Welcome to the Femmi Pod. Femmi has been built to empower women through movement, education and connection. At Femmi we are building a community of women who can support, inspire and educate one another on how to move with our bodies and not against them. Founders, Lydia O’Donnell and Esther Keown, have come together to kick start more conversations about women, how we can make the most of our bodies, our hormones and ourselves.
The Ascend Diaries: Why the Nike After Dark Tour is a defining moment for Women’s Running
Welcome to The Ascend Diaries. This series is all about highlighting the women's running community in the build up to the Nike After Dark Syd race in September.
While this series follows the journey to the Nike After Dark Tour, it's about so much more than one race. Whether you're lining up on the start line in September or simply love running, you'll find stories, lessons, and conversations that will inspire every part of your own running journey.
This episode celebrates women's running and all of you! The Femmi community who have been on the Ascend: to the line journey. Lyds explores the history of women's running, it's challenges, and the incredible progress made. Lyds shares insights on safety, inclusivity, and the power of community, inspiring women to continue breaking barriers as we are now so close to lining up at the start line of the Nike After Dark Tour Sydney.
Disclaimer: This podcast is independently produced by Femmi and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or produced in partnership with Nike. Any views, opinions, and recommendations shared by the hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nike or any other organisation mentioned.
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17 Sept 2026
The Ascend Diaries: Turia Pitt on Confronting the Safety Crisis in Women's Running
Welcome to The Ascend Diaries. This series is all about highlighting the women's running community in the build up to the Nike After Dark Syd race in September.
While this series follows the journey to the Nike After Dark Tour, it's about so much more than one race. Whether you're lining up on the start line in September or simply love running, you'll find stories, lessons, and conversations that will inspire every part of your own running journey.
In this episode of The Ascend Diaries, Lyds sits down with Turia Pitt to explore the women’s safety crisis hiding within running. Turia Pitt is an athlete, author, coach and passionate advocate for women’s safety, and joins us to chat about what needs to change so every woman can experience the freedom of running without fear.
Throughout the episode we discuss the powerful role running can play in building confidence, self-esteem and independence for women, while confronting the societal stereotypes and systemic barriers that continue to shape women’s experiences in sport and public spaces.
Turia shares her perspective on how harassment affects where, when and whether women feel able to run, and why responsibility for safety cannot continue to sit with women alone. The conversation explores practical ways to create safer public spaces, the importance of strong communities and male allies, and the collective action needed to drive meaningful change.
Disclaimer: This podcast is independently produced by Femmi and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or produced in partnership with Nike. Any views, opinions, and recommendations shared by the hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nike or any other organisation mentioned.
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This episode is a recap of our recent RED-s (Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome in Sport) Masterclass Series. This is our final episode in which we ask our Women's Health experts questions about RED-s from our community.
We’re joined by three brilliant women. Dr Izzy Smith, Femmi’s endocrinologist, who specialises in hormones, female physiology and women’s health. Grace Coombs, Femmi physiotherapist and run coach, who specialises in women’s health and supporting female athletes to train and perform at their best. And Pippa Woolven, former Great Britain athlete and founder of Project RED-S, who’s doing incredible work raising awareness and improving education around Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. We are excited to be teaming up with Project RED-s to help support more women going through their own journey and hopefully prevent more women going through it themselves.
Click below to watch all of the RED-s Masterclass episodes:
Ep.1 RED-s Master Class Series: Understanding the impact of LEA and RED-s on health for women (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O76HCUrVPPc&list=PLSG3anHTuHKk&index=4)
Ep.2 RED-s Master Class Series: Fuel for Performance: Reducing the Risk of RED-s through fuelling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOMjjJZe0Q&list=PLSG3anHTuHKk&index=3)
Ep.3 RED-s Master Class Series: The true impact of RED-s on your bones . (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e-PtMOj-3s)
Learn more about Project RED-s (https://red-s.com/)
Vogue: Olympian Izzi Batt-Doyle in conversation with running coach Lydia O’Donnell (https://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/wellbeing/izzi-batt-doyle-lydia-o-donnell-running/news-story/870e601d12b2161e077f49dea9b9fb7f)
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