sports bras and I was like,

oh, these look nice. I think it's really important though, isn't it, to remind women and girls,

you know, why we need a good sports bar, Because it's one of the key items, the key pieces

of running kit, if you are going to go out and pound the pavements, isn't it? Absolutely. So,

yeah, I mean, fortunately for men, the kind of the thing that is kind of drawn most attention to

is footwear. So, like, as long as you have a good pair of shoes, kind of you're good to go. But for women, we need to think about our shoes and also our bra. It's not just kind of a fashion piece anymore. It's definitely

something that serves a purpose and we need to make sure that we have a good one to make sure that

it kind of helps us on our run. Yeah. So let me ask you a very basic question and I'm sure it's a very

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