Episode 5 - Gender Equality in Running

Welcome back to episode 5 of this podcast series. Voices of the runner.

Today I am joined by Mei Zheng who is a member of the USyd RunClub.

She has recently, over the last year and a bit completed her first half marathon as well as her first full marathon at the Black mores running festival. We talk through some of her reflections about what she has learnt and experienced on her journey.

We delve deep into the different barrier to getting involved in running. In its most simplistic form, running is an accessible sport but there exist many invisible barriers that contributed to inequitable access to the sport. Such as socioeconomic status and gender. 

Finally, we end on a comparison between calligraphy and running. Both different forms of meditation and frequently used as a route to escape reality. Physcially the differences are obvious, but we  explore the idea that the physcological responses might be more similar than expected.