Coach Parry
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This podcast is for female runners over 45 who want to recover from sessions quicker, run pain and injury-free, improve their endurance and run faster into their 50s, 60s and beyond.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
Age-aware running advice for over-45 female runners, with practical guidance on training, fueling, recovery, and race discipline.
The She Runs Strong Podcast is a practical Health & Fitness pick for female runners over 45 who want sharper training, recovery, and race habits.
Easy runs have a job here, even when your marathon plan makes them look suspiciously slow.
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A coaching-heavy running conversation that turns a long-term athlete story into practical advice.
A 60-year-old long-time runner with big goals gives this conversation its emotional center, but the stronger payoff is how the hosts turn that story into usable coaching.
A grounded conversation about why running, weight loss, and real life rarely line up neatly.
The episode stays grounded in the day-to-day grind of running. Perry and Nikki Friedman talk through weight loss, training, family, stress, appetite, and the little extras, like wine or chocolate, that can nudge good intentions off course.
Practical guidance for female runners over 45 on fueling, recovery, and running confidence.
She Runs Strong plays like a practical coaching conversation for female runners over 45. It moves through sugar cravings, fueling uncertainty, menopause, performance changes, marathon nerves, and a stubborn hamstring, while Nikki Friedman and Shona Hendricks keep bringing the…
Practical running advice for the days when your body and your watch disagree.
The episode stays practical from the start, with Coach Perry and Nikki Friedman moving through caffeine, cramping, warm-ups, and the Garmin anaerobic score without making the discussion feel overworked.
A practical cramps conversation that keeps the focus on training habits, not a magic fix.
She Runs Strong treats muscle cramps as a training issue, not a mystery to solve with a sports drink. The discussion stays on the likely drivers named here: too much recent load, long runs pushed too hard, muscle-group imbalances when strength work is missing, and caffeine that…
A practical, broad conversation for runners who want clear training advice.
Dr. Nikki Key brings an endocrinologist's lens to an episode that stays centered on what runners can actually control: training, nutrition, sleep, and progressive strength work.
A practical look at easy runs, tempo work, threshold pace, and where marathon-pace sessions fit in.
She Runs Strong keeps the focus on practical pacing, with Nikki Friedman and Shona Hendricks laying out how tempo threshold running differs from threshold work and where each one fits.
A clear lactate reset for runners who want fatigue explained without the usual mythmaking.
Fatigue is the point here, but the episode spends its time clearing out a stubborn running myth: lactic acid is not the thing making legs quit.
Yoga, grief, breath, and brave self-compassion.
Western bowhunting lessons from the field.
She Runs Strong focuses on cardiac drift, interval heart rates, ITB pain, and menopausal brain fog while both hosts are sick and training for Valencia.
This Q&A episode of She Runs Strong focuses on supplements, injuries, and training strategies for female runners over 45.
Ina, a 60-year-old lifelong runner, discusses her training for a 65k ultra and a sub-25-minute 5k goal, sharing insights on injury prevention through strength work, nutrition strategies, and adapting running routines with age.
She Runs Strong brings in Dr.
She Runs Strong focuses on what it takes to turn a missed Boston qualifier into a better one.
The episode opens with a coaching call from Australia.
Nikki Friedman and Shona Hendricks dig into why muscle cramps hit runners so hard.
Fatigue takes the wheel here.
Coach Perry and Coach Nikki bring Beth Gros on for a late-start running story built around the idea that you can still get faster.
Coach Perry and Nikki Friedman open with a familiar truth: plenty of women start running to lose weight and end up staying because they actually love it.
Coach Perry and Nikki Friedman talk about caffeine, cramping, wearable data, and warm-ups for runners.
Nikki Friedman and Shona Hendricks use a Q&A format in The She Runs Strong Podcast to answer listener questions about creatine, figure skating, foot core, Achilles tendinopathy, and marathon packing.
Shona Hendricks and Nikki Friedman answer Stephanie from Canada on HRT, with Nikki saying Dr.
She Runs Strong opens with Shona Hendricks and Nikki Friedman answering listener questions on Christmas training, HIROX, a Mossel Bay 70.3 event with two deaths, mileage progression, and vitamin D.
Nikki and Shona open by talking through the current high-carb conversation in endurance running.
The episode opens with an Active Forever sponsor message.
Perry flies solo while Nikki is away in Mexico.
This episode opens with a sponsor message, then moves into a coach-on-coach conversation about Nikki’s recent Valencia marathon.
The She Runs Strong podcast opens with Nikki's cancelled Cape Town Marathon story, including a week-out cold, a cancelled flight, and the race being called off an hour and a half before the start because of high winds.
The She Runs Strong Podcast follows Jackie, who began taking running seriously at 50 after playing hockey until that age and later ran a 3:39 London Marathon.
Shona Hendricks and Nikki Friedman answer questions from Jen, Krisha, Sonia, and Marianne about chronic Achilles tendinopathy, illness before the London Marathon, strength-training fatigue, exercise dependence, and protein intake after 45.
The She Runs Strong Podcast opens 2026 with Nikki Friedman and Shona answering questions about half-marathon preparation, fueling for menopause, recovery, confidence, and antidepressants.
Nikki Friedman and Shona Hendricks explain why female runners over 45 should train the small intrinsic muscles of the feet, which absorb impact before it travels toward the knees, hips, Achilles, and plantar fascia.
Shona and Nikki Friedman answer questions about treadmill training, easy-run effort, triathlon scheduling, knee osteoarthritis, and walking netball for runners over 45.
Shona Hendricks and Nikki Friedman break down marathon training for women over 45, covering the FITS principle, base phase importance, intensity integration, and tapering strategies.
This episode discusses the importance of core strength for female runners over 45 to improve performance and prevent injuries.
This episode discusses training strategies, recovery, and nutrition for female runners over 45, featuring an interview with an ultra runner preparing for a race.
Nikki Friedman and Shona answer runner questions about pea protein, gastrointestinal problems, heart-rate Zone 2, and marathon training.
Nikki Friedman and Shona Hendricks spend the episode answering listener questions on New York, Tokyo, Berlin, rheumatoid arthritis, sports bras, collagen, and creatine.
Nikki and Shona answer three runner questions about shoes, stitches, and training by heart rate, with a fourth segment on migraines and a race-week injury comeback.
Nikki and Shona dig into tempo and threshold running.
The She Runs Strong Podcast answers questions about feeling exhausted, losing speed after menopause, marathon pacing, calf and Achilles niggles, and breakfast protein for runners over 45.
Host Nikki Friedman interviews ultra runner Shona Hendricks about her experience at the Two Oceans Marathon, focusing on training and recovery for female runners over 45.
This episode discusses recovery and performance for female runners over 45, featuring an expert interview on a topic related to family health history.
This episode discusses whether female runners over 40 should lift heavy weights and what type of strength training is most beneficial for them.
A Q&A episode debunking pseudoscience like ice baths and weighted vests for female runners over 45, with a focus on recovery and performance.
This episode discusses how female runners over 45 can stay active and recover faster, featuring a dietitian and a case study on personal data.
A coaching call with a former member who completed a run across Scotland with friends, discussing menopause and running.
This episode discusses recovery strategies for female runners after marathons and ultras, featuring a deep dive with coaches Nikki and Shona.
This episode features an interview with Dr.