Emelia Gorecka's guest appearances

Emelia Gorecka

The Running for Real Podcast

That Running Podcast

Female Athlete Podcast

Colin McCourt

Jake Wightman

Malcolm Gladwell

Oren Jay Sofer

Rob Jones

Jay Dicharry

Deena Kastor

Katie Arnold

Darin Olien

Guy Winch

Brad Stulberg

Steve Magness

Dean Karnazes

Amelia Boone

Lindsay Crouse

OwlTail

We're back for part II of contraception. This week we speak to middle-distance runner Emelia Gorecka around her experience with the oral contraceptive pill. Emelia tells us how she first took the OCP to help manage her skin acne and admits how it made her feel 'like a man' and why she realises now, that the 'quick fix' of taking the pill to help her skin wasn't the best option for her body and overall health. We also dedicate a huge chunk of this episode to your questions around contraception including taking the pill during peri-menopause, can the pill help performance and is non-hormonal contraception a better option for runners?If you have any questions for us please contact us on Twitter @female_pod or Instagram @femaleathletepodcast or email us your questions at femaleathletepodcast@gmail.com. *Disclaimer: Materials and content in the Female Athlete Podcast are intended as general information only and should not be substituted for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

We're back for part II of contraception. This week we speak to middle-distance runner Emelia Gorecka around her experience with the oral contraceptive pill.  Emelia tells us how she first took the OCP to help manage her skin acne and admits how it made her feel 'like a man' and why she realises now, that the 'quick fix' of taking the pill to help her skin wasn't the best option for her body and overall health.  We also dedicate a huge chunk of this episode to your questions around contraception including taking the pill during peri-menopause, can the pill help performance and is non-hormonal contraception a better option for runners? If you have any questions for us please contact us on Twitter @female_pod or Instagram @femaleathletepodcast or email us your questions at femaleathletepodcast@gmail.com.  *Disclaimer: Materials and content in the Female Athlete Podcast are intended as general information only and should not be substituted for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

CONTRACEPTION (Part II): Emelia Gorecka's journey on taking ownership of her body and using the pill as a 'quick-fix' for her acne

In this weeks episode, we chatted to former European Junior Champion and winner of the Liverpool Cross Challenge in 2017, Emelia Gorecka. In the same year, Emelia went on to finish 8th at the European Cross Country Champs.   It was a lot of fun chatting to Emelia, we discussed her junior career, current set up, battling through injuries and of course, all mixed up with some light-hearted chit-chat. 

In this weeks episode, we chatted to former European Junior Champion and winner of the Liverpool Cross Challenge in 2017, Emelia Gorecka. In the same year, Emelia went on to finish 8th at the European Cross Country Champs. It was a lot of fun chatting to Emelia, we discussed her junior career, current set up, battling through injuries and of course, all mixed up with some light-hearted chit-chat.

Episode 5 - Former European Junior Champ and World Junior Medalist Emelia Gorecka 

Emelia Gorecka is an international distance runner best known for her running with scoliosis, a genetic spinal deformity that causes curvature of the spine and host of gait related problems. When she’s not training she spends time helping to promote issues affecting female athletes. One movement she’s an ambassador for is FitrWoman. FitrWoman aims to help women make more informed decisions in sport using a specially developed app focusing on how previously ‘taboo’ subjects such as periods can affect performance. Emelia is incredibly focused on listening to her body and what it is telling her and I am sure she will teach you a lot about listening to your own body and finding ways to build a support structure around your running to help you to build resilience. Today’s Guest Emelia Gorecka is a 24 yr old British middle and long-distance runner. She specializes in middle and long-distance running, racing in 1500 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters, as well as cross country running. She has congenital scoliosis, and wore a brace in her younger years to help reduce the curvature and prevent it from worsening. What you will learn about:  How she because a strong contender/runner as young as 11 yrs old and how she has continued to achieve and not burn out. She didn’t suffer her first injury until she was 21 yrs old. How having brothers taught her to make sure she got her share of the food and sweets. How she has learned when she feels ill or has an injury she asks herself why is this happening and what she can do to adjust and learn when to pull back and how to change what she is doing is influencing what she is feeling. How important it is to step back vs try harder. How she was diagnosed at age 13 with scoliosis, when she fell during a training session. Her back is shaped like a question mark as her spine has rotated. After a year she was placed in a body brace to help slow and correct the progression. She wore the brace 23 hrs a day for 3-4 yrs and could only train during that one hour a day. She believes the brace helped here build her own confidence in what she could accomplish, despite being very private in the beginning and hiding the fact that she had to wear a brace at all. But she learned to run well with it and learned to dare to be different. How the brace did cause restrictions in her upper body and its ability to move hr arms and back, as well as how she breathes. How stress fractures in her foot at age 21 caused her to learn to focus on how her body was moving and what was causing her to become injured. She changed coaches, changed how she viewed looking at what shoes she should run in, and how her foot strike needed to change. She spent the next year to year and a half working on her mechanics. Why she got involved with FitrWoman and what she thinks it can do to help other woman understand their bodies.  Inspirational Quotes: I learned to dare to be different and still achieve. You do it for you, you don’t do it for anyone else. If it doesn’t work out, I will know I have tried. The people who inspire me are the ones I see day to day giving it their best and working hard. Resources: Last week's episode with Matt Davis  Tina4Real Podcast  Running for Real Superstars Community Support Tina through her Patreon Page Buy a Running for Real T-shirt, Tank, or Hat Emelia on Instagram Emelia on Twitter Fitr Woman Thank you to Bombas and Bodyhealth for sponsoring this episode of Running for Real.    Bombas socks are my favorite socks, they are so comfortable! How amazing that they donate a pair of their socks to a homeless shelter for every pair you purchase.        Now I am back to training, guess what was the first thing I did to start making sure I recover quicker (as coming back to fitness really beats your body up!), yep, you guessed it, BodyHealth Perfect Amino! Get 10% off at Bodyhealth.comusing coupon code TINA10

Emelia Gorecka is an international distance runner best known for her running with scoliosis, a genetic spinal deformity that causes curvature of the spine and host of gait related problems. When she’s not training she spends time helping to promote issues affecting female athletes. One movement she’s an ambassador for is FitrWoman. FitrWoman aims to help women make more informed decisions in sport using a specially developed app focusing on how previously ‘taboo’ subjects such as periods can affect performance. Emelia is incredibly focused on listening to her body and what it is telling her and I am sure she will teach you a lot about listening to your own body and finding ways to build a support structure around your running to help you to build resilience. Today’s Guest Emelia Gorecka is a 24 yr old British middle and long-distance runner. She specializes in middle and long-distance running, racing in 1500 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters, as well as cross country running. She has congenital scoliosis, and wore a brace in her younger years to help reduce the curvature and prevent it from worsening. What you will learn about: <ul> <li>How she because a strong contender/runner as young as 11 yrs old and how she has continued to achieve and not burn out. She didn’t suffer her first injury until she was 21 yrs old.</li> <li>How having brothers taught her to make sure she got her share of the food and sweets.</li> <li>How she has learned when she feels ill or has an injury she asks herself why is this happening and what she can do to adjust and learn when to pull back and how to change what she is doing is influencing what she is feeling. How important it is to step back vs try harder.</li> <li>How she was diagnosed at age 13 with scoliosis, when she fell during a training session. Her back is shaped like a question mark as her spine has rotated. After a year she was placed in a body brace to help slow and correct the progression. She wore the brace 23 hrs a day for 3-4 yrs and could only train during that one hour a day.</li> <li>She believes the brace helped here build her own confidence in what she could accomplish, despite being very private in the beginning and hiding the fact that she had to wear a brace at all. But she learned to run well with it and learned to dare to be different.</li> <li>How the brace did cause restrictions in her upper body and its ability to move hr arms and back, as well as how she breathes.</li> <li>How stress fractures in her foot at age 21 caused her to learn to focus on how her body was moving and what was causing her to become injured. She changed coaches, changed how she viewed looking at what shoes she should run in, and how her foot strike needed to change. She spent the next year to year and a half working on her mechanics.</li> <li>Why she got involved with FitrWoman and what she thinks it can do to help other woman understand their bodies.</li> </ul> Inspirational Quotes: I learned to dare to be different and still achieve. You do it for you, you don’t do it for anyone else. If it doesn’t work out, I will know I have tried. The people who inspire me are the ones I see day to day giving it their best and working hard. Resources: <a href="http://tinamuir.com/episode79" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Last week's episode with Matt Davis </a> <a href="https://anchor.fm/tina4real" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tina4Real Podcast </a> <a href="https://tinamuir.com/superstars/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Running for Real Superstars Community</a> <a href="https://patreon.com/running4real" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Support Tina through her Patreon Page</a> <a href="https://tinamuir.com/shop" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Buy a Running for Real T-shirt, Tank, or Hat</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/emeliagorecka" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Emelia on Instagram</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/emeliagorecka" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Emelia on Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.fitrwoman.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fitr Woman</a> Thank you to Bombas and Bodyhealth for sponsoring this episode of Running for Real. Bombas socks are my favorite socks, they are so comfortable! How amazing that they donate a pair of their socks to a homeless shelter for every pair you purchase. Now I am back to training, guess what was the first thing I did to start making sure I recover quicker (as coming back to fitness really beats your body up!), yep, you guessed it, BodyHealth Perfect Amino! Get 10% off at <a href="http://bodyhealth.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bodyhealth.com</a>using coupon code TINA10

Emelia Gorecka: Dare to Be Different and You Will Achieve -R4R 080