Lucy Jones, the 2025 London Marathon Female Mass winner (2.30.23) and 2025 England 1500m champion, joins the podcast to share her reflections around her recent rise to the top and diversity of success.

From a 2.05 800m to a 2.30 marathon, Lucy really is standout in both her range and quality. But this episode is much more than simply success on paper, this episode demonstrates the power of mindset and the power of trying.

Lucy was a talented junior, but after being burnt out from her time in the NCAA, she thought she was done with running for good; but with the persuasion of a friend, and the true supportive atmosphere of her local running club, she found her way back.

Lucy shares how she now approaches running with confidence, fun, and enjoyment first, and how this has led her to realise her potential more than just the training she is doing.

She shares her thoughts around the importance of the club environment; why shame and embarrassment around having a ‘bad day’ for athletes needs to go; and the challenges of sport for female athletes.

Lucy further works a full-time job and talks about how she balances these two large parts of her life, alongside life in general. A really inspiring, motivating, and uplifting episode, with a good dose of food for thought.

Lucy’s running profile can be found here

Lucy is currently an unsponsored athlete, but is supported by UKWS (UK roofing and cladding company) which helps offset training and competition expenses.

Lucy on Instagram - @lucyamberjones_

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